Featured: Not featured Back in 1997, Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds created the supergroup Milestone to sing one song for the hit movie Soul Food. The group consisted of K-Ci and JoJo Haley along with Babyface and his brothers Kevon and Melvin. And the song, " I Care About You " was an absolute gem that stands as one of the great songs of that year. read more ...
According to the Biblical book of Ecclesiastes, "For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven." But when fans of classically-created soul music remember the great voices that have been forever silenced in the last 25 years (Teddy Pendergrass, Ray Charles, Luther Vandoss, Barry White, Issac Hayes and Gerald Levert, to name very few), it feels like a very somber time time...
Featured: Not featured (March 21, 2014) Canton, Ohio - The Official R&B Music Hall of Fame is set and ready to induct the best of the best of rhythm & blues music into the 2 nd annual 2014 class lead by the King of Pop Michael Jackson and the Queen of Pop Whitney Houston. read more ...
First Listen: Moonchild returns like "Nobody" else SoulTracks - Soul Music Biographies, News and Reviews Soul Tracks - Tracking the World's Greatest Soul Music Home Artist Pages Top 10 Albums Video Soul Links CD / DVD Store Upcoming CDs Search Sign up for our FREE Soul Tracks Newsletter Email: > View our privacy policy What's New March 21, 2014 Music Reviews The Floacist - Rise of the Phoenix Mermaid...
Featured: Featured item on homepage CD Giveaways have become a staple here at SoulTracks, and they seem to keep getting better and better. Over the years, SoulTrackers have proven their love for both new school and old school music, and one of their faves has been the Disco Era. read more ...
Featured: Not featured BET host Bobby Jones is a Gospel legend and the host of the longest running show in cable television history (33 years). Grammy winner and R&B Divas leader Faith Evans is a star in her own right, and is one of the biggest R&B vocalists of the past two decades. . read more ...
Natalie Stewart, the Londoner who music fans know as The Floacist, has strong views on the pressures faced by black musicians. Those pressures came into sharp relief in the period leading up to the dissolution of Floetry, the group that made Stewart and fellow singer and childhood friend Marsha Ambrosius, famous. Floetry, one of the few alternative soul groups to achieve mainstream success, earned...
Featured: Not featured Since leaving Halifax as a folk/pop singer in 2010, Windsor Ontario-based songwriter Crissi Cochrane has found her soul, writing and living in the hot sun across the river from the soul music capital of Detroit. read more ...
Featured: Not featured http://www.soultracks.com/files/Tavares - Slow Train to Paradise_0107201122.mp3 Tavares - Slow Train to Paradise read more ...
In the nearly six years since Ashanti's last CD, The Declaration , things in the game done changed: the label she called home for nearly a decade, Murder Inc/The Inc., released her from her recording contract. Instead of jumping back into the music biz, however, Ms. Douglas spent time in front of the cameras, cultivating acting credits in a variety of roles ( Coach Carter, Law & Order:...
Featured: Featured item on homepage A surprising fact has had the music world abuzz for weeks: In 2013, for the first time in the 55 year history of the Billboard Hot 100 chart, no black artist had a #1 song. read more ...
Featured: Not featured West Virginia native Bill Withers joined the L.A. read more ...
Featured: Not featured Kareemah El-Amin converted to Christianity from Islam three years ago. She also returned to her birth state of Michigan after being raised in Indiana. One thing that remained constant for this vocalist, actress, playwright and filmmaker a voice that draws comparisons Phyllis Hyman. She is also a prolific songwriter. read more ...
Featured: Not featured Germany born keyboardist and songwriter Thomas Motter has built up a sizeable fanbase in Europe and North America for his infectious grooves and his many collaborations, most recently on 2012’s Moon Base. . read more ...
Featured: Not featured As we mentioned a couple months ago , Grammy-winning guitarist/producer Lee Ritenour hosts the Six String Theory Competition for the 4th year. The goal of the competition is to provide aspiring musicians with professional performing and recording opportunities, educational scholarships, mentoring and prizes. read more ...
Featured: Featured item on homepage We introduced SoulTrackers to singer-songwriter Andre Henry a couple years ago and you all responded to his expressive, honest music. read more ...
It has been a long while since singer/songwriter Rogiérs graced us with his liquid vocals. Seven years since the critically acclaimed Life Music: All of It poured the most sweeping of smooth soul around with rapturous arrangements and instrumentation that soothed and swayed on cuts like “Fa Sho,” “Come Into My World,” and “Come When You Call." Besides some internet and satellite radio play and compilation...
Featured: Not featured False accusations, fallouts, trademark infringement and confused fans across the globe: what is the story, where is the real Blackstreet and who the blank is BS2? read more ...
She’s long and rightly been considered the heir apparent to the legacy of Sarah Vaughn, one of her self-admitted long time heroines and influences. So, it isn’t surprising to find that Dianne Reeves shares similar trajectories with Vaughn in being an essential singer for any music aficionado to have in their catalog; but the catalog is one that is both uneven and can be cleanly divided into their...
Featured: Not featured (March 13, 2014) There's a lot of talk about the lack of substance and positive values on the urban music scene today. Where are the positive images of men and women, particularly African-Americans? Where are the songs promoting romance and lasting love? There are such songs and images but somehow they get overshadowed by superficial sexuality and material celebration....