The 1970s were one of the most innovative eras in modern pop music and nowhere was that more obvious than in the genres and R ...

Soul artists sung messages of painful sincerity and personal redemption – sacred music made secular. But, of course, the blues were another direct influence on the sound of soul. A call and ...

Sitting on the original site of the Stax Records studio, this museum commemorates American soul legends (particularly the artists who recorded ... of American Soul Music is open Tuesday through ...

Funk music started to emerge in black American communities, combining elements of established genres – such as soul, jazz and R ... also crossover with Motown artists such as The Temptations.