In this edition of 5-on-5, we shine a light on one of the most vital soul bands of the modern era, Durand Jones & The ...

The moment the band kicked it off in the studio, singer Johnny Hernandez felt as if time stood still. Back in the early 1960s, he recorded a cover of the Radiants' soulful classic “Ain’t No Big Thing” ...

A Fistful of Soul celebrates eight years this week. Credit: Photo by Brian Cannon/Courtesy of A Fistful of Soul Chicano soul music has some early and important roots in Houston, and this week ...

Chicano soul groundbreaker Sunny Ozuna has released new music, and we couldn’t be more stoked. Released earlier this month, the single — currently available online — features the bluesy rocker “Giving ...

Through A Fistful of Soul and the Center for Public History at the University of Houston, La Rotta has organized a panel discussion and music performance tied to a book that documents a particular ...

For Anthony Morales, the beauty of music is its ability to capture a memory. The photographic power of a song often transports Morales back to spaces and moments long lost to the flow of time, and he ...

The genre commonly referred to as "Chicano soul" has that "you know it if you hear it" kind of sound. It's a bicultural interpretation of late 1950s and early '60s African American R&B ballads by ...

To the outsider, and even the undiscerning local, San Antonio doesn’t scream R&B and soul mecca. Since the advent of tejano in the 1970s (which flourished into the ’90s with Selena at the helm), San ...

Three years ago, Carlos Arevalo sat down with his parents to declare he would no longer pursue a career in urban planning. Instead he would concentrate on his job as lead guitarist for Chicano Batman, ...

Tejas Got Soul founder Isaac Rodriguez holding the limited edition poster created by Carlos Hernandez for their Discovery Green music series. Credit: Photo by Jessica Rodriguez For seven years now, ...