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The Progressive Underground: Laura Rain & the Caesars rewire vintage soul one cut at a time

This edition of 5-on-5 delves into the Laura Rain & the Caesars' gritty Detroit-style soul and their journey to international ...
The Beaumont Enterprise

Soul of the South hits high notes

When members of Beaumont United High School’s Soul of the South marching band enter their practice hall, time stops. A sign taped over the wall-mounted clock reminds them that only one measure ...
Independent Florida Alligator

Gainesville’s Black community, soul music and how it made history

Singing soul music was never about profit for singer Little Jake Mitchell — it’s about seeing people happy. Even now, at 80 years old and 50 years into his career, his band, Little Jake and the ...
Dallas Observer

Texas Band Prophets and Outlaws Are Southern Soul Gold. Why Aren’t They Bigger?

Dallas-based band Prophets and Outlaws has the knack of making music that feels familiar yet, at the same time, not quite like anything you’ve ever heard before. That combination, at once ...
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'Some Of These People' Collective Soul Sounds Off On Bands Who Think They're Too Good To Play Their Big Hits

Collective Soul’s bass player, Will Turpin, whose band’s new documentary, Give Me A Word: The Collective Soul Story, hits the 2025 movie schedule on video-on-demand and Blu-Ray on July 8th, has ...
American Songwriter

How the Soul Band Hot Chocolate Concocted a Song That Became a Hit Not Once, Not Twice, but Three Times

Many R&B bands reinvented themselves as trends constantly changed in the 70s. Hot Chocolate stands out in that they were a British band who made these moves as effectively as anyone. And they ...