Sabrina Carpenter’s and Chappell Roan’s sexy pop hits have roots in the bedroom ballads of Teddy Pendergrass and Philly soul

Growing up in Philadelphia in the 1990s, I listened to soul singer-turned-R&B sex symbol Teddy Pendergrass and other artists ...
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8 Troop Songs That Shaped Late 80s and 90s R&B.

(ThyBlackMan.com) Few R&B groups from the late 1980s and early 1990s managed to blend vocal precision, stage charisma, and emotional depth quite like Troop. Hailing from Pasadena, California, the five ...

Sabrina Carpenter’s and Chapelle Roan’s sexy pop hits have roots in the bedroom ballads of Teddy Pendergrass and Philly soul

Growing up in Philadelphia in the 1990s, I listened to soul singer-turned-R&B sex symbol Teddy Pendergrass and other artists who defined the Sound of Philadelphia. Now, as a professor of ethnic ...

Best Songs of 2025

A huge, gloriously silly and brutally effective amalgam of abandoned styles ripe for reinvigorating — rap-metal, dream-prog, ...

50 best Christmas songs, definitively ranked

There's a Christmas song for all tastes – jolly to melancholy – so corralling them into one list is not only futile, but ...
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The 100 Best Songs of 2025

This was one wild year for music — as the late, great Ozzy would say, it was a crazy train. In 2025, you never knew where ...
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Treky Moon Releases “Sad Songs to You” — A Heartfelt Ballad Born from a Rainy Night and Real Emotion

Emerging artist Treky Moon unveils his soul-stirring new single, “Sad Songs to You,” a beautifully emotional piece that blends heartfelt lyricism with a story rooted in truth, imagination, and ...
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Stream Smith Taylor’s Rad Punk-Rock Soul EP Field Service

When we last checked in with NYC's Smith Taylor, his falsetto was gently soaring all over the psychedelic soul ballad "Down Bad Bad." Today he's back with a whole new EP called Field Service, and it ...
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8 Jerry Butler Songs That Prove He’s a Soul Legend.

(ThyBlackMan.com) When we think of the voices that built soul music from the ground up, Jerry Butler—affectionately known as The Iceman—rises near the top of that list. His voice wasn’t just smooth—it ...
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The 10 Best Collective Soul Songs

Collective Soul are on their Co-Headline Summer Unity Tour with +Live+ and special guests Our Lady Peace and Greylin James Rue Like Weezer, Collective Soul released a self-titled album in the mid-‘90s ...
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Soul balladeer Peabo Bryson celebrates 50 years of music on July 16 at the Schaefer Center

BOONE — Legendary singer Peabo Bryson will perform at Appalachian State University’s annual summer arts celebration, An Appalachian Summer, on Wednesday, July 16, at 7:30 p.m. at the Schaefer Center ...
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This Forgotten Aretha Franklin Song Is Her Most Emotional—And The Hidden Muse Is a Surprise

Karly B. is a music news journalist at Collider, specializing in the Western and Asian music industries. With a Bachelor of Science degree in Digital Media and Web Technology, she has dedicated part ...