Views: Soul Ready
Well let me say this right now--Alicia’s soothing voice just isn’t soothing enough to get most men to settle down. The vast majority of men aren’t ready for that “relationship talk” and if they are,...
View ArticleLove of My Life: Hip Hop Power Couples & the Love That Binds Them
Love is a beautiful thing. It’s even better when you mix a large sum of income and some power to it. One of the greatest things about Hip Hop is that rappers were a part of it because of their ...
View ArticleHappy Birthday Alicia Keys
Alicia Augello Cook, better known to the world as Alicia Keys was born 30 years ago on this day in 1981, and what a ride it has been. This singer, songwriter, musician, actress, humanitarian, wife,...
View ArticleAlicia Keys Writes Heartfelt Letter For The People of Egypt
In a deep and passionate post via her website, Grammy award winning R&B singer Alicia Keys has paid tribute to those fighting for change in Egypt. Keys, who says she realized there was a growing...
View ArticleAlicia Keys Commemorates Debut Album with 10th Anniversary Edition
It is hard to believe that only a decade ago R&B phenom, Alicia Keys, appeared on the scene with “Songs in A Minor,” rocking her cornrows and larger-than-life voice. It has been recently reported...
View ArticleAlicia Keys Joins Demi Moore & Jennifer Aniston For Directorial Debut
Alicia Keys continues to stretch her creative skills by making her directorial debut on Lifetime. Keys along with actresses Jennifer Aniston and Demi Moore will each direct one of five short films for...
View ArticleAlicia Keys Gets Personal in Her Fight Against AIDS
Alicia Keys was one of the performers at the recent Hope Rising! event in Toronto, held in aid of the Stephen Lewis Foundation, which supports health groups dealing with the disease in Africa. The...
View ArticleAlicia Keys Opens Up About Home Wrecker Claims
Multi-Grammy winner Alicia Keys has been very closed-lipped regarding her personal life and relationship with husband Swizz Beatz, real name Kasseem Dean, but in the new issue of Essence magazine, the...
View ArticleTop Black Albums of the 2000s
Since 2000, music sales have declined, the industry has struggled with its entry into the digital space, and the Internet began slowly replacing radio and video outlets. What’s remained the same is...
View ArticleAlicia Keys Questions George Michael’s Absence from Orphans Benefit
Alicia Keys, the founder of Keep A Child Alive, held a benefit event in the United Kingdom with a planned scheduled special performance from George Michael. Michael backed out of the event due to a...
View ArticleAlicia Keys Eyes Possible Collaboration with Adele on New Album
If Alicia Keys and husband Swizz Beatz can help it, we may hear a possible duet on her forthcoming album with British Songstress Adele. Keys recently revealed that Swizz has been pushing for the...
View ArticleAlicia Keys To Produce Broadway Play ‘Stick Fly’
Alicia Keys is headed to Broadway! The R&B veteran has signed on to serve as a producer for the Lydia R. Diamond play ‘Stick Fly.’ “I’m so passionate about this play because it is so beautifully...
View ArticleAlicia Keys Signs on to Produce ‘Stick Fly’& Write Original Music
New mother Alicia Keys has signed on to produce the Broadway play ‘Stick Fly.’ In addition to working behind the scene of theatrical performance, she will contribute to the creative side of the...
View ArticleSoul Train Awards King & Queen
Being awarded a Soul Train Music Award is a crowning achievement for many recording artists. The pageantry and spectacle of the annual event is comparable to a coronation; attendees don their most...
View ArticleElle Varner: StoryTeller
22-year-old Elle Varner has been making a strong case for herself, especially with her debut single “Only Wanna Give It To You,” reaching over a million views on YouTube. The songstress was first...
View ArticleProducer Duo Pop and Oak Talk Sparkle, Elle Varner and Alicia Keys
They say it’s not how you start but how you finish. Andrew “Pop” Wansel, son of Philly Sound and Philadelphia International songwriter/producer Dexter Wansel, and Warren “Oak” Felder have paid their...
View ArticleAlicia Keys to Front Grammy Tribute to Etta James
A special tribute to the late Etta James will take place during the Grammy Awards Sunday. Grammy organizers confirmed the news Tuesday, naming Alicia Keys and Bonnie Raitt as two acts that will honor...
View ArticleWhat the Game’s Been Missing
D’Angelo’s back in the studio, Alicia Keys is off maternity leave, and Adele is turning 23. Will 2012 bring some new music from some of soul’s heavyweights? Here’s a list of who we’re hoping to see...
View ArticleThe Case of the Soul Singing Musician
Today’s radio-ready singer can often do two or more things at once. Beyoncé reigns supreme with the ability to dance, sing and give glamour face to any nearby camera or audience member. Mary J. Blige...
View ArticleAlicia Keys Debuts New Song “Not Even a King”
Chanteuse Alicia Keys has been keeping out of the spotlight, but that doesn’t mean she hasn’t been keeping busy. Between co-producing the Broadway play “Stick-Fly,” being a wife and mother, and working...
View ArticleAlicia Keys Readies ‘Incredible Music Cake’ on New Album
Alicia Keys has a lot in store for music listeners on her anticipated follow up to “The Element of Freedom.”Speaking of the album, her fifth overall, Keys says it’s on a completely different level...
View ArticleAlicia Keys – New Day
Alicia Keys enters into her twelfth year since signing with Clive Davis and launching her music career with the release of ‘Songs in A Minor.’ She and her music have evolved from a college aged...
View ArticleEmeli Sande Pens Songs For New Alicia Keys Album
“Our Version of Events” singer Emeli Sande and Alicia Keys have become close friends. Discussing their bond following Keys’ contribution to her song “Hope,” Sande says she has been writing for the...
View ArticleAlicia Keys To Headline MTV Video Music Awards
Alicia Keys is the first artist announced to perform at this year’s MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs). Confirmed, along with nominations Tuesday, Keys will grace the stage when the celebrated ceremony...
View ArticleSoul Train History Book Presents: Alicia Keys
On the March 3, 2001 taping of Soul Train, an unknown 19 year old singer from Harlem graced the stage, with her hair done in beautiful cornrows and a voice that belted out pure soul. Her name was...
View ArticleAlicia Keys Designs and Launches Reebok Shoe Collection
One could describe Alicia Keys’ style as comfort chic, like when she first stepped on the scene making comfortable street duds such as Reeboks and fitted caps to the female wardrobe. Her style has...
View ArticleAlicia Keys – Not Even The King
Alicia Keys’ opaque production on “Not Even the King” is meant to play a secondary role, as the depth of her lyrics are the lead note of emphasis. Similar to “If I Was Your Woman,” the stripped down...
View ArticleAlicia Keys – Girl On Fire
Alicia Keys is not on fire in the music video for her new single, but she is surely looking hot. In the clip for her new visuals, Mrs. Keys uses green light and glamorous outfits to delivery her...
View ArticleFashion Transformation: Alicia Keys
One of the most amazing transformations within the last decade certainly belongs to the wildly talented, endlessly creative Alicia Keys. In the more than 11 years since she busted onto the scene with...
View ArticleAlicia Keys – Brand New Me
Alicia Keys has recently debuted her latest music video for “Brand New Me.” The video begins with Alicia Keys sitting at piano, sporting a new do,’ long curly locks. A man (presuming a manager figure)...
View ArticleAlicia Keys – Fire We Make ft. Maxwell
New Orleans circa 1955: boy meets girl, girl meets boy, sparks fly, and the rest is history. Alicia Keys and Maxwell portray a sweet love story in the video for “Fire We Make. Watch the duo portray...
View ArticleAlicia Keys – New Day
Alicia Keys reveals the music video for “New Day,” the lead single from latest studio album, Girl on Fire. In the visuals, the Grammy winner performs and dances in front of fans with a new sense of...
View ArticleKeKe Palmer – If I Ain’t Got You (Alicia Keys Cover)
In the midst of recording new music with producer Bangladesh for her debut album, Keke Palmer took a break to treat fans to an acoustic cover of Alicia Keys’ ”If I Ain’t Got You.” No glitz and...
View ArticleAlicia Keys – Tears Always Win
Alicia may be living the glamorous life as a showgirl in Vegas, but that’s just to pay the bills. The singer pines for her two other loves: her man, and a career as the star of her own lounge show in...
View ArticleAlicia Keys – Better You, Better Me
Alicia Keys reveals the brand new song “Better You, Better Me,” a song taken from the motion picture soundtrack to the new film “The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete.” Read more>> This...
View ArticleJesse Boykins III – Our Party [Janelle Monae x Alicia Keys Mash-Up]
How creative is this?! Jesse Boykins III takes a bit of Janelle Monae and a bit of Alicia Keys to mold something completely new into something he calls “Janelle Monae with an Alicia Keys chaser” for a...
View Article2013 Soul Train Award Nominee Spotlight: Alicia Keys
“Don’t be mad…it’s just a brand new kind of free. That aint bad…I found a brand new kind of me. Don’t be mad…it’s a brand new time for me.” Alicia Keys has been at the forefront of R&B/soul music...
View ArticleProtest Songs: 4 Songs By Current Artists That Awaken Our Consciousness
Depending on which part of the country you reside in, there’s a lot going on nowadays. Between our youth being gunned down, department stores alienating certain races, international disasters and now...
View Article2014 Grammy Predictions
With the 56th Annual Grammy Awards just around the corner (airing January 26th on CBS), here are SoulTrain.com’s unofficial predictions for the big hip-hop and R&B wins of the night. Note, likely...
View ArticleAlicia Keys – It’s On Again ft. Kendrick Lamar
The much anticipated music video for “It’s On Again,” a collaboration with Alicia Keys and Kendrick Lama, has arrived. Thanks to Pharrell’s production, “It’s On Again” takes on a throwback disco vibe...
View ArticleQ&A: D’wayne Wiggins
D’wayne Wiggins, born February 14, 1963 in Oakland, California, is a musician, composer, producer, blues guitarist, community activist and the founding member of the 1990’s soul/R&B group Tony!...
View ArticleAlicia Keys – We Gotta Pray
Video By Singersroom.com Alicia Keys lends her voice to the ears of the many people dealing with societal trauma in the wake of several police brutality cases, including the recent death of Mike Brown...
View ArticleAlicia Keys – Somewhere In The City
Video By Singersroom.com Alicia Keys digs into her AK Vault for the unreleased gem “Somewhere In The City,” a beautiful piano ballad about loving somebody without “nothing to fear.” The track was...
View ArticleAlicia Keys – 28 Thousand Days
Video By Singersroom.com While attending a press conference to promote Givenchy’s fragrance Dahlia Divin as the spokesmodel last fall, Alicia Keys dished on new music, calling it “the best music she’s...
View ArticleHarlem School of the Arts Raises over $1 Million (On the “A” w/Souleo)
Harlem School of the Arts Raises over $1 Million The children of Harlem School of the Arts (HSA) also have much to celebrate this year. The organization welcomed a new director, Eric G. Pryor. His...
View ArticleThe Great Debate: John Legend vs. Alicia Keys
It’s customary for music-loving individuals to debate which songs, albums, and artists they consider the best, especially when comparing one artist head-to-head with another. Opinions are openly...
View ArticleJussie Smollett and Alicia Keys Duet on ‘Powerful,’‘Empire’ Season 2...
Video By Singersroom.com To celebrate the release of the season two soundtrack of Fox’s hit drama “Empire”, Columbia Records has released one of the project’s potent tracks, a duet between Jussie...
View ArticleAlicia Keys’ & Jussie Smollett’s “Powerful”: The Soundtrack for Collective...
“Powerful,” the hit track from Empire: Original Soundtrack, Season 2 Volume 1, is the rare collaboration that seems to emerge from a perfect alignment of the universe. With the song, Grammy Award...
View ArticleThe Top 5 Happenings for Super Bowl 50
It is officially Super Bowl week, and San Francisco is even more abuzz with activity (and activism) than usual. With the big game between the Denver Broncos and the Carolina Panthers just days away...
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