SOLOMON BURKE IS A legend in his own time a soul crooner who delivers the blues with more panache than Federal Express. And he's coming East to personalize them, tomorrow afternoon at SummerStage ...

Soul great Solomon Burke died at a Netherlands airport over the weekend. Burke is one of my favorite vocalists, so I'm going to indulge in a bit of appreciation. Depending on whom you believe ...

One of the few great talents who was always prolific, Solomon Burke was irrepressibly recording from the mid-Fifties until until his death on October 10, when he was still planning new projects.

Everything about Solomon Burke is huge – his faith, his talent, his family and his girth. As he releases an outstanding new album, the self-proclaimed 'King of Rock & Soul’ talks to Andrew Perry.

An oral history of the Creedence Clearwater Revival 1968 hit that went on to be covered by Solomon Burke, ... Anatomy of a Song. ... But he was on to something with those lyrics.

Still, Burke consistently delivered new songs, both secular and gospel, and received a late career boost with a comeback recording, “Don’t Give Up on Me,” which received a Grammy Award in 2003.

Solomon Burke, a pioneering singer-songwriter of so-called sweet soul music whose powerful ballads in the 1960s were a major influence on a generation of rock, R&B; and pop vocalists, has died. He ...

Solomon Burke, a singer whose smooth, powerful articulation and mingling of sacred and profane themes helped define soul music in the early 1960s, died on Sunday at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam ...

Explore 8 Solomon Burke songs that capture his legendary soul sound. From gospel-rooted ballads to gritty R&B grooves, this ...