Monktober continues with very early recordings by Coleman Hawkins and Milt Jackson featuring Thelonious Monk on piano. Also, some of Monk's own compositions by himself and others. Classics by other ...

D’Angelo, that Pentecostal preacher’s son, the man Robert Christgau called ‘R&B Jesus’, has died, and, with him, a way of seeing and interpreting the world has been withdrawn. Every one of his records ...

Pino Palladino first entered the bass world's collective consciousness with his soaring, melodic fretless basslines (sometimes bolstered by a Boss octave pedal) on hits such as Paul Young's Everytime ...

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 ...

D’Angelo, the groundbreaking R&B artist who helped define the neo-soul movement across decades despite his reclusive nature, has died. In a statement, D’Angelo’s family cited the cause as cancer. He ...

The singer, songwriter and producer’s 2000 album was the result of years in the studio listening to inspiring music, jamming and rediscovering his artistic purpose. By Hank Shteamer When D’Angelo ...

“The shining star of our family has dimmed his light for us in this life… After a prolonged and courageous battle with cancer, we are heartbroken to announce that Michael D’Angelo Archer, known to his ...

Beloved R&B singer D’Angelo has died at the age of 51 after battling prostate cancer, according to his family. The musician, whose real name was Michael Archer, had backed out of a June performance at ...

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 ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. D’Angelo, the soul and R&B singer who kicked off music’s neo-soul movement with virtuosic, sensual and spiritually ...

Michael Eugene Archer was an artistic savant. He was a musical prodigy from Richmond, Virginia, who morphed into the culture’s beloved, soulful D’Angelo, the star we now mourn. As Michael, the church ...