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, ...

Though this vinyl shop is somewhat smaller than the name suggests, Big City’s nondescript storefront hides some of the choicest beats south of 14th Street. The DJ-and-producer-oriented collection ...

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 ...

Nobody knows groove quite like DevilDriver and Coal Chamber frontman Dez Fafara, which is why, with the new DevilDriver album 'Dealing With Demons Vol. II' coming up, we invited him to name his ...

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 ...

Gwen McCrae, who has died aged 81, was a singer best known for her hits Rockin’ Chair and Funky Sensation; known as “the Queen of Rare Groove” – referring to hard-to-find tracks that are often ...