AT 81, TROMBONIST FRED WESLEY (front-center) CONTINUES TO KEEP THE FUNK...

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Miami Heat forward Haywood Highsmith Jr. has been an integral part of the Miami Heat’s effort to be crowned NBA champions in 2023. (AP...

BALTIMORE’S OWN HAYWOOD HIGHSMITH BRINGS THE ‘HEAT’ WITH TEAMMATES IN 2023...

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Miami Heat forward Haywood Highsmith Jr. has been an integral part of the Miami Heat’s effort to be crowned NBA champions in 2023. (AP...

Mya displays multi-talents in Pittsburgh

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By Alexander Johnson For Seventies Soul Report.com A diverse group of fans of Mya Marie Harrison showed up at the August Wilson Cultural Center to witness...

40 years later, Marvin Gaye’s Death Still Evokes Sorrow on April...

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By Timothy Cox Editor-n-Chief Seventies Soul BALTIMORE, MD -- Like so many of my fellow Americans and Seventies Soul Music enthusiasts, we still recall the sorrowful moments...

Patrice Rushen brought West Coast heat to cold, snow-bound DC venue

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By Timothy Cox Editor-n-Chief Seventies Soul The Saturday Jan. 14, 2024 evening when Patrice Rushen brought her entourage from the warm West Coast to the cold DC...

Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival a throwback to ‘Good Ole Days’ in...

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  JAZZY-COOL: (On Left): Gregory Porter delivered his unique jazzy-suave vocalese to a Pittsburgh audience, who loved his classic lyrical excellence; meanwhile (on Right), Jimmy...

The Dramatics and The Manhattans ensure Black male vocal groups remain...

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Photo By Alexander Johnson By Timothy CoxEditor-n-Chief DETROIT, MI -- A standing-room-only crowd filed into the Sound Board Theater inside Detroit's MotorCity casino hotel, Sunday April...

Stokley’s solo act is one for the ages!

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Photo By Alexander Johnson By Alexander JohnsonFor Seventies-Soul.com The night of Wed., April 5, 2023 is one for the annals in Pittsburgh live entertainment. For those who...

MeShelle Ndegeocello warms the crowd during her recent Steel City Show

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Photo By Alexander Johnson By Alexander JohnsonFor Seventies-Soul.com Chilly-cold blustery, icy winds failed to deter an enthusiastic crowd of Meshelle Ndegeocello fans from filling the comfy...

Funky-Soul Weekend Successful at August Wilson Center

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Morris Day, Alexander O'Neal, Confunkshun andBar-Kays shared two-day December showcase  By Alexander Johnsonfor Seventies Soul Report.com PITTSBURGH, PA -- The cold weather failed to deter funk and...

Tower of Power electrifies SRO crowd at Birchmere Hall in suburban...

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Tower of Power horns still ignite the band's jazzy rhythm and blues. (Timothy Cox Photo) By Timothy Cox Editor 'n ChiefSeventies Soul Report ALEXANDRIA, VA -- It...

Temptations and Four Tops helped create legacy for New Edition’s...

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By Timothy Cox Editor 'n ChiefSeventies Soul Report BALTIMORE, MD -- A visible number of wheelchairs, canes and slow-walking patrons poured into the Baltimore Modell Lyric auditorium on...

“Seventies Soul Report” Celebrates June 2021 Black Music History Month

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Featuring Earth, Wind & Fire The above LP cover depicts the explicit, Afrocentric-era of the music being written and recorded by the amazing artists named...

March on Washington: A Photo Collage, courtesy of Seventies-Soul-Report.com

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Wednesday, August, 28, 1963 (archival photos) And Friday, August 28, 2020 (photos courtesy of RO-RO Productions) _____________________ (photos courtesy of RO-RO Productions) (Article Courtesy of CBS News) Fifty-seven years after...

Walt Williams: Former Maryland Terrapins Hoop Star and Longtime NBA...

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Former NBA star and University of Maryland legend, Walt “Wizard” Williams recently responded to the tragic events surrounding the death of fellow NBA colleague,...

At 60, Kenneth ‘Babyface’ Edmonds still makin’ ladies scream for more

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By Timothy CoxEditor, Seventies-Soul-Report.com HANOVER, MARYLAND -- On Friday, Nov. 15, 2019, a full-house of Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds' fans packed the new concert stage...

The Blackbyrds keepin’ Donald Byrd’s and Howard U’s Funky-Jazz Fusion...

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By Timothy CoxEditor-In-ChiefSeventies-Soul-Report.com BETHESDA, MARYLAND -- A half-full house paid homage to The Blackbyrds, during a recent Friday night at the Bethesda Blues & Jazz...

Current, past Celtics laud Chuck Cooper’s NBA Hall of Fame nod

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Pittsburgh  Westinghouse High School and Duquesne University product Chuck Cooper was the first African-American player drafted into the NBA. By Timothy CoxFor the New Pittsburgh Courier,...

HISTORY MAKER: Theodore “Ted” Lee

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African-American elected President of powerful Pittsburgh Postal Union for Second Consecutive Election By Timothy CoxSeventies-Soul-Report Editor-n-Chief PITTSBURGH, PA – In what’s being described in historical realms,...

MAZE delivers raw, soulful close-up concert at DC venue

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Frankie’s weakened vocals ‘no problem’for longtime, dedicated fan-base By Timothy CoxSeventies-Soul-Report Editor-n-Chief BETHESDA, MARYLAND -- Concertgoers who attend any Frankie Beverly & Maze show, these days, are...