Aesthetic Perfection will give longtime fans ... I thought I’d never be able to perform these songs live again with the same energy, soul, and impact of the original 2005 release.

Whereas generic dance music can fill mega venues with a non-unified mass of clubbers, Northern Soul is an aesthetic thread that loops every single person on the dancefloor into one shuffling ...

Its core aesthetic was like nothing in hip-hop ... and together they forged the idea of what came to be known as "hip-hop soul" —music with the emotional heft of the former, the sample-heavy ...

As "Soul Brother No. 1," Brown acted as a cultural leader, writing hit songs calling for Black pride. As a progenitor of funk music, Brown with his band created a stripped-down, rhythmically driven ...

Charles Bradley was part of the rebirth of authentic-sounding soul for Brooklyn’s Daptone label in the early 2000s Considered one of the founders of soul music, Ray Charles began recording in ...