Chicago soul and blues legend Syl Johnson has died at age 85 according to a statement his family released. Johnson started his career in the ’50s performing with Chicago blues luminaries like Junior Wells and Howlin Wolf. The ’60s was the time when he came into his own as aContinue Reading
Syleena Johnson’s Chapter II: The Voice is her second studio album and some argue her best. She worked with R. Kelly and producer Joel Kipnis again with whom she had good chemistry previously on Chapter 1: Love, Pain & Forgiveness. Kelly wrote and produced “Guess What” which tapped into theContinue Reading
Syleena Johnson has been holding the mantle for soul music since she became a fan as a young person. Her almost two decades as a solo artist seems logical because of her father, Hi Records soul legend Syl Johnson. But the creative spirit was something Johnson came into after makingContinue Reading
Sandra St. Victor is launching a new Daughters Of Soul campaign with PledgeMusic to support a documentary, soundtrack and tour. The daughters of soul include Lalah Hathaway, Kori Withers, Indira Khan, Syleena Johnson, Lisa Simone and Sylvette Stone. They are the daughters of Donny Hathaway, Bill Withers, Chaka Khan, SylContinue Reading