Welcome to Soul Music Archive.

This website is a compilation of articles and interviews on soul singers and songwriters, focusing on the 1960s-1970s era.

The compilation reaches far back in time. Following the closure of Emperor Rosko's Los Angeles-based radio station Rosko Radio in 2006, where soul DJ Rob Jones (from Stoke-on-Trent, UK) had worked as station manager and presenter, with Rosko's encouragement Rob went on to create his own project; a website dedicated to soul music. The non-profit website would feature articles and interviews, many of which were reproduced in various music magazines. Some of the material appeared in several Wiki pages. (Those Wikipedia articles evolved as further information was added by other writers over the years.)

To complement the website, Rob set up a free on-demand internet radio station, and was joined by a team of presenters who were involved in the soul music genre. The station attracted audiences all over the world and served as a platform for soul music and specialist information, bringing the public's attention to the singer-songwriters featured in the shows, especially those who had been badly mistreated or cast aside by the music industry.

With the closure of the project in 2010, many of the original website features were lost. This website showcases articles from the original project upon its closure, therefore the information is of that time (however, a few footnotes have recently been added). Although by no means fully comprehensive, this collection gives an example of a broad base of talent from the soul music genre of an earlier time.

Links to the retro interviews and articles can be found in the menus on the right. The interviews in particular offer a legacy of fascinating and original content, forming a vital part of the soul music genre.

Thanks to Rob Jones and the Emperor Rosko for permission to reproduce this content and in the tradition of the original project, this website has not been monetised.

We hope you enjoy the site!

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