Chelsea Burton is a reporter with the Community News Service, part of the University of Vermont’s Reporting & Documentary Storytelling program. In the home of Rik Palieri, a country-roots and folk ...

Last time Bettye LaVette rolled through Chicago, she performed in front of roughly 60,000 people, opening one of the Rolling Stones’ June 2024 concerts at Soldier Field. By comparison this concert at ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about music and the business of music. The term “old soul” is brutally overused. But what else do you call a 20-year-old ...

Soul to Soul” is a coming together of two very different but surprisingly similar cultures, inspired by that historic ...

In its essence, folk music is music for the people — an art form inextricably intertwined with the soul of a region. Its nature is inherently visual, conjuring vivid imagery with just a single ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) When discussing soul music’s golden age, names like Otis Redding, Sam Cooke, and Wilson Pickett tend to dominate the conversation. But nestled quietly among the legends is William ...