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Featured:  Not featured Alicia Keys   has been a pop and R&B fixture for over a decade. Her last album,  Girl on Fire,  was an unadulterated hit and fans have been waiting for new music from her. read more ...

After trying to decipher Pharrell Williams’ complex musical mind through his extremely busy two decade journey, I am honestly baffled, at least to a certain degree.  Maybe I should just conclude that Pharrell is simply a happy man who has an uncanny knack for shaping sonic grooves and sprinkling whatever else is needed to bring happiness to other artists. Since launching his career with producer...

Featured:  Featured item on homepage Hey SoulTrackers!  Our reader polls have become some of the most popular features on SoulTracks. A few weeks ago thousands of you participated in our poll of the Greatest Male Singers , and now it is time to hand it to the ladies. read more ...

Featured:  Not featured After developing his sound in New York City and New Orleans, Adrian Alan now calls L.A. his home and the place where he exercises his pop-funk-soul sensibilities. A keyboard player and colorful arranger, Adrian creates a  concoction of rhythm, blues, funk, and saturated soul.   Want to hear more or purchase E.D.E.N.? Check it out below: . read more ...

Featured:  Not featured Jake Hughes has been making waves this year in both the Soul and Gospel world for his blending of both styles on his Warfare and Worship  EP. He's especially turned heads with his 1940s style video for the first single, "Get Up." It is a stylish look back at a classic era, punctuated by the modern sound of Jake's music. . read more ...

Featured:  Not featured Versatile, charismatic and prolific, Teddy Riley is what entertainment insders refer to as a 'triple-threat,' a Grammy-Award-winning songwriter, composer and producer that's launched the careers of multiple performers across genres and generations. read more ...

Featured:  Not featured Flip Wilson was a once in a lifetime comedian who broke racial barriers even as he made us all laugh out of our seats.  His interesting, dramatic life is the subject of the new "Unsung Hollywood." Here is the full episode for your viewing pleasure. Check it out below and tell us what you think!   . read more ...

Adept, emotive and exceptionally talented: these traits were recognizable about Brian Culbertson's compositions and musicality when he was a 20-year-old college student back in the day at DePaul University (1994 to be exact), and if anything, his confidence and musicianship have matured over time. ? Some performers loathe going back into their earlier selections, especially when one has the sales...

Fayth Hope is from Birmingham. Her EP, Out of Obscurity, Pt. 1: From the Darkness dropped in 2012, and the initial single, “Love Didn’t Mean a Thing” reached number on the “Morpheus Soul Show Top 5 Countdown” out of London. Londoners showed good taste on that one. “Love Didn’t Mean a Thing,” is a simmering amalgamation of percussive soul/funk with some hip-hop swagger that downshifts into a soul/jazz...

Featured:  Not featured With a husky tone conveying both passion and tenderness, Christopher Williams was a mainstay of late-'80s and early '90s R&B radio. His memorable performances on ballads such as "Promises, Promises" and uptempo jams like "I'm Dreamin'" and "Every Little Thing You Do" exposed a new generation to the deeply soulful stylings earlier employed by Teddy Pendergrass. . read...

Featured:  Not featured Lots of young male R&B artists are dismissed as cookie cutters of the uber-successful Chris Brown and Trey Songz, but there are those out here who are working hard to break those over-baked molds. On his debut, Rebirth of Gene , the independent New York City based singer/songwriter, Gene Noble, is definitely one of the unexpected discoveries of 2014. . read more ...

She's been one-half of the urban contemporary gospel duo Mary Mary for over a decade and a big sister to Tina all of her life, so the decision to record solo wasn't one that Erica Atkins Campbell took lightly. Performing live shows on her own repping for Mary Mary was one thing, having to step to Tina and add another dilemma to their already-stacked plate of issues was something else (for those who...

Featured:  Not featured With their unique brand of catchy motown/soul inspired tunes that also draw on elements of jazz and blues, Bristol, UK band  Victoria Klewin & The TrueTones  have been making waves. Oozing style and sultry retro vibes, the band incorporates elements of soul, jazz and blues, all wrapped in a new, infectious package.  read more ...

Featured:  Not featured We've been following soul singer Adesha for a little bit now, and she is a woman with voice, both sonically and in a literary fashion. Adesha recently issued her single, "I Love U I Hate U," and it has been getting some well deserved shine around the world. As Adesha says, Hear more from Adesha at ReverbNation . read more ...

Featured:  Not featured The evolution of an imaginative young artist is fascinating to behold, especially those refusing to play it safe after achieving success and notoriety.  Jackiem Joyner , an award-winning chart-topping saxophonist, is stretching the limits of what urban contemporary jazz grooves can be while moving towards a more organic live sound on his fifth album, Evolve , which...

Featured:  Not featured (February 24, 2014) How can it be that Diana Ross  turns 70 this week? The forever young, forever stylish, forever beautiful one has now been a part of our lives for a half century, with no signs of her impact decreasing over time. read more ...

Featured:  Not featured Bobby Jones is a living legend, one of the true greats of Gospel music and a man who has used television to spread the word of Gospel music. http://www.soultracks.com/files/BobbyJonesPlaylist.txt Click on CD cover (above) to listen to or purchase  Rejoice With Me!  at Amazon.com   . read more ...

Featured:  Featured item on homepage (March 23, 2014) Endless traffic, hit-and-miss soundchecks and hour-plus show delays usually signal anything but a good time, but those infuriating obstacles didn't keep R&B faves like Joe, El DeBarge and headliner Teddy Riley (with his group BS2 ) from moving the crowd of nearly 4,000 fans at Grand Prairie's Verizon Theater late into (and beyond) Saturday ...

Featured:  Featured item on homepage The  Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)  has issued its annual report of music sales for 2013 , and it shows clearly where the industry is heading: Streaming music services like Pandora, Spotify and Beats Music. read more ...

Featured:  Not featured In the break-up, blue eyed soul song “The Walk,” Jimmie Ross sings to his fine looking long legged but cheating woman, "So long you did me wrong… You can walk your long legs, baby, right out of my life."  In Pittsburghese he cries “You've been jaggin me around now.  I kept my eyes shut Because you're shaped like an hourglass, but I think the time's up.” ...