Dharawal/Campbelltown R&B artist RISSA is back to make you feel all the feels with her smooth new single ‘FOREVER’ – a silky, soul-drenched ode to falling head-first into love (and quietly wondering ...

Details of a recent release from the ever busy Acid Jazz Fingier imprint... Santa Fiebre - Waterfalls / Pain of Sights - ...

ESSENCE.com’s “New and Next” column spotlights the brightest new talents we think you should know. This week we meet R&B singer Shaliek, who’s debut single “The Past” is already heating up the charts.

HIGH POINT — The second annual North Carolina R&B Soul Picnic comes to High Point this weekend, bringing with it a celebration of soulful music, mental wellness and community connection. Organized by ...

Sometimes the best new R&B can be hard to find, but there are plenty of great rhythm-and-blues tunes to get into if you have the time to sift through the hundreds of newly released songs every week.

R&B has never stayed in one lane — from Mary J. Blige’s hip-hop soul to today’s alternative sounds, it’s a story of evolution ...

Jussoul is a dynamic soul, pop artist whose music blends rich storytelling, soulful melodies and the rhythmic essence of afrobeats and R&B creating a sound that speaks to the heart and soul. He joined ...

Welcome to The State of R&B, ESSENCE’s look at the past, present and future of rhythm and blues. In this piece, ESSENCE editor Rivéa Ruff reports on the blending of hip-hop and R&B. Since the ...

Rhythm and blues is an inclusive term that captures a wide swatch of American popular music that began to infiltrate the mainstream after WWII. It grew out of disparate sources: delta blues, country, ...

R&B has always been a powerful vehicle for storytelling and cultural expression. Understanding the roots of modern R&B means ...