People interested in donating to the Oldies Preservation Society or volunteering with KOOL 89.5 FM can leave a message at the following phone number: (833) JOIN-OPS The demise of Cheney jazz station, ...

When Sam Cooke recorded “A Change Is Gonna Come” in 1964, he gave the world more than a song, he offered something that has carried through the decades. The lyrics, rooted in his own experiences and ...

Legendary R&B and soul singer Bobby Womack is known as much for his scandalous love life as he is for his catalog of hit songs. He shocked the music world when he married Barbara Cooke, the widow of ...

In 1964, Sam Cooke‘s iconic anthem “A Change Is Gonna Come” became a song of revolution and protest for generations to come. More than three decades later, the powerful ballad is being reimagined as a ...

The family of iconic musician Sam Cooke, who sang the civil rights anthem "A Change Is Gonna Come," among many other hit songs, is keeping his legacy alive with a new picture book. Cooke's ...

SHREVEPORT, La. — Soul music fans are in for a treat on Sept. 13 when Beau Williams brings his Tribute to Sam Cooke to the historic Strand Theatre. The show begins at 7 p.m. Williams, known for his ...

Less than a month after WGBW ended its “Maino and the Mayor” morning show, the Civic Media radio station has switched from its news/talk format to oldies music. The Green Bay station at 97.9 FM and ...

When it comes to his music, Sam Hunt is pretty much an open book. But when it comes to his parents, there is one thing that they never speak about: Hunt's songs that reference them and his upbringing.

Without the template he set in the late 1950s and early 1960s, it’s possible we would never have enjoyed those artists. New Jersey’s Bradd Marquis is another artist who Cooke influenced. On June 14, ...

Ashley Cooke is not the type to take things for granted. When she logs on to Zoom to chat, she’s calling from a tour bus, en route to an evening show with Kane Brown. The country singer-songwriter ...

During an emotional episode of “American Idol” that featured seven tender Mother’s Day tributes, contestant Jamal Roberts chose to honor his late stepmother with her favorite song: “A Change Is Gonna ...