Soul music has merged with many other genres since its beginnings in the 50s, fusing with styles ranging from blues and jazz, to hip hop and R'n'B. It continues to offer inspiration to artists today.

Soul music has a reputation as being the music of optimism, euphoria and, above all else, dancing. For decades, audiences have relished in moving their feet to the sweet sounds of American soul music, ...

Be it solace or celebration, grief, love, lost youth or contented aging, we find ourselves reflected in the music we love and share. In Soul Music we take a piece of music and talk to people for ...

Following the recent release by The Ellis Hall Group via Super Disco Edits last year (a lot of positive comments on here), we now have news of the sec… ...

But the record became an underground sensation and staple of Northern soul nights in UK clubs in the early 70s. Its frantic rhythm and relentless beat made it a perfect song for the scene ...

Funk and soul music are among the most varied and wide-reaching genres out there. Everything from the colossal hits of Motown to the obscure and coveted singles of the northern soul scene can be ...

Northern Soul music was at its peak in the 1970s, when DJs in places like Wigan and Blackpool rediscovered high energy soul music by black American artists. 'Wanting to be a part of something' All ...

The ideas that emerged when R&B’s heaviest heads let it all hang out make for a compelling chapter in the story of American music. By the time the psychedelic revolution dosed America’s ...

A former sound engineer who coauthored a 2012 memoir about his days working on the Fleetwood Mac album Rumours has filed a ...