Motown singing group The Supremes pose for a portrait with Diana Ross, Florence Ballard and Mary Wilson in circa 1962 in New York.(Photo by James Kriegsmann/Michael ...

Almost all of the kinds of music America exports originated in black communities. This is a short walk through the artists who built the sound the rest of the world borrowed. American popular music, ...

Before crossing over into the more commercial “contemporary” sound of keyboards, synths, and the bass-and-drum pop of the 1980s with the likes of Stephanie Mills, Debarge, and Al B. Sure, 1970s R&B ...

Bruce Talamon has photographed Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye, Al Green, Diana Ross, Donna Summer, Barry White, Bob Marley, Patti LaBelle ... the list goes on. A new book shows his work from 1972-1982.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. What does it take to be considered one of the greatest R&B groups of all time? That's the question at the heart of this year's ...

Love R&B? Check out ‘The State of R&B,’ our week-long series dedicated to analyzing the past, present, and future of the genre. Formed from the melding of soul, funk, and jazz with gospel and rock ...

The 1970s was an interesting time in regard to how the masses chose to label music genres. During this decade, R&B was used as an all-encompassing term to group the styles of soul, funk, and disco.

While it is generally agreed that the birthplace of jazz is New Orleans and that it was first performed there in the early 1900s, it’s not the only music style to come out of the Crescent City.

Michael Sumler, who was the iconic stylist, promoter and choreographer for the group Kool & the Gang, died Sunday in a car crash in Georgia, the Los Angeles Times reported. He was 71. 11Alive, a news ...

Newly opened Melrose District hangout Smith’s on 7th is a hip drinkery and looks every bit the part. The interior of the urbane bar and lounge along Seventh Avenue just south of Camelback Road is ...

Looking back at 2021, the year treated R&B fans to a smorgasbord of the genre’s variety of styles from classic and contemporary R&B/soul to alternative/progressive ...