Soul & R 'n' B

Voodoo, D'Angelo's much-anticipated 2000 release, set the standard for the musical cycle ordained as neo-soul, a label the singer and songwriter wo...

He was the Wicked Wilson Pickett, the legendary soul man whose forty-plus hits included In the Midnight Hour, 634-5789, Land of 1000 Dances, Mustan...

The Northern Soul scene is a dance-based music culture that originated in the English North and Midlands in the early 1970s, it still thrives today...

In 1957, New York photojournalist Jerry Dantzic spent time with the iconic singer Billie Holiday during a two-week run of performances at the Newa...

The Jacksons: Legacy is the first ever official book on the the Royal Family of Pop. This major volume reveals the untold, unseen and utterly unfor...

Prince on Prince gets behind the controversies to tell the Prince story in his own words.  Prince is among the most respected and influential enter...

Their music changed pop history, but weve never known much about the people who made ituntil now. ...a first-hand account of both the kaleidoscopic...

FULLY REVISED AND EDITED PAPERBACK EDITION Shortlisted for Penderyn Music Prize Detroit 67 is the story of Motor City in the year that changed ev...

Dwight E. Brooks deep dives into Earth, Wind & Fire's That's The Way of the World. Alongside interview material from members Phillip Bailey and...

What songs have made up your lifes soundtrack? Which have captured your every mood and deepest sentiments? Pop music, like no other form of enterta...

First substantial overview of the life and career of Pharrell Williams, the foremost producer of the modern era, and performer in his own right. It...

In 1969, among Harlems Rabelaisian cast of characters are bandleader King Curtis, soul singers Aretha Franklin and Donny Hathaway, and drug peddler...

Introducing the first ever grime songbook of the first ever grime album to reach no.1 in the UK charts. Gang Signs & Prayer is the debut album ...

A lively and engaging chronicle of the triumphant rise of Sharon Jones a one of the most authentic purveyors of American soul music since James Bro...

Re-release of the first book ever published in America about the legendary Motown Record Company, with a new foreword by legendary music journalist...

This is the untold story of black music  its triumph over racism, segregation, undercapitalised record labels, media discrimination and political a...