Singer-songwriter-musician Bobby Womack grew up in Cleveland, Ohio singing with his five brothers. Starting as the gospel group the Womack Brothers, they eventually changed their name to the ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) There’s something about Bobby Womack’s voice that hits you in the soul before you even realize what he’s saying. Maybe it’s the grit, maybe it’s the honesty—but whatever it is, it ...

Bobby Womack, a colorful and highly influential R&B singer-songwriter who influenced artists from the Rolling Stones to Damon Albarn, has died. He was 70. Womack's publicist Sonya Kolowrat said Friday ...

This is some old-school soul for you. A friend of once said that you ought to walk like you’ve got someplace you’ve gotta be. Bobby Womack’s classic Across 110th Street is the song for that occasion.

Bobby Womack sang with soul, played guitar like a bluesman and wrote R&B like a poet. And he lived life in a manner that seemed void of concern for public opinion. Sadly, the music stopped forever ...

I am ashamed to say that I knew nothing about Bobby Womack or Shirley Brown till last week. I now know that both are old-timey singers who primarily sang soul. Also, I now own their entire ...