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Amy Winehouse is a young Londoner who draws on the musical past while telling tales about love and ex-lovers. She combines '60s R&B and soul, blues and jazz. With a stack of black hair, an athletic trainer's body and a unique personal style, her look is as arresting as her subject matter.

The first thing that jumps out as The Cinematic Orchestra's "Breathe" begins to unfold is that voice — a voice that sounds weathered by time, with a layer of sultry melancholy. It belongs to Fontella Bass, a soul singer best known for her 1965 R&B hit "Rescue Me."

It's funny how the best track on Do the Boomerang, Don Byron's tribute to legendary R&B saxophonist Junior Walker, gives James Brown's "There It Is" a makeover. Byron, arguably his generation's premier jazz clarinetist, covers James Brown on one of the year's zestiest jazz discs.

With a commanding vocal range that spans four octaves, New York-based singer Alice Smith makes her endlessly listenable blend of rock, pop, jazz, soul and R&B seem almost effortless. Thanks to her emotive and powerful voice, Smith has begun to turn heads on a national level.

Grant-Lee Phillips' nineteeneighties would seem to be an odd creative detour — the set finds him covering '80s alt-rock classics by the likes of R.E.M., the Cure and the Pixies — but it's surprising how smoothly its tributes fit into his homespun, heartfelt catalog.

On this edition of All Songs Considered, the R&B singer shares some of the songs and events that shaped his career, along with cuts from his new album of duets, Smokey & Friends.

Packed with great songs and devoid of throwaways, Brothers is the sixth album by the duo of singer-guitarist Dan Auerbach and drummer Patrick Carney. Like its predecessors, The Black Keys' new album is consistently strong stuff, though this one feels a bit tamer, with more of an R&B influence. Hear the album in its entirety here until its release on May 18.

The new album by the R&B singer, who has a mega-famous sister and an indie cohort, drops next week.

This year's nominations are in and there are few surprises.

The R&B singer performs a set of his most beloved musical moments.

For Dreamville's third compilation album, Revenge of the Dreamers III, J. Cole wanted to invite as many hip-hop and R&B artists as possible to collaborate for 10 days straight. It worked.

In October 1937, dictator Rafael Trujillo's soldiers identified Haitians by asking them to say perejil (Spanish for parsley). If someone did not trill the "r," he was likely to be killed. As many as 20,000 Haitians died.

N.C. House lawmakers want to stop businesses from refusing to accept cash payments.

Texas financier R. Allen Stanford received a 110 year sentence in prison on Thursday. He bilked investors out of more than $7 billion over 20 years in what was one of the largest Ponzi schemes in U.S. history.

The duo returns from a three-year hiatus with a plan to reclaim its spot among R&B's avant-garde. POMP, as its title implies, is intended to be a big deal, and it accomplishes that goal.

The influential vocalist played a key role in shaping the funk and R&B sound of the 1970s.

The founder of Freedom Fighting Missionaries told Charlotte City Council members that because of strong opposition, he will not go ahead with plans to build 16 rental townhouses in Grove Park.

Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., launched the process for holding a vote to remove Kevin McCarthy as House speaker but the road ahead is still unclear.

North Carolina House Majority Leader John Bell and Rules Chairman Destin Hall say they'll run for House speaker after Tim Moore steps down at the end of next year.

The R&B and soul singer died Wednesday night in Philadelphia. Together with his main songwriters, Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff, Pendergrass helped define the Philadelphia Soul sound.