The 1950s brought a warmth to American living rooms that no television screen could match. Families gathered around their ...

Radio personality Jeff McKee’s dream to create a unique format of songs for radio is now a reality. McKee, who was part of “Jeff and Jeff” fame on XL102 in the 1990s, is bringing timeless rock ’n’ ...

One of the largest private collections of soul music has a new home. A collection of 35,000 recordings of classic "sweet soul" music from Chicago have been donated to the Stax Museum of American Soul ...

You can’t study the history of popular music without familiarizing yourself with the best Black singers from the 50s. In fact, you might be surprised just how many music genres can trace their roots ...

A veteran freelance journalist who specializes in music criticism, book reviews and feature articles about popular culture, Wolff has written or co-authored six books. This one is his fourth published ...

Jack McDuff, who was often known as Brother Jack McDuff, but later upgraded that honorific to Captain (an image completed by a jaunty, Count Basie-style yachting cap), was one of the handful of ...