A properly potent blend of deep funk and soul cuts to score the holidaze. Funk used to be a ba(aaa)d word. Or so they say. But what George Clinton and the musical misfits of the '60s and '70s once ...

Enter Liberation, the diva’s first album in nearly six years — and the first project to properly jive with Aguilera’s classically gifted, Etta James-lovin’ psyche in more than a decade. Liberation, ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) When we look back at the evolution of soul, doo-wop, and classic R&B, few groups embody the genre’s enduring spirit quite like The Dells. Formed in 1952 and enduring lineup changes, ...

In the late nineteen-seventies, East Los Angeles swelled with decade-old soul records; Mexican-American teens cruised to oldies in low-rider convoys, forging a youth subculture that was both nostalgic ...

From humble beginnings as the house band in the Roosevelt Hotel lobby to touring the world, L.A. natives LA LOM combine the rhythms of cumbia and Mexican boleros with the reverb and guitar twang of ...

Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Paul Stanley, artistically reborn as a vintage soul-music crooner? The guitar-playing front man of the hard-rocking Kiss — minus his trademark makeup, glittery stage garb and ...

What do FaceTime, silk pajamas and an R&B legend have in common? It was the spark for DJ Cassidy’s Pass the Mic, the celebrity at home sing-a-long where artists and musicians perform a verse of your ...

The RX is Uproxx Music’s stamp of approval for the best albums, songs, and music stories throughout the year. Inclusion in this category is the highest distinction we can bestow, and signals the most ...

When I was about 10 and my older brother a teenager, nothing captured my imagination like watching his band rehearse. On summer evenings they would gather in the garage in our backyard — my brother ...