June 22, 2024 marked the return of the Stone Soul Music and Food Festival in Richmond, Virginia, following a five-year hiatus of the venerable event. Soul, funk, and R&B are the heartbeat of America.

It was the end of an era for the highly-popular Soul Beach Music Festival in 2024 when organizers announced the star-studded festival would not be returning to Aruba in 2025. For months, festival ...

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THAT’S PAINTING HOUSE. WE’RE BACK NOW AT 1123 TONIGHT, A POPULAR MILWAUKEE SUMMER CONCERT SERIES RETURNS FOR ITS SECOND YEAR. CULTURE BY DESIGN AND THE MARCUS PERFORMING ARTS CENTER ARE HOSTING THE ...

As a member of Booker T. & the MG’s and as a producer, he played a pivotal role in the rise of Stax Records, a storied force in R&B in the 1960s and ’70s.