Soul & R 'n' B

A riveting cautionary tale about the ecstasy and dangers of loving Marvin Gaye, a performer passionately pursued by all-and a searing memoir of dru...

Curtis Mayfield. The Chi-Lites. Chaka Khan. Chicago's place in the history of soul music is rock solid. But for Chicagoans, soul music in its heyda...

come see about me, marvin is accessible, honest poetry about and for real people. In the collection, brian g. gilmore seeks to invite the reader in...

Lee Brilleaux, the charismatic star of proto-punk R&B reprobates Dr Feelgood, was one of rock''n''roll''s greatest frontmen. But he was also on...

As the creative force behind Berry Gordy Jr.'s Motown Records in the mid-Sixties, a writing credit from Holland-Dozier-Holland was virtually a guar...

''My favourite moment is when I finish a song, that is the moment I cherish.'' - Rod TempertonThe Invisible Man tells the remarkable story of how R...

Making headlines when it was launched in 2015, Omiseeke Tinsleys undergraduate course Beyoncé Feminism, Rihanna Womanism has inspired students from...

Back in the late fifties and into the sixties Manchester was a happening centre of popular music, rivalling Liverpool and London. Local lad Brian S...

In January of 1979, the great soul artist Donny Hathaway fell fifteen stories from a window of Manhattans Essex House Hotel in an alleged suicide. ...

Have you ever wondered how your favourite rock stars get inspired? How they write a song? How an album is put together? What made them choose a lif...

Few American superstar stories are richer, wilder, or more excessive than Rick Jamess. He played in a band with Neil Young, spent years in jail, pr...

Bobby Womack was born on 4 March 1944, and died on 27 June 2014, aged 70. In a career that spanned two centuries and seven decades, the soul singer...