On The Groove Line podcast host and blog editor Chris Stevens was a recent guest on the Black etc. Podcast, hosted by Ian Yusef, discussing the history of one of Black radio’s most important formats, the Quiet Storm. Chris discussed the 50th anniversary of the Quiet Storm format, which began…
June is right around the corner and so is Black Music Month, our favorite month to celebrate here at On The Groove Line. To honor the contributions of Black musicians and music industry professionals, we will present our “Black Music Month 30” podcast series on our YouTube channel. Called #BMM30…
Mya Harrison has long been a talented singer, songwriter and dancer, as well as one of the most aesthetically enchanting women to walk the planet. And just in time for Summer 2026, she returns with a fun and funky, electric and electro-influenced album called Retrospect. Retrospect pays homage to a…
In what is expected to be a great year of R&B, Ari Lennox dropped her third studio album, Vacancy, last Friday and it’s a promising sign of things to come in 2026. With production from Jermaine Dupri and Brian Michael Cox, longtime collaborator Elite, J White Produced It and Camper,…
Our long national nightmare is over as Hall & Oates are no longer feuding…at least from a legal perspective. A business dispute between Philly rock legends Daryl Hall and John Oates was resolved privately Monday, bringing an end to a feud that did not seem likely to ever end. “That…
Saturday August 9 marks the birthday of Barbara Mason, an accomplished singer and songwriter out of Philadelphia who can not only claim the first Philly soul hit, but the first true dramas set to music. She was just 17 years old when “Yes I’m Ready” soared to No. 2 on…
There will be no Soul Train Awards or Hip-Hop Awards on BET for the foreseeable future. BET CEO Scott Mills confirmed that the network is suspending both awards shows, citing a need to “reimagine the format.” The suspension of the Soul Train and Hip-Hop Awards come at a fragile time…
Breakwater started life in 1970s Philadelphia as a cover band but quickly turned into a funk-jazz-rock-R&B outfit who held their own with the best bands of the day. Two albums on Arista Records have become Dusty Groove and collectors’ favorites and after the passing of leader Kae Williams Jr., the…
Alex Isley’s WHEN EP has already earned favorite status with her core fans and newbies discovering her considerable vocal and songwriting talents. “Thank You For A Lovely Time” now gets an extra boost from another musical genius – Raphael Saadiq, who lent his production skills to the EP’s closing song…
Tyler The Creator is on an incredible hot streak that continues with his dance-oriented 9th studio album, DON’T TAP THE GLASS. DON’T TAP THE GLASS debuted this week at No. 1 on Billboard’s 200 albums chart, the fourth consecutive project from the California artist to earn that distinction. Tyler posted…