The 2009 BET Awards may have been originally conceived as a venue to hand out some award statues, but after the King of Pop, Michael Jackson died, the event was ... Read More

The 2009 BET Awards were held last night (June 28) at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. This year's show will undoubtedly always be known as the Michael Jackson tribute ... Read More

Some of the more interesting Michael Jackson-related news and rumors from the past week: Michael Jackson died suddenly on June 25, 2009 in Los Angeles at the age of 50. The ... Read More

Breaking news: In a very shocking occurance, the King of Pop himself, Michael Jackson, has died. According to various reports, Michael Jackson was in Los Angeles rehearsing for a series of ... Read More

And now for something a lil' bit different: a cover of a Jazz song by a World Music/Soul/Electronic artist. The song is "Be My Husband," a tender, but upbeat song originally recorded ... Read More

On June 12, 2009, About R&B/Soul contributor Timothy Michael Carson had the opportunity to sit down for a one-on-one with up-and-coming Soul singer Laura Izibor. If you've read his review ... Read More

Over the course of his 13-plus year career, Ginuwine has been many things, including a singer, actor, sex symbol and dancer. And on his sixth studio album, A Man's Thoughts, which was ... Read More

Breaking news: Chris Brown reached a plea deal and then plead guilty in a Los Angeles court today to assaulting his (former) girlfriend, the singer Rihanna. He plead guilty to ... Read More

It was a long 17 years between albums for ex-New Jack Swing crooner Al B. Sure!, but on his new release, Honey I'm Home, which comes out in the U.S. ... Read More

Some of the more interesting news and rumors from the past week: The National Enquirer claims that the reason Usher is divorcing his wife is because he fell in love with ... Read More

K'Jon, a Detroit, Michigan native, cut his chops grooming local artists as a producer and songwriter. He's already released two indie solo projects while at the same time working with ... Read More

Are you a big Maxwell fan and just can't wait until his new album, BLACKsummers'night, is released on July 7. Well, you're in luck. AOL is offering a full sneak ... Read More

About R&B/Soul contributor Timothy Michael Carson, who reviewed Chrisette Michele's sophomore album, Epiphany, for us last month is back again. This time, TMC tackles Let the Truth Be Told, the debut ... Read More

Here's an introduction to Amy Serrata: she's a singer-songwriter specializing in Soul, Hip-Hop and Jazz. According to her press bio, she's been singing and performing in various choirs since she was ... Read More

Some of the more interesting news and rumors from the past week: Here's something almost guaranteed to make lots of women squeal with delight: Usher filed for divorce on June 12 ... Read More

To paraphrase 1980s one-hit wonder Oran "Juice" Jones, a wedding reception without a love song is like cornflakes without the milk. Love songs - particularly R&B love songs - have ... Read More

On his first solo album, ex-Pretty Ricky member Marcus "Pleasure P" Cooper tries to establish himself both as a credible solo artist and as a sophisticated lover-man, as opposed to ... Read More

Ryan Leslie and Jazmine Sullivan, two artists who released their debut albums in the past few months, will both perform at the Essence Music Festival on 4th of July weekend. And ... Read More

Although she's flown under the radar of the mainstream music world in recent years, Teena Marie has still managed to cultivate a career that most singers would envy. Over a ... Read More

Some of the more interesting news and rumors from the past week: Whitney Houston is finally making her comeback on Sept. 1 with an as-yet-untitled album on Arista Records. WhitneyHouston.com will preview ... Read More

Amazon.com has offered up yet another R&B/Soul song that can be downloaded for free for a limited time. The song, which is a new group called Lee Fields & the Expressions, is ... Read More

Despite being a huge music lover - and of course, a music critic - yours truly has never really bought into the concept of Black Music Month. It just seems ... Read More

Will Downing is more a smooth Jazz artist than an R&B singer, so he doesn't get much mention on this site. But due to repeated requests, yours truly's going to ... Read More

Back in the early 1960s, when the late, great Ray Charles was in his prime, he recorded two albums of remakes of Country songs. And if you've seen the about.com ... Read More

Veteran's Day isn't in June, but this might as well be veteran's month in the world of R&B and Soul. Lots of established and legendary artists are dropping albums in ... Read More