Soul Music

Some things slip through the cracks, and critics have a tendency to mindlessly repeat the meanderings of their predecessors like children aping their parents.

Nov 29, 2009 - Dave Kostiuk

Despite soul music dominating the singles charts of the 1960s, it was not until the early 1970s that the genre caught up with its rock companions album-wise.

Nov 22, 2009 - Karl Keely

For Joan playing feels like worshipping. But tonight, resplendent in a blasphemous leopard print outfit and purple boots, she was looking for fun not worship.

Oct 12, 2009 - Tom Cripps

During the 1970's, disco music was all the rage. Disco dominated the decade so heavily, until people forget the important, and still relevant contributions of 70's Soul.

Sep 25, 2009 - Rachelle Williams

Originally released in 1977, Bridges by Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson has recently been released on CD for the first time.

Sep 2, 2009 - Karl Keely

Recorded in Osaka and Tel-Aviv, Natural Wonder is one of the few documents of Stevie Wonder's live performances, with a string orchestra in tow.

Aug 11, 2009 - Karl Keely

After many false dawns, Stevie Wonder finally released his first full album of new material for ten years in 2005, led by the hit single 'So What The Fuss'.

Jul 17, 2009 - Karl Keely

After eight years, Maxwell is back on top with the long awaited first installment of the trilogy, Blacksummers'night (Columbia), his fourth studio album.

Jul 16, 2009 - Lindsay Dellinger

Australian born season 7 American Idol contestant, Michael Johns shows Idol fans what his sound truly is on debut album, "Hold Back My Heart".

Jul 7, 2009 - Kirsten Coachman

After scoring Jungle Fever for Spike Lee, Stevie Wonder left four years before releasing his first major work since 1987's poorly-received Characters.

Jun 17, 2009 - Karl Keely

Stevie Wonder was called upon by Spike Lee to provide the soundtrack for 1991's Jungle Fever, a film whose racial message was apt for the artist.

May 9, 2009 - Karl Keely

Stevie Wonder followed the successful In Square Circle with an uncharacteristically swift release, the computer-orientated Characters.

May 9, 2009 - Karl Keely

Following the success of the single, 'I Just Called To Say I Love You', Stevie Wonder released his first stand alone album of new material for five years.

Apr 21, 2009 - Karl Keely

Stevie Wonder followed the underwhelming critical reception of Secret Life Of Plants with a back-to-basics pop-soul record.

Mar 25, 2009 - Karl Keely

On March 24, 2009, Leela James will bestow us with her powerful vocals in her second studio album, Let's Do it Again (Shanachie Records).

Mar 21, 2009 - Lindsay Dellinger

Released on September 16, 2008 by former front man of Tony, Toni, Toné and Lucy Pearl, The Way I See It is, in fact, a nostalgic trip - And what a trip it is!

Mar 16, 2009 - Lindsay Dellinger

North Carolina native, Anthony Hamilton, is no stranger to the landscape of R&B/Soul.

Mar 16, 2009 - Lindsay Dellinger

After a now characteristic three-year wait, Stevie Wonder released Journey Through The Secret Life Of Plants in 1979, to a very uncharacteristic disappointment.

Feb 8, 2009 - Karl Keely

Songs In The Key Of Life took two years to complete, and arrived a year after its initial release date, backed with the popular single, I Wish.

Jan 30, 2009 - Karl Keely

Largely seen as the forerunner of British Club culture, the Northern Soul scene never broke out of the provinces during its' mid-1960s heyday.

Jan 26, 2009 - Tim Peacock

Following the critical success of Innervisions and the success of lead single 'You Haven't Done Nothin', expectations were high for Wonder's fourth record in two years.

Jan 26, 2009 - Karl Keely

Despite his reputation as the godfather of rap, Gil Scott-Heron's 'Winter In America', is a soulful record, highlighting his rich voice and Brian Jackson's musicianship.

Jan 12, 2009 - Karl Keely

Robert Bradley's Blackwater Surprise releases their fifth studio album, a stunning CD named "Out of the Wilderness" that may be the best Soul Album of the year.

Jan 7, 2009 - Craig Sanders

Stevie Wonder's musical progression led him to Innervisions, a 1973 album which won him his first Grammy Award for Best Album.

Jan 4, 2009 - Karl Keely

While a covers album generally signals the death of an artist's creativity, on Soul, Seal reveals another side of his musical range - that of crooner, with mixed results.

Dec 6, 2008 - James W. Coates