In March 2020, festival producer Ais York Almahdi was in Miami promoting five spring break events when he received an unwanted phone call. The venues he booked for the events were closing because of ...

This audio is no longer available. It's been 40 years since the first all-night R&B party at the Wigan Casino nightclub outside Manchester, England. The doors didn't open until 2 a.m., and its ...

In the early 1990s, two brothers and some friends in Munich formed the Poets of Rhythm, a band inspired by the "deep funk" sound of late-1960s James Brown, The Meters and similar groups. The Poets ...

Ahead of the 2023 Soul Train Awards on Sunday (Nov. 26), Billboard looks at how good of a precursor the ceremony has been for R&B and rap contenders at the Grammy Awards. By Kyle Denis Next year could ...

D’Angelo’s sultry vocal style — a mix of raspy texture and church-bred fluidity — set him apart from his peers.