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Soulful songs for the 12 days of Christmas

By theGrio

5:50 PM on 12/24/2011

SLIDESHOW - Here's theGrio's list of the most soulful of them all: one for each of the 12 days of Christmas...
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Betty Wright and the Roots make musical 'Movie'

By Ferrari Sheppard

6:00 PM on 11/14/2011

theGRIO Q&A - Wright's vocals and melodies have been sampled by the apex R&B elites including Beyonce and Mary J. Blige...
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Bootsy Collins serves up four decades of funk (VIDEO)

By Todd Johnson

9:03 AM on 04/27/2011

theGRIO VIDEO - Collins, who was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997, released his latest album this week, 'Tha Funk Capital of the World'...
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Aretha Franklin tells Jet: Details of illness coming

By theGrio

3:01 PM on 12/17/2010

DETROIT (AP) - Franklin told the magazine that friends know she is "a lot more than the girl in the pink Cadillac on the Freeway of Love who also sings about Respect"...
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Patience and passion finally pay off for R&B vet Tank (VIDEO)

By Todd Johnson

4:40 PM on 12/14/2010

theGRIO VIDEO - The former background singer turned solo star says his patience in the music industry paved the way for his success...
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Singer Dionne Warwick chats about life as she sees it

By Amanda Alcantara

1:13 PM on 11/02/2010

VIDEO - In this interview with Meredith Vieira, the legendary Warwick talks about her new book, her first hit and her singing career...
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Eric Benét on soul music: 'It's kind of like pornography'

By Brett Johnson

8:44 AM on 10/22/2010

theGRIO Q & A - It's been more than six years since R&B heartthrob Eric Benét completed a messy divorce from Oscar winner Halle Berry...
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Aretha Franklin recovering from broken ribs after fall

By theGrio

12:45 AM on 08/04/2010

DETROIT (AP) - Aretha Franklin says she's recovering from a fall and will miss two free concerts in New York...
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Slideshow: The search for music's soul in America

By Ronda Racha Penrice

8:26 AM on 07/06/2010

SLIDESHOW - Jam, swing and rock and roll through the summer heat by soothing the soul with a little bit of rhythm and blues at these musical gems...
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Maxwell: 'I thank people for not forgetting me' (VIDEO)

By Todd Johnson

9:11 AM on 06/29/2010

theGRIO VIDEO - Maxwell said his fans have helped him prove that soul music in 2010 can still hold its own...
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Fire at famed Philly music company is ruled arson

By theGrio

8:39 AM on 02/24/2010

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A two-alarm fire that damaged the building where the "Sound of Philadelphia" was born has been ruled an arson...
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