“I was just telling my wife, the idea of resurgence and reissues of vinyl records; sometimes we call it rare groove music. These records are rare.” Finding his own sound Although largely self-taught, ...

This sure was the year for R&B CD box sets. However, despite the Rare Soul moniker here, the quality of rarity doesn’t always translate to it being very good. While there are some quality tracks among ...

We call it "soul music" for a reason: Because from Ray Charles grooving on "America the Beautiful" to Maxwell gently hammering out his steps to "Ascension," the best soul music hits deep in our ears, ...

Soul Jazz's latest compilation focuses on British lovers rock, the softer, more feminine counterpart to the politicized roots reggae that soundtracked radical social and racial events in 1970s and 80s ...

For serious record hunters, a brightly colored little cart that’s rolling into a downtown L.A. shop for about two weeks will be a treasure of a find. It will be filled with rare vinyl straight out of ...