DJ Cassidy has been your new quarantine best buddy in 2020, if you have any affinity at all for the classic R&B that came between the Motown era and the turn of the century, or for early hip-hip. In ...

Every week for Black History Month, World Cafe correspondent John Morrison is taking us through the history of R&B through the decades. This week, we dig into the '80s, when R&B's influence was being ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) When you think about soul and funk legends of the ‘70s and ‘80s, certain names dominate the headlines — but true music lovers know Carl Carlton belongs firmly in that conversation.

Although mum on most participants, Cassidy is proud to have three all-female groups from the era — TLC, En Vogue and SWV — joining a lineup he says will be full of surprises Tuesday night. “I haven’t ...

The 70s and 80s were pivotal decades in music history, giving birth to groundbreaking genres, legendary artists, and timeless ...

One of the cool things about R&B is hearing how the sound seems to constantly change from the previous decade. The 1980s was no different. It was an era that was moving away from the disco sound of ...

Marvin Gaye, "What's Going On" James Brown, "The Payback" Stevie Wonder, "As" Aretha Franklin, "(To Be) Young, Gifted And Black" Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, "The Love I Lost" R&B music would not ...