R&B

Adrian Marcel on Ginuwine, the Bay and learning from Raphael Saadiq

Adrian Marcel remembers exactly what album and what artist inspired him to become a singer. The R&B star from East Oakland knew that he was destined to be a performer after he heard Ginuwine’s 1998 album 100% Ginuwine. “That’s when I knew for sure that [music] was where I wanted to go,” he recalls. “I was always into music but that was around the age when you start liking girls, and I realized you get girls from singing. [laughs]”

Real music lives through Music Atlanta

How did you arrive at making the choice to create the Music Atlanta Conference? Was it a deliberate decision or a gradual and natural evolution? Who

TGT on the meaning of love and true R&B

Words: A.R. Shaw Photos: DeWayne Rogers There was a time when soul and R&B groups ruled the music charts. From soulful crooners such as The

Keith Sweat and Rob Base perform in Atlanta

The Affordable Old School Concert Series featuring K-Ci & Jo-Jo took place in Atlanta  at Wolfe Creek Amphitheater.  Hip-hop and R&B artists such as Dru