ROANOKE, Va. — Jamal Jahal Nubi and Cornelius Cade are sitting at a dining room table and remembering the old days. The soul music they used to create. The friends they once knew. The album they ...

Nicole Henry released her first jazz record in 2004, and today she releases her sixth album, So Good, So Right: Nicole Henry Live. The album, which was recorded in May 2012 at New York’s Feinstein, is ...

Both Jacob One and Hawthorne grew up on hip-hop, but there would be no hip-hop without '70s soul. It was a Snoop Dogg track that in part inspired this project. Listening to his old hit “Ain’t No Fun,” ...

ROANOKE — Jamal Jahal Nubi and Cornelius Cade are sitting at a dining room table and remembering the old days. The soul music they used to create. The friends they once knew. The album they recorded ...

If a sneak peek at the premiere episode is any indication, the second season of New Zealand comedy duo Flight of the Conchords’ HBO series (premiering Jan. 18) will surely be required viewing in 2009.

Musical tributes come in every variety, from loving homage to desecration, and they never go out of style. They’re usually one-off songs or projects — from Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak’s lurid early ...

The new Isley Brothers & Santana album, Power of Peace, pays tribute to a crucial but overlooked chapter in pop-music history. Between 1968 and 1976, a group of African-American musicians demanded and ...

"Blue Eyed Soul," Simply Red's 12th album, is not innovative, groundbreaking, cutting-edge, topical or extensive. But it's a lot of fun and its title is comfortingly accurate. Mick Hucknall's band, ...

How to make old styles sound fresh? Dallas’ Silver Skylarks give a master class on the topic on The Number One Set and Sound, a debut album fusing ‘60s soul, ‘70s funk and ‘90s hip-hop into one ...

It might have a core of ultra-rich high-calorie cheese, but the throwback song is a very specific and carefully calibrated art form. It must evoke and transcend the era it’s reviving in an ...