“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 ...

Willie Nelson knows a thing or two about country music, so when he says an artist did "more for country music than anyone ...

(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 ...

Long before playlists, streaming algorithms, and AI-generated tunes, Ray Charles was already tearing up genre maps and putting his own spin on the American songbook in ways few artists dared. Country, ...

LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - "I just do what I do." That's what Ray Charles told Billboard in June 2002 when asked to assess his role in music history. Of course, Charles' self-effacing response belies a ...

Jon Batiste will be honored with the inaugural Ray Charles “Architect of Sound” Award at the Grammy Hall of Fame Gala, the Grammy Museum announced on Thursday. The honor, which builds on the museum’s ...