From Mariah Carey to Gucci Mane, these Christmas albums, EPs, and mixtapes shaped the season and defined the soundtrack of ...

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zekke represents that exciting new wave of local artistes who aren't afraid to blur genres and try new things. With crisp, ...

Summer, who died in 2012 at age 63, was welcomed into the Songwriters Hall on Monday at a ceremony at The Butterfly Room at ...

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Enjoy sensuous bedroom soul, sexy Smooth Jazz, and scintillating social commentary with Bay Area native and longtime Classic Soul radio taste-maker and Smooth Jazz connoisseur Al Glenn. Have some ...

Listen to new must-hear songs from emerging R&B/hip-hop artists like Elmiene, Arin Ray, SAHXL, SAILORR, Lily Massie, Lexa Gates and 1504 Mutebaby.

There's a Christmas song for all tastes – jolly to melancholy – so corralling them into one list is not only futile, but impossible. Still, we try.

A 2010 soul classic is resonating with an entirely new generation of listeners. Sade’s 2010 smooth track “Be That Easy” has climbed into the top 50 on TikTok’s charts. The song, known for its silky ...

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