If that rhythmic element was emphasized in order to make it easier to dance to, people began calling it rhythm & blues ...

Cleveland’s story as an early torchbearer of rhythm and blues begins in the late 1940s when this new genre of pulsating, ...

However, her voice has been immortalized on dozens of albums spanning the period ... While remaining closely associated with soul music and rhythm and blues, her music drew as well from jazz ...

Kali Uchis, Ari Lennox, Jessie Reyez, Coco Jones, Mahalia and more released some of the best R&B songs this past week.

These songs provided a voice for those demanding change ... Guralnick, Peter. (1986). Sweet Soul Music: Rhythm & Blues and the Southern Dream of Freedom. New York: Harper & Row. Reiland Rabaka, Civil ...

The iconic Lancashire music event, the Great British Rhythm & Blues Festival, is returning this year and below are all the ...