Soul

Vocal virtuoso Marlena Shaw found personal and critical success in jazz, R&B, soul and disco. She died this year at 84.

The funk, soul and R&B band from Seattle explores the more complicated side of love on their latest album, Love Direction.

Back in the day — we’re talking the 1960s, '70s and ‘80s — local Seattle bands played funk and soul music in the city’s dance clubs.The music was the…

During the 1960s there was a golden age of soul music in America. Some of the greatest songs from that era came from the Stax Recording Studio in Memphis,…

On his first trip to Seattle, Grammy-nominated vocalist Gregory Porter stopped by the KPLU Seattle studios for a live studio session that you do not want…

Want a good recipe for soul music?Here’s what you do: Start with vocalist, Joan Osborne, who has had pop music hits, performed on The Grand Old Opry,…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zh2UVm5vzcIIrma Thomas celebrates her 70th birthday today. She's been enthralling audiences for 50 years now, just as she…

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/kplu/local-kplu-932165.mp3Grammy Award-winning "Soul Queen of New Orleans," Irma Thomas brought her…