Old music is understandably relative. It can come with baggage, attachments, bias and context. It can be a go too, a safe space, a place where the ...

Don Bryant, the Memphis soul veteran behind 'I Can't Stand the Rain' and husband of Ann Peebles died the day after Christmas, his family announced.

R&B icon Don Bryant, who died Dec. 26, had returned to the spotlight in recent years with releases that earned him his first ...

Black singers have given us Christmas music that understands this moment. These records were never meant to rush the season along. They were meant to sit with us. To sound like family in the next room ...

Best known as one of the lead singers of The Temptations, Ruffin’s star story has a tragic ending.

Here's a look back at The Pretenders’ 1983 song “2000 Miles,” the classic Christmas tune that was inspired by a band tragedy.