If you ask any music fan that was around to experience it, they'll tell you that 1995 was one of the most magical years in music of the past twenty years. Hip-Hop and R&B had yet to fully take a ...

*Remember the first time you heard “Tell Me” from this new group called Groove Theory? It was as if singer-songwriter Amel Larrieux and songwriter-producer Bryce Wilson came out of nowhere in ...

Music from the 1990s is largely regarded with rose-colored nostalgia. Hip-hop made the leap, R&B was blessed with several noteworthy groups that provided classic albums, and neo-soul showed up and ...

Talk to any rhythm section player from a band, and they might start to use a number of adjectives to describe a performance. One word that often enters the musical vernacular is ‘groove’, but what is ...

Amel Larrieux may be an entrepreneur in the hair industry but it was her unique voice that got her started in music. As her group Groove Theory’s top 5 classic turns 20 years old (we’re getting old), ...

Indie soul singer Amel Larrieux, formerly of the group Groove Theory, talks to Farai Chideya about her latest album, Lovely Standards. It features her takes on songs by Duke Ellington, Rodgers and ...