James Brown - American singer, songwriter, dancer, musician, record producer, and bandleader. The central progenitor of funk music and a major figure of 20th-century music, he is often referred to by the honorific nicknames "Godfather of Soul", "Mr. Dynamite", and "Soul Brother No. 1".
Nick Ashford - songwriting partner and later his wife, wrote some of Motown's biggest hits, like “Ain't No Mountain High Enough” and “Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing,” before they remade their careers as a recording and touring duo, died on Monday in New York City. Tyrone Davis - American blues and soul singer with […]
Jheryl Busby - American recording company executive who was the former President and Chief Executive Officer of Motown Records. Johnnie Taylor - American recording artist and songwriter who performed a wide variety of genres, from blues, rhythm and blues, soul, and gospel to pop, doo-wop, and disco.
Wednesday, MAY 5TH Quash (Q-Man) and Regina come together to interview drummer/producer UNKLE NEPHEW! Take a listen to UNKLE NEPHEW at: https://open.spotify.com/track/0MF6woqPYPZU5lErcudThc?si=d7681080c0b2416c THE NEO SOUL CYPHER SHOW – Relaunched and Reimagined! 9pm ET, 8pm CT, 6pm PT ONLINE: https://neosoulcypher.com/live-streams-and-broadcasts/ Get the latest in Neo Soul and Classic Hip-Hop Music, Culture, Lifestyle and Community
Herb Cox - Lead singer from R&B vocal group The Cleftones.
Jimmy Ruffin - American soul singer, and elder brother of David Ruffin of the Temptations. He had several hit records between the 1960s and 1980s, the most successful being the Top 10 hits "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" and "Hold On".
Phillip Bailey - American R&B, soul, gospel and funk singer, songwriter and percussionist, best known as an early member and one of the two lead singers of the band Earth, Wind & Fire. Noted for his four-octave vocal range and distinctive falsetto register, Bailey has won seven Grammy Awards.
David Prater - American Southern soul and rhythm & blues singer and musician, who was the deeper baritone/tenor vocalist of the soul vocal duo Sam & Dave from 1961 until his death in 1988.
Arthur Alexander - American Country Soul songwriter and singer. Jason Ankeny, music critic for AllMusic, said Alexander was a "country-soul pioneer" and that, though largely unknown, "his music is the stuff of genius, a poignant and deeply intimate body of work on par with the best of his contemporaries." Prince BE (PM Dawn) - Attrell […]
Irving Berlin - American composer and lyricist, widely considered one of the greatest songwriters in American history. His music forms a great part of the Great American Songbook. Born in Imperial Russia, Berlin arrived in the United States at the age of five.
Burt Bacharach - American composer, songwriter, record producer, and pianist who composed hundreds of pop songs from the late 1950s through the 1980s, many in collaboration with lyricist Hal David. Norman Whitfield - American songwriter and producer, who worked with Berry Gordy's Motown labels during the 1960s. He has been credited as one of the […]
Wednesday, MAY 12TH Quash (Q-Man) and Regina come together to interview jazz musician TIM BOWMAN! Take a listen to TIM BOWMAN at: https://open.spotify.com/track/3g8lhGAehgsXqUXQVtCBZ0?si=15907743a4e644db THE NEO SOUL CYPHER SHOW – Relaunched and Reimagined! 9pm ET, 8pm CT, 6pm PT ONLINE: https://neosoulcypher.com/live-streams-and-broadcasts/ Get the latest in Neo Soul and Classic Hip-Hop Music, Culture, Lifestyle and Community
