Ray Charles loved country music enough to risk his career recording it. As it turns out, the results payed off handsomely. When they call you “the genius,” you learn to trust your instincts. On June 2 ...

Singer and pianist Ray Charles' period with Atlantic Records, from 1953 to 1960, which is the subject of Warner/Rhino's Original Album Series, was the most exciting in Charles' long and well ...

Hot on the heels of their highly-touted vinyl project featuring the Atlantic sides of John Coltrane in mono, Rhino hits the vaults again for a comparable set that mines the work of Ray Charles in some ...

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(ThyBlackMan.com) Ray Charles, affectionately known as Brother Ray, is one of the most influential musicians of all time. His ability to seamlessly blend blues, jazz, gospel, country, and R&B into an ...

Two wonderful albums from Ray Charles and El Michels Affair that belong in your record collection in 2021. 2021 is just flying by and I will have a lot more to say about my Record Store Day 2021 ...

“Seven Spanish Angels” is one of the most iconic country duets ever recorded, a truly haunting, Gospel-tinged ballad performed by Willie Nelson and Ray Charles in 1984. The song was written by Troy ...

It was a quiet moment in a recording studio between two old friends — the genius of soul and the king of blues. Ray Charles and B.B. King were readying to record a bluesy number that married one’s ...