Music

Four Friends Use Their Music to Create Connection Submitted by Cynde Cerf, Chandler Center for the Arts When you hear the story of Sons of Serendip and how they came to be, you understand that their name is a fitting tribute to the serendipitous way the group was formed. Talking...

PhxSoul.com Interview with Rapper / Street Performer Extraordinaire Ray Wimley! I’ve been following Ray for a few years since seeing his dope freestyle session with Common outside of the #Essence Festival in New Orleans. That video went viral and now Ray and his family are living...

The former pastor’s kid has found success on Broadway, the R&B charts, and beyond Submitted by Cynde Cerf, Marketing and Communications Coordinator Mykal Kilgore has always had music in his life. As a pastor’s kid, singing was a part of who he was, and then, later, there was...

Soulful sax man Jermaine Lockhart recently sat down with PhxSoul.com multimedia journalist Jonathan Tease to discuss his highly successful, international jazz music career! Lockhart performed LIVE with singer/songwriter Kim Weston at The Nash in Phoenix on July 23. The night...

World Vibe Radio One (WVRO) is a professional Internet-based radio station created by Gerald Anthony Kelly. Originally launched in Chicago, Illinois on June 1st, 2005, World Vibe Radio One moved to the Phoenix, Arizona area in September of 2010 hoping to bring a new form of soul...

Article and Photos Submitted by Tony Skinner The second-annual Arizona Roots Music Festival at Rawhide Western Town and Event Center on February 22-23 was the ray of sunshine on an otherwise cloudy, gloomy and cold weekend in the Valley of the Sun. The festival was produced by...

Submitted by Collette Watson “I remember a time when I didn’t have lunch money. My mom didn’t have money to give me. So she handed me a bag of watches. My mom was a hustler.” Wednesday night in Tempe, eight local figures shared true personal stories at a monologue storytelling...

SOUNDS Academy is a non-profit music education organization that teaches, mentors, and provides musical experiences and opportunities for underserved youth. Students receive individual lessons, group classes, and perform on the violin, viola, cello, guitar, and piano. Instruments...