Featuring Phil Spector, Motown, Charlie Brown and Luther Vandross, Variety selects 10 Christmas albums essential to celebrate the season.

What has finally seen fruition as Omnibus Vol. 1 is a limited edition set of 45 7-inch soul singles from the 1970s, each with a replica label from its original release, packed in a portable case ...

Soul artists have been covering country songs for as long as soul and country have been distinct styles. This compilation offers a good overview — mostly Southern soul, but also doo wop, soul ...

Various Artists: Groove & Grind: Rare Soul 1963 - '73 album review by Chris M. Slawecki, published on December 18, 2015. Find thousands jazz reviews at All About Jazz!

VARIOUS ARTISTS | Chicago Soul '62. History of Soul Records. The first compilation album on our list, Chicago Soul '62 is a super-deep dive into the heart of classic Chicago Soul.

While it would be wrong to ignore the negative impact some artists have had on the dancehall scene, it would also be incorrect to characterise hatefulness as a major characteristic. More to the point ...

***** Various artists, Soul Motion (OM); ***** Various artists, Mushroom Jazz (OM): Both of these acid-jazz compilations are full of terrific music. And each comes with a second, CD-ROM disc of ...

Various Artists – Soul Power. From the Film Vaults _ Sony_ Jeffrey Levy- Hinte’s documentary of the concerts surrounding the Muhammed Ali- George Foreman heavyweight title match in Zaire circa ...

Sacred Soul Of North Carolina casts in amber a decades-long tradition. Recorded over eight days in a no-frills storefront in Fountain, North Carolina, about an hour due east of the state capital ...

Various Artists: Chess Soul: A Decade Of Chicago's Finest. Best known for sealing in amber the most remarkable talents of the Chicago blues scene's early days—before the scene became an ...