By Alan Richard Feb 16, 2019 8 min 'COUNTRY MUSIC': THE KEN BURNS CONCERT Smashing night at the Ryman marks new documentary, salutes depth of country music “To me, it’s soul music. It’s white man’s soul music, a...
By Alan Richard 5 days ago 1 min NEW MUSEUM LIKE 'A RIVER OF SONG' The new National Museum of African American Music recently opened in Nashville, just across the street from the Ryman Auditorium. Check o...
By Alan Richard Jan 13 10 min Barry Gibb: COUNTRY-SOUL MELODY Barry Gibb has come full circle. From the folk-rock trio with his brothers to adapting Philadelphia soul into the Bee Gees’ distinctive d...
By Alan Richard Dec 31, 2020 6 min OUR FAVORITE MUSIC OF 2020 Welcome to SoulCountry’s first-ever “favorites” list. There was so much unforgettable music made in 2020 that'll stay with us long after ...
By Alan Richard Dec 27, 2020 1 min MEMPHIS' SACRED SOUL REVIVAL MEMPHIS — Inside a restored Memphis brownstone dating to the 1860s, Pastor Juan Shipp was moving a little despite his 82 years as he peer...
By Alan Richard Dec 19, 2020 9 min RISSI PALMER'S COLOR OF COUNTRY Had Rissi Palmer not become one of a handful of Black women ever to make Billboard magazine’s country-music charts, perform on the Grand ...