ContactMusic — Rapper Snoop Dogg will be honoured at the Bmi Urban Awards later this month (Aug11). The Gin and Juice hitmaker will be bestowed with the Bmi Icon title, previously awarded to James Brown, George Clinton, Willie Nelson and Al Green. The event honours... more info

Guardian Music — In Otis Redding's hands, Try a Little Tenderness fires a secular devotion that is every bit as intense as its spiritual cousinOf all the great soul singers, perhaps Solomon Burke is most famed for bringing the fervour of the church to his recordings... more info

Guardian Music — Pyramid stage"Good things come to those who wait," sings BB King. For today's crowd, the wait is 15 minutes. That's how long it took to introduce the "king of the blues" by way of an instrumental fanfare, his band indulging their look-at-me-mum solo ... more info

Guardian Music — 'You' is such an insignificant, pale blue dot of a word. Its significance comes from the love that we place upon it, the way that we deal with itMy parents dropped me off at the end of the driveway, and I darted through the warm June night to the do... more info

Guardian Music — There's nothing original about this British retro-soul man – but when you sound like Bill Withers, Van Morrison and the Temptations maybe that's not such a bad thingHometown: London.The lineup: Michael Kiwanuka (vocals, guitar).The background: Do w... more info

Guardian Music — This six-piece band have soul written all over them ... from the Temptations to Hall and OatesHometown: Los Angeles.The lineup: Michael Fitzpatrick (vocals), Noelle Scaggs (backing vocals), Joseph Karnes (bass), James King (sax), Jeremy Ruzumna (keyb... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Let's leave the pop and rock scene for while and turn to some lazy and relaxing Easter Week-end music. Did you ever wonder what a white Ann Peebles might have sounded like? Well, just hit the play button and you'll know. This is one amazing and a... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Some of us are old enough to remember what it was like in the old days, going to the record shop, with some spare money in our pocket, and an open and curious mind, looking for something different, and the excitement when you then walked out of the s... more info

E! Online — They're staying together for all eternity. Al Green's seminal 1971 tune "Let's Stay Together," Tammy Wynette's 1968 anthem "Stand By Your Man," and De La... more info

ContactMusic — Tammy Wynette's country classic Stand By Your Man and Al Green's soul hit Let's Stay Together have been selected for official preservation by the Library of Congress, sealing their status as national treasures in the U. S. The... more info