As I worked on this story about R&B/soul singer Leela James, I was struck by an interesting dichotomy that seems to be the result of how fragmented the media landscape has become. Artists like Bettye ...

*R&B soul singer, songwriter, recording artist, and performer Leela James is an absolute star whose sassy, raw, passionate, and powerful voice continues to amaze fans. Since 2005, Leela has recorded ...

Soul/R&B singer Kem will return to the Tuscaloosa Amphitheater Sept. 2, in a show opened by Stokley and Leela James. Kem, with Stokley and Leela James, will play the Tuscaloosa Amphitheater at 7 p.m.

Leela James shares the same last name as the late legendary blues woman Etta James. As a young girl, James’ raw and husky voice earned her the nickname “Baby Etta.” But that’s not all they have in ...

Leela James travels back to the 1950s in the video for "Something's Got a Hold on Me," a song off her new album, Loving You More...In the Spirit of Etta James. The 28-year-old L.A. native belts out ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Leela James’ last recording, Let’s Do it Again, begins with a rendition of Betty Wright’s “Clean Up Woman” and closes with the title track, a remake ...

Leela James grabbed attention with her arresting but uneven 2005 debut, “A Change Is Gonna Come.” And her voice- a gritty, soulfully booming force of nature- provided that proof. On her 2009… By ...

Singer- songwriter Leela James was named the Goddaughter of Soul by James Brown and is one of the leading female figures in the genre. She has a brand new single and a tour stopping right here in ...

Leela James is a part of a select group of singers that still have soul, so it makes perfect sense that James would title her third album “My Soul.” With big hair and an even bigger voice, reminiscent ...

HOUSTON – The summer is about to heat up with R&B and soul singer-songwriter Leela James’ new single and video, “Right Back in It.” The highly anticipated single is the follow up to her 2021 #1 smash, ...

Retro-soul singer Leela James was 18, fresh out of high school in South Central Los Angeles with her first recording contract, when the often harsh realities of the music business slapped her in the ...

Ed Gordon talks with young rhythm and blues songstress Leela James. She talks about her debut CD, A Change is Gonna Come, and her love for classic soul music. Some people say soul music is dead. Well, ...