DJ Volatile, right, sharing the mic with La Verio Barnes, aka DJ LV, at the “Soul Train” event in Los Angeles. Photo credit: Staff Angela Ramirez found her stable career in finance knocked off course ...

Matt Stout of the Silver and Black Soul Club who spins at Nigh Light every third Friday. Credits: Sam Zide Matt Stout of the Silver and Black Soul Club who spins at Nigh Light every third Friday.

When DJ Soul Sister gets on stage, there is a brief moment the audience, in anticipation, seems to hold its breath. What will she kick the night off with? What will be her musical mood be? But once ...

With electronic DJ culture prevalent and sailing toward ubiquitous, Jonathan Toubin exists among a smaller, scrappier group of 21st-century DJs who work without laptops, continuing to put pieces of ...

Hailing from Boston, two young DJs came together in 2001 to revolutionize a genre of music in a way no one had thought possible. This duo, Soul Clap, comprises of musical tastemakers Charlie Levine ...

The common refrain, “You know it when you hear it,” is the easiest way to define soul music. Whether or not you’ve been to any of the Bay Area’s soul nights, know that the Bay’s own contributions to ...

What to do after you head to Blowout on Saturday April 25 and still want to either shake your tail feather or do the mashed potato? Drop by the UFO Factory to witness soul DJ Jonathan Toubin, of ...

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Rolling out’s Master DJ series spotlights DJs recognized in their respective cities who are making an impact in their communities. DJ Jamad was inspired to rock turntables in the 1980s while growing ...

These days, music listeners can cue up almost any song they can dream of at a moment’s notice. David Raistrick remembers a time when he couldn’t even find the albums he wanted at his local record shop ...

Jerry “DJ” West figures the half-century he’s spent running a used record store goes back to growing up in Blackshear, Ga., where he would tune in at night as disc jockey John R., a white guy many ...