Kelly Price put in the work before finding solo success as a singer, and recalls the hard conversation she had with Mariah Carey when she decided to quit singing background. The “Friend of Mine” ...

Filmmaker Morgan Neville's new documentary chronicles backup singers who have supported some of the biggest acts in music history, from Ike and... Spotlighting Background Singers In 'Twenty Feet From ...

Patti Labelle once asked: “where my background singers?” Well, reader, I’m pleased to inform you that NPR’s Black Music Month Tiny Desk Concert Series holds the answer. Take for example, Babyface’s ...

Vocalist extraordinaire Lisa Fischer was sharing a bill with Ranky Tanky the first time she heard the band play. “Quiana Parler was singing her guts out and the band was just cradling her in sound,” ...

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