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News Articles: Genre: R&B/Soul

Babyface performs a Tiny Desk concert.

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  • Music

Babyface: Tiny Desk Concert

The singer, songwriter and producer brought his timeless love songs to the Tiny Desk.

June 09, 2023
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  • Nikki Birch
On her new album, <em>The Age of Pleasure</em>, Janelle Monáe concocts a vision of sensuality that is open to complication but goes down easy.

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  • Music Reviews

Janelle Monáe wants you ... to enter the 'Pleasure' zone

There's almost nobody better at creating complex musical worlds, but on her new album The Age of Pleasure, Janelle Monáe's aim is to stop thinking. Or at least start thinking about feeling.

June 08, 2023
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  • Ann Powers
Charlie Wilson performs a Tiny Desk concert.

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  • Concerts

Charlie Wilson: Tiny Desk Concert

The old-school funk and R&B artist tells a tale of "two Charlies" in his Tiny Desk performance.

June 05, 2023
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  • Bobby Carter
Residents listen as <a href="https://www.soundimpact.org/">Sound Impact</a> musicians play during the final performance of their three-day residency at the Northern Virginia Juvenile Detention Center in Alexandria, Va.

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  • Music

Incarcerated teens find escape in music and poems composed with artists

Teens in jail in Virginia collaborate with musicians to compose songs, write poetry and find their voices after run-ins with the law.

June 02, 2023
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  • Olivia Hampton

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  • Obituaries

Tina Turner, rock and roll icon, dead at 83

The pioneering vocalist, who played a pivotal role in the history of rock and soul music, had suffered a litany of health issues in recent years.

May 25, 2023
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  • Annie Zaleski
For his "Rich Spirit" / "N95" medley on <em>SNL</em>, Kendrick Lamar performed with minimal visual accompaniment, perfectly geared for the raw intimacy of his newest material.

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  • Music

'SNL' just wrapped its 48th season: It's time to cruelly rank its musical guests

From Kendrick Lamar and Megan Thee Stallion to Coldplay, here they are: the magnificent, the flawed-but-forceful, the forgettable and the truly, epically misbegotten.

May 23, 2023
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  • Stephen Thompson
Devon Gilfillian

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  • Music

Devon Gilfillian's latest album is a bold declaration of Black joy

The Nashville-based musician talks about writing and recording Love You Anyway.

May 09, 2023
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  • Stephen Kallao and
  • Miguel Perez
"The rural South is deeply beautiful and complex and contradictory," says Jones. "I really want [people] to know the rural South has something to say."

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  • Arts & Life

Durand Jones pens a love letter to being Black, queer and from the rural South

'Wait Til I Get Over,' an homage to Jones' hometown of Hillaryville, Louisiana, paints a deeply nuanced portrait of Jones and of the Southern customs that raised him.

May 08, 2023
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  • Isabella Gomez Sarmiento
Burna Boy

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  • Music

Here's a few of our favorite photos from the 2023 Dreamville Music Festival

This year's performers included J. Cole, Drake, Usher, Burna Boy, City Girls, Ari Lennox, Summer Walker, JID and many more.

April 04, 2023
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  • Alanté Serene Millow
Clarence Eugene "Fuzzy" Haskins, an original member of the influential musical collective Parliament-Funkadelic, has died. He was 81.

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  • Obituaries

Parliament-Funkadelic singer Clarence 'Fuzzy' Haskins dies at 81

The influential vocalist played a key role in shaping the funk and R&B sound of the 1970s.

March 20, 2023
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  • Chloe Veltman
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  • Arts & Life

Bobby Caldwell, singer of 'What You Won't Do for Love,' dies at 71

Bobby Caldwell's smooth soul jam "What You Won't Do for Love" went to No. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100. It became a long-term standard and career-defining hit for Caldwell, who also wrote the song.

March 17, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Tianna Esperanza, whose debut album <em>Terror</em> was released Feb. 17.

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  • Music Interviews

Tianna Esperanza's uphill climb to conquering 'Terror'

Raised in lily-white Cape Cod, Mass. while one of the few persons of color around, Esperanza found their voice the old-fashioned way: by searching for it.

March 15, 2023
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By:
  • Leila Fadel and
  • Phil Harrell
Kelela's emotional remove paired with the ambiguity created by her vocal performance shifts this album from narrative-telling to mood-building.

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  • Music Reviews

The meditative, ambient calm of Kelela's 'Raven'

If the singer was taking herself apart before, she is now presenting a unified and independent version of herself, all while actively maintaining a sense of distance from the audience.

February 22, 2023
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By:
  • Vrinda Jagota
Fousheé performs a Tiny Desk concert.

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  • Concerts

Fousheé: Tiny Desk Concert

Britanny Fousheé is not an artist who can be boxed in. In her Tiny Desk set, she flexes her eclectic artistry and vocal — and emotional — range.

February 15, 2023
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  • Ashley Pointer
Kenny Beats performs a Tiny Desk concert.

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  • Concerts

Kenny Beats: Tiny Desk Concert

One of the most sought after producers in music brings a trio of familiar voices to the Tiny Desk.

February 13, 2023
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  • Bobby Carter
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