Philadelphia’s own Vivian Green is back from her hiatus with a brand new single and a new album. Vivid will be released this Friday, August 7th. Her new single, Get Right Back To My Baby, features a sample from Maze ft. Frankie Beverly. “I talked to Frankie Beverly, he loves the song,” says Green. “When it plays, […]
Singer Jazmine Sullivan is hanging out with the Tom Joyner Morning Show in Ft. Lauderdale, FL at the Urban League Conference. Her latest album Reality Show was released to great reviews. But for a minute, Sullivan wasn’t even sure she’d be back in the music business. She tweeted a few years ago that she was giving […]
William Grant Still was a pioneering composer and songwriter who achieved several firsts, including becoming the first African-American composer to conduct a major American symphony orchestra. Still achieved that feat on this day (July 23) in 1936. Still was born on May 11, 1895 in Woodville, Miss., and raised primarily in Little Rock, Ark. […]
Tom Joyner may be the hardest working man in show business but he’d concede the crown to Frankie Beverly as the hardest working man in the music business. Bolstered by their showmanship and the classic Black party song “Before I Let Go,” Frankie Beverly and Maze have been working, touring and making music for four […]
Usher Raymond has been a star since he was a teenager and has even brought along the next generation of singers with his protege, Justin Bieber. But in a landscape crowded with R&B wannabees and “singers” helped along with studio production wizardry, Usher, now 36, still stands out as the young king of the genre. […]
In the contemporary music scene, artists come and go. There aren’t a lot of acts that have been in the game almost 20 years and are still relevant. And there aren’t many who can stay on top when there are constantly new artist coming for their crown. But Beyonce has held it down for the […]
Despite the controversy that has dogged his career, R. Kelly remains one of the greatest R&B artists of the modern era. Unsurprisingly, the Chicago-born musician is working on new music and heading out on tour this summer. His 14th studio album, Buffet, should be out this year. While we don’t know yet if it will be […]
Got a boo thang? Well, if you do, the concert to take them to this summer is the Forever Charlie tour with Kem, Charlie Wilson and Joe Thomas. “It’s been incredible,” says Kem, the Detroit-born crooner known for his sensuous jazzy love songs. “We’re making a statement for R&B music. We’re playing in arenas and […]
DeVaughn has recently taken to wearing a crown Singer Raheem DeVaughn has taken to wearing a gold crown out in public, something that gets its fair share of unique responses. His self-appointed reign is, he says, about being The Love King. “You shouldn’t have to hide who you are,” he says, only half-jokingly. When […]
Get those rump shakers ready. Teddy Riley is coming to the 2015 Allstate Tom Joyner Family Reunion after rocking the boat on The Fantastic Voyage this year. The creator of New Jack Swing who has made many of the 90’s hits we all know and love was also in the groups Guy and Blackstreet. One of […]
Caribbean singer Johnny Kemp was found floating in the waters off Montego Bay in Jamaica last Thursday, shocking fans of the Grammy-nominated singer. Kemp was responsible for creating one of R&B music’s lasting anthems in the late ’80’s and continued to play musical events across the nation long after his career heyday. Kemp, born […]
The music world lost a legend today now that R&B and soul singer Percy Sledge has died. Sledge is best known for his first and biggest hit, “When A Man Loves A Woman,” which made him an internationally recognized star. Sledge was born November 25, 1940 in Leighton, Alabama. As a youngster, Sledge worked […]
