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Salt Lake City string band Pixie & The Parygrass Boys announced a covers album, 'The Chicken Coop, Vol. 1,' and shared the single "Don't Leave Me This Way."

A night of LEGENDARY DISCO stars at LEHMAN CENTER

FOR THE CURRENT: DEBUSSY, DJANGO AND MUSE What a great town to live in!

London born Ricco Komolafe on the protective shield for his eclectic project Rarelyalways, laid bare on debut album WORK.

The Temptations Revue and Blue Notes were meant to perform in Mzansi for what would have been a nine-performance tour.


An East St. Louis radio station helped hook listeners in the St. Louis region on hip-hop back in 1979. That’s when New York record executives Joe and Sylvia Robinson sent the song “Rapper's Delight” to WESL. Former WESL owner Gentleman Jim Gates discusses the moment.

You were either a roots man or a 'soul boy' in Jamaica during the 1970s. Rasta and reggae appealed to the former while the latter were drawn to American R&B music. That's the scene Russell Thompki...

Philly's 105.3 FM - the Best R&B & Throwbacks

To celebrate Black History Month, World Cafe is exploring the Black roots of R&B through the decades, beginning with the '70s.

Jerry Blavat, known to his fans as "The Geator with the Heater," has died at age 82. The Philadelphia radio DJ, performer and music influencer who danced as a teen in the early days of American Bandstand succumbed to a rare disease Friday, Jan. 20, 2023, at Jefferson-Methodist Hospital in South Philly.