His 1967 song "Different Strokes" became one of the most sampled in hip hop music. By The Associated Press Syl Johnson, a Chicago soul singer and blues artist whose work was sampled by top hip-hop ...

Since 2005 Plastic Crimewave (aka Steve Krakow) has used the Secret History of Chicago Music to shine a light on worthy artists with Chicago ties who’ve been forgotten, underrated, or never noticed in ...

UPDATE as of Fri 2/24/2023, 2 PM: This concert has been canceled. Cicero Blake’s career spans the trajectory of modern soul music from doo-wop to contemporary southern soul-blues. Blake was born in ...

Saturday’s event promises to showcase the extraordinary talents of award-winning musicians Johnny Rawls and the Jennifer Lyn & The Groove Revival band Johnny Rawls, a soul blues singer, guitarist, ...

The consistency of impressive quality in the worlds of jazz and blues in Nashville allows fans to enjoy great music year-round. The amount of noteworthy events makes it impossible to cite everything ...

Somewhere between my office, the kitchen and the bedroom for nearly two years, I began completely questioning whether I was going to continue in the business of music, writes soul/blues ...

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 ...

Blues, soul and gospel singer Monica Parker, known professionally as Sista Monica, battled cancer twice during the past decade. Diagnosed in 2004 with synovial sarcoma under her right arm, she was ...

CHICAGO (CBS) – Chicago Blues and Soul singer Syl Johnson has died at the age of 85. "It is with extreme sadness that our family announces the passing of Soul & Blues Hall of Fame Legend, Syl Johnson ...

Syl Johnson, a Chicago soul singer and blues artist whose work was sampled by top hip-hop artists, has died at age 85, his family said Sunday. “A fiery, fierce, fighter, always standing for the ...