A true R&B and soul legend, Bobby Womack died last week at the age of 70. Womack played African World Festival here in Milwaukee maybe 18 years ago. It was a hot muggy night, not unlike tonight. That ...

Late soul legend Bobby Womack‘s 1984 song “American Dream,” which uses part of Martin Luther King Jr‘s 1961 speech of the same name, feels as relevant now as it did 36 years ago. As this year’s Fourth ...

The iconic R&B/gospel crooner and songwriter was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2009. By Roy Trakin Rock and Roll Hall of Fame soul singer Bobby Womack, whose music was covered by The ...

Subscribe to The St. Louis American‘s free weekly newsletter for critical stories, community voices, and insights that matter. Sign up Legendary singer Bobby Womack died today at the age of 70.

A soul giant who made Los Angeles his home was a man about town. By Harvey Kubernik To the people who knew Bobby Womack, or bought his records, heard his tunes covered over a seven-decade career, or ...

*Meet the Womack Sisters… the offspring of Linda Cooke-Womack (Sam Cooke’s daughter) and Cecil Womack (Bobby Womack’s brother). Late last year, Cooke’s teenage sweetheart Barbara Campbell Cooke died ...

JaRae Womack said performing is in her blood. Her uncle was the famous R&B singer Bobby Womack, and the 35-year-old Florida native made all four coaches turn with her soulful cover of Amy Winehouse‘s ...

Los Angeles – He was best friends with Sam Cooke. He played on records by Elvis Presley, Aretha Franklin and Sly and the Family Stone, to name just a few. And when he gave Janis Joplin a ride in his ...

Thee Sacred Souls will be performing at the Save Mart Center in Fresno on August 16, 2026, with opening acts LA LOM and The Womack Sisters, and tickets will be available online and at the box office ...

Bobby Womack, a legendary soul singer and songwriter, has died at the age of 70, reports the BBC News. Womack, who reportedly had battled both cancer and drug addiction, was suffering from Alzheimer's ...