It’s Their Thing: My Classic Soul Podcast Celebrates The Isley Brothers
From "Shout" to "That Lady" and beyond, an audio celebration of an essential soul group.
Motown Spotlight, November 2020
This month, Sharon Davis shares about a previously unreleased 'live' album by July 2020 SoulMusic Hall Of Fame inductee Kim Weston that's now available and takes a trip back to 1977 to revisit Motown albums by Syreeta, Jerry Butler and The Originals....
The Beauty of It All: “Just the Two of Us” is Having a Moment
TikTok is putting the 1981 Top 5 hit back on the map.
BRASS CONSTRUCTION: Classic Soul 1976 Interview
2020 introduction: Brass Construction, recent inductees into The SoulMusic Hall Of Fame in the ‘Funk Group’ category, hit the ground running in 1976 when their first self-titled LP became a platinum-certified million-selling R&B and pop success. By the end of the same year, “Brass Construction II” was on its way to gold status...
LABELLE: Classic Soul 1974 Interview
2020 introduction: Patti LaBelle, Nona Hendryx and Sarah Dash - as the group Labelle (2020 inductees into The SoulMusic Hall Of Fame) - were very much trendsetters and pioneers in the early ‘70s, finally breaking through to mainstream audiences in 1974 with the now-classic “Lady Marmalade” global hit…
ALLEN TOUSSAINT: Classic Soul 1975 Interview
2020 introduction: New Orleans’ prolific music man Allen Toussaint had been experiencing a new level of success as the producer of the group Labelle’s 1974 album “Nighbirds” as well as the release of his own first LP as an artist in his own right. British music journalist (and future SoulMusic.com founder) David Nathan interviewed Allen (inducted posthumously into The SoulMusic Hall Of Fame in 2020) on his first visit to New Orleans in 1975…
‘Extension of a Man’: My Classic Soul Podcast Revisits Donny Hathaway’s Classic
A look into Hathaway's last solo album.
Candi Staton: SoulMusic Hall Of Fame Inductee 2020 (Lifetime Achievement) & 2015 (Female Artist)
We salute and congratulate the legendary Candi Staton, for the double induction into The SoulMusic Hall Of Fame by popular vote online at SoulMusic.com in the categories of Lifetime Achievement (2020) and Female Artist (2015)!
WATCH: Cissy Houston Accepts Whitney Houston’s Induction into the Rock Hall of Fame
The singer's sister-in-law/manager Pat Houston also accepted on Whitney's behalf.
ARETHA FRANKLIN: Classic Soul 1973 Interview
2020 introduction: Aretha Franklin had just enjoyed major success with the Stevie Wonder composition 'Until You Come Back To Me'. She was in contract re-negotiations with Atlantic Records and already working on material for a new album when she did a rare transatlantic phone interview with London-based music journalist (and then-future SoulMusic.com founder) David Nathan...
