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Featured:  Not featured WHO:      Luther Vandross Emcee: Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, President/CEO Leron Gubler Guest speakers: TBA   WHAT:    2,526th Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame read more ...

Featured:  Not featured Back in 1978, a pre-teen quartet of exuberant entertainers danced and sang their way into the homes of millions of Americans watching the ever-popular sitcom, What's Happening! The Givens Family, delivering a performance of "Bubblin' Brown Sugar," gained national exposure on a Gong Show -inspired episode and quickly thereafter signed a contract with prominent disco label,...

Featured:  Not featured SoulTrackers have been reading about talented singer and songwriter Elijah Bland for a couple years now. And he has started a new campaign that we think you'll "love."   The  #LoveYourself  campaign is fueled by the age-old notion that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. . read more ...

Featured:  Not featured Rob Johnson , aka "Race," was one of the first artists we ever reviewed on SoulTracks and we have followed the Asbury Park, NY singer and songwriter ever since. read more ...

Ann Nesby became a star in the music industry at an age when female vocalists often find themselves being ushered out the back door. Nesby was in her early 30s when she emerged as the main vocal force behind gospel and inspirational group The Sounds of Blackness. She continued making her presence felt on the charts, as well as the awards circuit, when the demographics of the industry trended younger...

Featured:  Not featured In the latest Soul Talk,  Wes Berwise talks soulfully with four time Grammy nominee, writer, singer, producer and actor, Eric Benet, about his plans for his new record label, his own up and coming album and what it's like to sing with his daughter. Check out Wes's interview below.   Award winning presenter Wes Berwise maintains his mission to promote authentic...

Mariah Carey was in her late teens in 1987 when George Michael dropped one of decade’s best albums, Faith . Michael was the Robin Thicke of his era – or if we don’t want to be gender specific, the Adele of his era - because he was an artist from another country with big crossover appeal. Michael recorded and performed in an industry that is different than the one that artists such as Carey currently...

Featured:  Not featured The New Orleans, LA based Soul/Synth Pop duo R*I*V*A*L [N*O*V*A, which is led by the ever vibrant and feisty LaLa [N*O*V*A is about to release their debut full length record  Vivi Opaque  this July right off the heels of the band's underground buzz worthy EP  858687 . read more

Featured:  Not featured It's been 23 years since we last heard from Prince Phillip Mitchell , but the talented singer returns with a new 7 inch release called "Just The Beginning," backed with the B-side (great to say that again), "something new to do," released on the Soul 4 Real label. read more ...

Featured:  Not featured SoulTrackers know that we've been loving our Avery Sunshine for a few years now. She won us all over with her brilliant debut album, which won for her a  SoulTracks Readers' Choice Award  for Best New Artist. And we've been anxiously awaiting her follow up disc for a couple years. Click on CD cover below to listen to or purchase "The Sun Room" at Amazon.com Click...

Featured:  Not featured We've just learned from SoulTracks friend Darryl Payne of the death of legendary record executive and producer Gabe Vigorito , known best for his work with Kool & the Gang. As Darryl announced it: read more ...

If you're like me and a member of Generation X, consider yourself lucky because we came of age during the most invigorating and innovative time period that music ever had----the 1970s. Some of my fondest life memories ever involve block parties and cross-country car trips booming with Motown, The Sounds of Philadelphia, Stax and countless other soul icons. read more ...

Artists everywhere count remaining relevant as a primary concern. They will update their look, refresh their sound and reboot their image in order to reach that demographic that marketers, radio and record labels desire. But from opening seconds of Thank You For All You've Done , Beverly Crawford’s latest project, it becomes clear that relevance - defined as getting airplay during the 3 to 6 p.m....

If you don’t have okayplayer.com bookmarked, or if your connection to The Roots doesn’t go back to Organix or at least their 1999 seminal record Things Fall Apart , you might not realize that the group is a central figure in the conscious hip hop movement or in rap in general. Hard core rap fans might be shocked at the very idea that there are people who think of The Roots as nothing other than Jimmy...

Featured:  Featured item on homepage Kelly Price was the big winner a couple years ago at the SoulTracks Readers' Choice Awards for her fantastic self-titled album. Since then she's lived some drama on the  R&B Divas L.A.   television show, but what we've really been waiting for is new music from her. . read more ...

Featured:  Not featured We're liking the poetic, soulful sounds of new London-based singer Jules Rendel l. Her debut album,  The Lotus Bloom,  is out and shows she's an intelligent, diverse artist who has something to say. read more ...

Preston Glass has been a part of my music listening experience long before his latest  album, Soul In The Rear View Mirror , came across my desk. By now, most SoulTrackers know Glass’s associations with Natalie Cole, Earth, Wind & Fire, Aretha Franklin, Kenny G and many others. read more ...

Featured:  Not featured   Mycah Chevalier is one terrific singer. Her rich alto voice makes just about anything sound like a classic. So you can imagine what it is like when she actually sings a classic. read more ...

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Featured:  Not featured Swedish pop/soul man Christoffer Hiding fell in love with the neo soul sound of the nineties and D'Angelo became his musical guru. Singing was something that came natural and after high school he started to write his own songs in the vein of his musical role models. read more ...