Tag: R&B

How good is it to see Amber Mark back? Just over a month ago she was taking her first steps back after a vocal hemorrhage, surgery, and weeks where she could not sing at all. Today she performed a full set at Osheaga, giving the crowd 'Lose My Cool' and so much more like she never left. That voice is a gift, and watching her go from those first notes back to a full festival stage this quickly is the kind of comeback you root for. Welcome back, Amber Mark. Videos shot by februarysfinest97 on behalf of RNB RADAR.

Speaking with the BBC around their Diaspora Calling festival, Lauryn Hill and Wyclef Jean were asked if new music was coming. Lauryn's answer was simple: Absolutely. Wyclef added that they're in an amazing place and spoke on the healing the two went through as bandmates. It would be the first new Fugees music since The Score 30 years ago.

In her first interview with Pigeons and Planes, the first woman signed to pgLang opened up about her journey. She talked about how Dave Free never made her promises and instead gave her the time and space to develop on her own, which she calls the best kind of artist development. She named Erykah Badu and Nina Simone as the first musicians she fell in love with, crediting Badu for teaching her about being a Black woman in the world and Simone for the raw, honest way she translated pain.

Blue-eyed soul icon Bobby Caldwell should have been celebrating his 75th birthday on Aug. 15. Instead, three years after his death, his family is sharing the tragic truth of how the "What You Won't Do for Love" singer spent his last six years trapped in relentless agony after taking a common prescription drug.

The judge in the case officially uncovered that the "1 Thing" singer is living on a surprisingly meager income for a mainstream recording artist, pulling in an estimated monthly income of just $5,735 from her legacy music assets.

Miguel took to Instagram to pen a massive, highly emotional birthday message to his partner, Australian-Chinese filmmaker and former Vogue China Editor-in-Chief Margaret Zhang, describing her as an advocate, advisor, bullshit detector, protector, defender, dream builder, lawyer, accountability officer, leadership coach, cheerleader, marketing advisor, and creative partner.