Soul Country

Listen closely to Ronnie Milsap’s golden voice and you’ll hear a singer as close to the heart of American music as anyone who’s ever made the charts. He wound through the R&B nightclubs of Memphis and Atlanta, where he sang straight-up Southern soul and rock ‘n roll, before moving to Nashville at the urging of Charley Pride. Milsap’s voice has always been one of my favorites...

Devon Gilfillian is one of the most accomplished rock and soul artists in Nashville that many roots music listeners still may not know about. A self-described melting pot of music, the Philadelphia native is deeply inspired by the too often unheralded impact of Black music in Nashville and its influences on country and rock ‘n’ roll. Gilfillian’s hero, Jimi Hendrix, expanded the...