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Macon’s legendary musical past is well known. Little Richard was born there. Otis Redding grew up there. R.E.M.’s Mike Mills and Bill Berry met there in high school. The Allman Brothers Band made its ...

Folk-soul performer Kashus Culpepper brought his artistry growing in critical acclaim to Nashville's Basement East.

Known for her powerful voice and her influence in both gospel and mainstream music, she worked alongside some of the ...

A Bradford singer making soul music inspired by Marvin Gaye and Otis Redding is has been celebrated on BBC Radio 1's Future ...

As the guitarist in Booker T. & the M.G.’s, the house band for Stax Records, Steve Cropper was a key figure in shaping the ...

The musical matriarch's death comes just 12 years after the loss of her daughter and nine years after the loss of her ...

Cissy Houston, Grammy-winning soul and gospel singer and mother of the late Whitney Houston, died in her New Jersey home on ...

The Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles has officially unveiled a new star for Otis Redding, a celebrated soul and R&B ...

Legendary singer and songwriter Otis Redding was posthumously honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Friday.

The legacy of late soul singer Otis Redding continues to shine with the recent addition of his star on the iconic Hollywood Walk of Fame.

On Oct. 4, 2024, the music world gathered to celebrate the enduring legacy of Otis Redding, the iconic soul singer, as he was ...