James Brown - Sexy, Sexy, Sexy James Brown's body is not yet moldin' in his grave, as the squabble between his family and widow/part...

Roscoe Robinson - What Makes a Man Do Wrong Gospel and soul singer Roscoe Robinson has been a busy guy lately, doing gigs organized by John ...

Gloria Walker - Walking With My New Love Gloria Walker is best known for the deep soul classic "Talking About My Baby" (a monologu...

Joshie Jo Armstead - Stumbling Blocks, Stepping Stones (What Took Me So Long) Jo Armstead's career in music was truly multi-faceted. As...

Big Al Downing - Gimme Some Loving The interesting and varied career of Big Al Downing has been discussed in a prior post . Today's sel...

Episode #15 of the podcast is now available in stereo and mono! Here's the (slightly more scattershot that usual) playlist: 1. James B...

Frederick Knight - You've Never Really Lived Frederick Knight scored an oddball hit in 1972 on Stax with "I've Been Lonely For ...

Sonny Boy Williamson - One Way Out Bluesman Sonny Boy Williamson (Aleck "Rice" Miller, not be confused with John Lee "Sonny B...

James Phelps - Walking The Floor Over You James Phelps was the last of the great Soul Stirrers lead singers to make the transition from gosp...

Ruby Andrews - Gotta Break Away Yesterday's postscript to the Valentine's Day post provided an excellent segue into today's post...

Eddie & Ernie - Thanks For Yesterday Among other things, one of the biggest things lacking in modern R&B music is the absence of mal...

The Meditation Singers - Let Them Talk Over the weekend I learned that Ernestine Rundless, founder and leader of the Meditation Singers and ...