Louis Jordan, New York, N.Y. July 1946

R’n’B

Browsing Category
160 posts

Rhythm and blues, often abbreviated as R’n’B, is a genre of popular music that originated in African-American communities in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans, at a time when “urbane, rocking, jazz-based music with a heavy, insistent beat” was becoming more popular. In the commercial rhythm and blues music typical of the 1950s through the 1970s, the bands usually consisted of piano, one or two guitars, bass, drums, one or more saxophones, and sometimes background vocalists. R’n’B lyrical themes often encapsulate the African-American experience of pain and the quest for freedom and joy, as well as triumphs and failures in terms of relationships, economics, and aspirations.

Cautious Clay - French Riviera - Sodwee.com

Cautious Clay – French Riviera

Cautious Clay climbs our Street-Credibility-ladder at a real fast rate these days. With a forthcoming EP titled ‘Resonance’…

The Return of Ben Khan

It’s not everyday that an artist we’ve been following returns with such excitement. Ever since Ben Khan’s music…