Soul music brought people of all backgrounds and ethnicities together. It was happy music and a universal sound. Many classic soul acts had a key ingredient. An immensely talented falsetto singer.

Otis Redding’s 1965 classic Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul gets a fresh lease on life with Rhino Records’ Reserve series reissue. If you want a sense of just how pricey original copies are, take a ...

Brenton Wood, the classic soul singer behind hits “The Oogum Boogum Song” and “Gimme Little Sign,” died at the age of 83. Wood’s manager and assistant, Manny Gallegos, confirmed his ...

In a NYC playback session for Eternal Sunshine, the pop queen revealed that she made this amazing album while listening obsessively to the Fab Four’s 1965 classic Rubber Soul.

Dead Oceans As one of the prominent figures in what is now referred to as the "soul revivalist movement," Durand Jones & The Indications have been on the forefront of bringing classic-era purity ...

Here below, we wanted to explore three examples of just that. Let’s take a look at a trio of soul songs that are covers of iconic classic rock tracks. Indeed, these are three soulful covers of ...

1990s Classic Reviews: De La Soul, ‘Buhloone Mindstate’ In honor of the 50th anniversary of hip-hop, we're republishing this piece from our November 1993 issue ...