It has its roots in a number of other musical styles. You can hear the influence of traditional Jamaican music as well as American rhythm ‘n’ blues, which would have been easily picked up in ...

The great folksong revival of the 1940s through 1960s made rural white and African American artists and their music favorites of audiences everywhere. While key figures associated with the American ...

Rhythm and Blues wasn’t just a ... In this episode of The Cause: Conversations on Music, History, and Democracy, Dr. Reiland Rabaka explores how R&B artists used their music to challenge injustice, ...