When Michael Eugene Archer was three years old, his older brother Luther came home to find him almost perfectly playing a Prince song on the piano. As Luther later told Okayplayer: "It was the first ...

On Tuesday (Oct. 14), D’Angelo’s family confirmed that the legendary singer passed at 51 years old following a battle with cancer. “We are saddened that he can only leave dear memories with his family ...

D’Angelo asks that question — worries it, caresses it, plumbs its unseen depths — no fewer than two dozen times in what might have been his signature hit. A meticulous, slow-to-boil ballad from the ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) When news broke that D’Angelo, the pioneering force behind the neo-soul movement, passed away at 51 after a battle with cancer, the world of music fell silent. He was more than a ...

Go-go music is the soundtrack of Washington, D.C. Despite a four-decade history and a few national hits like “Da Butt,” by Experience Unlimited (E.U.), and “Shake Your Thang,” by Salt-N-Pepa with E.U.

(ThyBlackMan.com) There’s soul music… and then there’s D’Angelo. If you know, you know. His voice isn’t just something you hear—it’s something you feel deep in your bones. When D’Angelo hit the scene ...

The soul singer, songwriter and producer, who died on Tuesday at 51, released three studio albums of meticulously constructed, vocally ambitious, genre-crossing music. By Jon Pareles In his music, ...

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. When I was a kid, living in Lawrenceville, Virginia, I heard tales about how the James River was haunted: perhaps by the spirits of Indigenous people who were ...

D'Angelo, the Grammy-winning singer-songwriter and producer whose retro R&B sound epitomized the neo-soul movement of the mid-'90s, has died following a battle with cancer. He was 51. The singer, born ...

Across three timeless studio albums, D’Angelo found all the right words to sing in the smoothest, most affecting notes. Those who were influenced, inspired, and shaped by the neo-soul legend’s work ...

The singer and songwriter’s art of elegant seduction never required him to raise his voice, or lose his desperation, humor or awareness. An Appraisal The singer and songwriter’s art of elegant ...

Our list of the 10 best songs by the neo-soul architect, from Brown Sugar to Black Messiah. When it comes to the past three decades of R&B, particularly the development of the neo-soul movement, ...