Les McCann, the soul-jazz singer, composer and fellow pianist who discovered Flack while the latter performed in a Washington, D.C. club, once said, “[h]er voice touched, tapped, trapped and ...

Originally broadcast in 2000. This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. The great soul singer Jerry Butler died last month at the age of 85. We're going to remember him by listening back to our ...

Butler, who died Feb. 20, was born in rural Miss., and had his first hit in 1958, singing lead with The Impressions. He later moved to Chicago and entered local politics. Originally broadcast in ...

After nearly two decades of producing music behind the scenes, Afro-soul musician Nybosse, born Ronald Mthethwa, is stepping back into the spotlight with the release of his heartfelt new single ...

Funeral arrangements have been announced for beloved soul singer Angie Stone, who passed away on March 1, 2025, at 63. Her family will honor her legacy with two memorial services in Georgia and ...

The soul singer decided to stay, and cemented herself as an icon in the city. She was inducted into the Colorado Music Hall of Fame last year, after making her way up through open mics in Five ...

Lane Hutson is having an incredible season. Normally, he would already be the favorite by a large margin for the Calder Trophy, but Macklin Celebrini is hot on his heels with good performances.

SPOILER ALERT: Details follow for Season 13, Episode 5 of “The Masked Singer,” “Ghostbusters Night,” which aired March 12 on Fox. If there’s something strange in your neighborhood ...

I still don't. And it hurt me, so I was just trying to figure it out, but I couldn't." The singer slept in her car for about a month before accepting an invitation from a manager to stay with him ...

Rogelio “Roger” Nores, a close friend of Liam Payne who was one of the last people to see the former One Direction singer alive, believes that Payne’s death was the result of an “extremely ...

Now that we know he's a theater geek who loved Broadway, some of those affectations and tendencies are more evident in his take on popular music, like this gothic interpretation of Rihanna's classic.