Beloved R&B and soul singer He was 79. His nephew, Geoffrey Gilstrap, issued a statement to Billboard.com announcing his ...

To us, he was simply Uncle James — beloved husband, uncle, mentor and friend. “No matter how far his incredible talent took ...

Los Angeles-bred singer-songwriter Mack Keane is Billboard's R&B Up-And-Comer of the Month for July 2026. Read the full ...

Louisville's R&B music festival will be returning to Waterfront Park for its third consecutive year in August. Sky Soul Festival has attracted thousands of visitors from across the United States in ...

The Rolling Stones have unveiled their latest single, "Jealous Lover," offering a fresh taste of their upcoming studio album, Foreign Tongues. Scheduled for release on July 10 via Polydor/Universal ...

R&B in the 1970s was a defining era—one where soul, funk, blues, and disco converged to shape the sound of a generation. Solo stars like Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross, Chaka Khan, and Donna ...

PJ Morton's July 23 show kicks off a busy late-summer and early-fall concert calendar at the Cannon Center in Downtown ...

Lauryn Hill, who received the first Living Legend Icon Award at the 2026 BET Awards, wrote hit songs for Aretha Franklin, Mary J. Blige, and more.

The US songwriter paints an impressively wide variety of shades on her third album, from vintage R&B to melodic soft-rock and balladry worthy of Nina Simone ...

HAS it got soul? Man, that’s the question of the hour. If it has soul, then it’s tough, beautiful, out of sight. It passes the test of with-itness. It has the authenticity of collard greens boiling on ...

Zimbabwean-born, United States-based singer-songwriter and producer Sambiri is set to reconnect with home audiences when he ...

The queen of Philly soul is on phenomenal form in a saucy and effortlessly virtuosic show celebrating 26 years in music ...