However culture-shifting history proves Beyoncé’s new album, Cowboy Carter, to be, it’s not unprecedented. For generations, artists have blurred the supposed lines between country music, R&B, soul, ...

What, exactly, is "soul?" This word is used so often in discussions and writings about music, but I wonder if anybody can actually define its very essence and place in the musical universe? The ...

Adam P. Newton recently became a father for the first time, so he has decided to explain the entirety of post-WWII Western pop music to his new daughter, “Fig”…one genre at a time. What’s going on, ...

Soul is one of the year’s best movies (it also handily topped our list of the Best Disney+ Movies of 2020), and a big part of its charm is its dazzling original score. The film, about a jazz-obsessed ...