Unless you’re a soulie, or perhaps a b-boy, Ms. Nicole Willis’s name might not immediately ring a bell, but during the last decade, she, along with the Soul Investigators, has produced some of the ...

The 1970’s were an extremely fertile era for music. In America, progressive soul and funk broke new ground while London spawned the punk rock scene and Kingston, Jamaica gave the world roots reggae.

Having begun as a teenage doo wop outfit in Kansas City, Missouri, Bloodstone gracefully evolved into a radical force within the era’s burgeoning progressive soul movement, embracing elements of pop, ...

Alternative artist Imani Basquiat is steadily carving his name into South Africa’s evolving music. Photo: Supplied/NarrativeAesthetic From the streets of The Orchards in the north of Pretoria to ...

Expressive, versatile, and dripping in history - the fizzing frequencies of funk and the seductive sounds of soul are ever-alluring; and when all these sounds merge on a festival lineup, you can bet ...