American Songwriter

Melissa Etheridge’s First New Studio Album in Five Years, ‘Rise,’ Arriving in 2026; Listen to New Single, “Matches”

Melissa Etheridge will release her first new studio album in five years, ‘Rise,’ in March 2026; listen to her new advance ...

Sabrina Carpenter’s and Chappell Roan’s sexy pop hits have roots in the bedroom ballads of Teddy Pendergrass and Philly soul

Growing up in Philadelphia in the 1990s, I listened to soul singer-turned-R&B sex symbol Teddy Pendergrass and other artists ...
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8 Troop Songs That Shaped Late 80s and 90s R&B.

(ThyBlackMan.com) Few R&B groups from the late 1980s and early 1990s managed to blend vocal precision, stage charisma, and emotional depth quite like Troop. Hailing from Pasadena, California, the five ...