There is no “Verzuz” battle without Tyrese throwing in his classic single, “Sweet Lady,” in the mix. Debuting as the newest ...

Keeping up with music news and resources like Spotify’s giant and regularly updated New Music Friday playlist are great ways to keep your listening habits from getting stale. Sometimes, though, you ...

Adam Bradley, a writer at large for The Times’s T Magazine, has been listening to R&B his whole life. Lately, he has noticed an exciting shift. A generation of women who were raised on the music of ...

R&B is constantly evolving, but one thing remains the same: Women are at the forefront, pushing the genre into bold and sonically rich territory. While mainstream names often dominate playlists, there ...

A group of young singer-songwriters have transformed the genre by looking backward, without getting stuck in the past. Here and below are seven of the many contemporary artists who are redefining and ...