Soul veteran Jean Carne: ‘Duke Ellington was a wonderful, grandfatherly gentleman’ | Jazz

Carne with Adrian Younge, left, and Ali Shaheed Muhammad.

At 21, the singer Jean Carne had uprooted her life in Atlanta, Georgia, to elope to Hollywood with jazz pianist Doug Carn. It was 1969, and like so many American kids of the flower-power years, […]

Questlove’s ‘Summer of Soul’ inspires Harlem festival return

The Harlem Cultural Festival has come full circle thanks to Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson’s award-winning documentary, “Summer of Soul.” Announced Wednesday, the music event, newly rebranded as the Harlem Festival of Culture, is coming back to […]

John Travolta Pays Touching Tribute To ‘Generous Soul’ Bruce Willis

John Travolta Pays Touching Tribute To 'Generous Soul' Bruce Willis

Getty Image Bruce Willis has starred in over 70 feature films during his 40-plus year career. The 67-year-old is now stepping away from acting due to an aphasia diagnosis. John Travolta, who starred with Willis […]

Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls review – this joyful show will water your parched soul | Lizzo

Lizzo’s grrrls go through their paces.

I can’t dance. Don’t ask me. Those who can are as, if not gods to me, then at the very least blessed, otherworldly beings. In new, chaotically entertaining reality-competition show Lizzo’s Watch Out for the […]

Soul-Stirring Facts About Sam Cooke, The King Of Soul

Soul-Stirring Facts About Sam Cooke, The King Of Soul

There are few artists in history who can claim to have made as big an impact as the one and only Sam Cooke. From defining one genre to completely revolutionizing another one, he changed the […]