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

When Sabrina Carpenter’s provocative 2024 pop single “Bed Chem” plays on the radio, and I hear the lyrics

The Conversation

Maze’s Frankie Beverly united Black America with his everyman brilliance

The funk and soul singer, who has died aged 77, was part of Black family life in the US while being a cult sensation in the UK – and his smooth but never slick music rightly endures

The Guardian - UK

Black Music Month has evolved since the 1970s. Here's what you need to know

Every June since the 1970s, across the United States, musicians, fans and industry professionals celebrate Black Music Month

The Independent UK

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“Rock’n’roll is dead. It’s a toothless old woman. It’s really embarrassing”: how David Bowie turned his back on glam rock to make his ‘plastic soul’ masterpiece Young Americans

Drugs, madness and an ex-Beatle – the crazed story of David Bowie’s 1975 album Young Americans

Louder

Thom Bell, 1970s ‘Sound of Philadelphia’ producer, dies at 79

Bell, often collaborating with lyricist Linda Creed, worked on more than 30 gold records from 1968-78 as Philadelphia became as much a center of soul music as Detroit and Motown Records were in the 1960s.

Chicago Sun-Times

Thom Bell, an architect of 1970s Philadelphia soul, dies

One of the architects of the 1970s “Sound of Philadelphia” has died

The Independent UK

Review: Bruce Springsteen wants to change the topic with ‘Only the Strong Survive’

When Bruce Springsteen went on Howard Stern’s Sirius/XM radio show recently to promote his new album of soul music covers, "Only the Strong Survive," he talked about his often-voiced idea of his career being “a lifelong conversation with my audience.”

The Philadelphia Inquirer

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Soul veteran Jean Carne: ‘Duke Ellington was a wonderful, grandfatherly gentleman’

She hung out with Earth, Wind & Fire, helped coach Michael Jackson and was the last person to sing with Duke Ellington. Now Jean Carne is enjoying an unexpected second spell in the limelight

The Guardian - UK

The Philly soul music of the 1970s will be celebrated in new 'The Sound of Philadelphia' doc

PHILADELPHIA — The Philly Sound is going to the movies.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

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