More than 50 years after she left Spartanburg, South Carolina, for Nashville, Marshall Chapman returned to her hometown to share her...

Howard Grimes died in February. The former drummer for the Hi Rhythm Section that backed so many greats at Royal Studios in Memphis had a...

From his home in Amsterdam, Jamal Khadar’s online radio program, Reimagining Country, is an exploration of his family’s cultural roots —...

Queen Esther lives in New York City — but don’t you dare tell her she’s not a Southerner. Her very presence will prove you wrong. Then...

I began writing my list of favorite music from 2021 several weeks ago, and I must confess that I came to the same conclusion as NPR music...

Eric Schroeder is a young rock ‘n roller with something to say. On his memorable and edgy new album, The Crucifixion of Eric Schroeder,...

MEMPHIS — It took a great cause to bring some of America’s finest musical artists and their range of music together. It’s the kind of...

MEMPHIS — Gospel artists Elizabeth King and Elder Jack Ward gloriously returned to live performances here this weekend for the first time...

NASHVILLE — Country singer Mickey Guyton shed some real tears from the Ryman Auditorium stage on October 17. While not the first time...

NASHVILLE — John Prine was tired of the hobnobbing the music business seemed to require. What mattered most to him was writing songs,...

NASHVILLE — When Nashville singer-songwriter and author Marshall Chapman stepped barefoot onto the same Ryman Auditorium stage where...

NASHVILLE — Inside a home they christened the Black Opry House for a few days in late September, some of American roots music’s veterans...

Ms. Carla Thomas, the Memphis soul singer whose hits helped Stax Records become a major presence in popular music, was awarded a lifetime...

SoulCountry is proud to officially premiere Leon Creek’s music video for the California group's “Hope Never Leaves My Side,” during...

Johnny Ray Daniels speaks softly, but his voice shakes North Carolina’s coastal plain when he and the other members of Little Willie and...

MEMPHIS - During an event at the Stax Museum of American Soul Music to celebrate his new autobiography, Timekeeper: My Life in Rhythm,...

MEMPHIS — Howard Grimes remembers that day at Royal Studios in 1972 when the groove just wouldn’t quit. Grimes was keeping time on the...

When John Paul Keith moved to Memphis, he had no idea how far down the city’s deeper-than-deep well of music, creativity and inspiration...

Soul singer Devon Gilfillian hit the streets last year with thousands of his Nashville neighbors to protest police brutality after George...

Rick Holmstrom’s chiming, cutting, blistering guitar is like a duet partner on many of Mavis Staples’ recordings over the past two...