Soul Music

The legendary percussionist, producer and crafter of hit songs, including “Juicy Fruit,” died less than a week after his birthday.

The eldest brother in the group passed away just days shy of his 80th birthday — and a Tavares concert where they’d celebrate it.

Thursday night, two queens of soul took to the stage in L.A. to remind Verzuz audiences of their biggest and best jams.

BET announced on Monday that the 2021 Soul Train Award will be taped at the world-famous Apollo Theater in Harlem.

Grammy winner Leon Bridges talks about his personal and professional growth on his third album ‘Gold-Diggers Sound.’

The latest installment of “Verzuz” is set to feature soul music royalty Sunday night with singers Gladys Knight and Patti LaBelle.

Betty Wright, a Grammy Award-winning soul singer, has passed away at the age of 66. She is best known for “Clean Up Woman” and “Tonight is the Night.”

Here are 10 albums that can help you get through these difficult times, inspired by the musical mixes of Club Quarantine’s D-Nice.

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (AP) — Coroner: Percy Sledge, singer of classic soulful ballad ‘When a Man Loves a Woman,’ dies at 74…

theGRIO REPORT – When are folks going to stop asking Janelle Monáe about wearing suits? One Twitter user didn’t get the memo and questioned the songstress about her fashion choices directly…

theGRIO VIDEO – As an artist, who takes joy in creating music that can’t be defined by genre, Boykin’s credits his international tour for influencing his sound…

theGRIO REPORT – In an interview with NPR, Jones talks about her music, the moment she found out she had cancer, and how her life has changed…

theGRIO REPORT – Treasure Davis is a girl with a colorful personality, arresting vocals and is one of R&B’s latest breakout artists…

theGRIO REPORT – Lianne La Havas, a young up and coming soul/jazz/folk musician from the UK performed last night at The Darby NYC…

MANCHESTER, Tennessee (AP) – The reclusive R&B singer, D’Angelo, made his first live U.S. appearance in 12 years at the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival early Sunday morning,..

SLIDESHOW – Here’s theGrio’s list of the most soulful of them all: one for each of the 12 days of Christmas…

theGRIO Q&A – Wright’s vocals and melodies have been sampled by the apex R&B elites including Beyonce and Mary J. Blige…