▶ Listen on Spotify, Apple Music or YouTube 7. The Main Ingredient: “Everybody Plays the Fool” The main ingredients to this 1972 single were a catchy...
Bon Iver featuring Danielle Haim, ‘If Only I Could Wait’ Doubts and yearning — and electronics and distortion — threaten to overcome Justin Vernon, who performs...
Dear listeners, Early March is such a tease, occasionally giving us a fleeting preview of desperately desired springtime — only to snatch it away with yet...
Dawn Robinson, a founding member of the ’90s R&B group En Vogue, said this week that she had been living in her car for roughly three...
▶ Listen on Spotify, Apple Music or YouTube 5. Jason Derulo: “Whatcha Say” Speaking of Auto-Tune, this proudly synthetic debut single from the R&B singer Jason...
Gwen McCrae, whose gospel-infused R&B hits of the early 1970s like “Lead Me On” and “Rockin’ Chair” featured bouncing, dance-floor-friendly grooves that helped open the door...
D’Wayne Wiggins, who brought his smooth baritone to millions of fans as a founding member and the lead singer of the R&B trio Tony! Toni! Toné!,...
Roy Ayers, a vibraphonist who in the 1970s helped pioneer a new, funkier strain of jazz, becoming a touchstone for many artists who followed and one...
After graduating from high school in Cincinnati, Mr. Jasper settled in New York, where he studied music composition at the Juilliard School. Enticed by the opportunity...
Angie Stone, a hip-hop pioneer in the late 1970s with the Sequence, one of the first all-female rap groups, who later switched gears as a solo...
