Earlier this year England’s superb Soul Jazz label released the second volume in its Soul Gospel series. The disc has loads of gritty, hard-hitting testifying from artists who are both well-known ...

For the first time in a century, a cruise will depart from Oswego. The Great Lakes Cruise will depart on Saturday. Unknown substance sends two Auburn correctional officers to hospital, fentanyl ...

Staff photo / Andy Gray Billy Beck, a Youngstown native who now lives in Warren, is the keyboard player for the Ohio Players and cowrote many of its soul / funk hits. He just finished his first gospel ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In this 2015 photo, popular recording artist D'Angelo performs at The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. He's set for a ...

Mixing in psychedelic soul and funk, Dallas gospel group The Relatives were Texas legends in the ’70s, sharing bills with The Staple Singers, The Mighty Clouds of Joy, and The Five Blind Boys of ...

Sly Stone was more than a legendary musician. He made moments — moments of joy, rebellion, connection and radical love. With his band, Sly and the Family Stone, he created a sound big enough to hold ...

“Good God! A Gospel Funk Hymnal," a new collection from the offbeat Numero label, has a strange premise. It postulates a musical genre “that barely exists" -- what it calls “God on the good foot." ...

MMCC is inviting the community to boogie on its front lawn to music from The Original Splitz Band. The local band, which ...

It’s been a long, long time coming. For the last few years, traditional soul music has been going through a major revival in popular music. The sound, which originated in the United States during the ...