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…
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…
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…
Fresh off the success off their debut album S.O.S. and the smash hit “Take Your Time (Do It Right), The S.O.S. Band returned in July of 1981 with their second album, cheekily titled Too. Back again as executive producer was Sigidi Abdullah, who had the foresight to convince the band…
If Mariah Carey’s 16th album title is any indication, her legions of fans will be screaming said title all fall long. Carey, the Long Island-born songbird with more accolades than any of us can count, announced this week that Here For It All is available for pre-order and will officially…
The warm, vibey feelings of summer romance always require a sweet soundtrack to make memories with, and a Chicano Rock/Soul group from East Los Angeles called The Altons have delivered a tune that fits the bill rather nicely. “Love You Like That” is a Motown-era throwback in the best ways…
It’s always been easy to get lost in the shuffle of a competitive art form such as music, which explains why a lot of artists/producers/songs/albums/sounds go unheard for years. A Youngstown, Ohio-bred family singing act called The McCrarys were no different as they moved between spiritual and secular music for…