Makiyah Mustiful joined Miriam B. on Arkansas Soul Sessions to talk about her newfound journey on American Idol.

From Bruno Mars’ latest album, “The Romantic,” to rapidly growing soul bands like Thee Sacred Souls, electronic sounds seem to be decreasing in popular music and live instruments are re-emerging. One ...

This song is credited with the birth of soul music, and it was considered controversial when it came onto the scene in 1955. Ray Charles’s “I Got a Woman” hit number one on the R&B chart in 1955. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On March 15, 1955, Ray Charles hit number one on the Billboard R&B chart with "I Got a Woman" — and American music was never quite ...

Soul music in 1963 spoke to the times, but it also laid the groundwork for the future of R&B, pop, rock and roll, funk, and eventually hip-hop. Many hits from the era continue to connect with new ...