Deep soul singer James Carr, hitmaking garage band The Gentrys, session musician/songwriter Spooner Oldham, prolific rap producer Jazze Pha and R&B legend Wilson Pickett are among those set to be ...

The ceremonies, held at Downtown’s Cannon Center for the Performing Arts saw deep soul singer James Carr, hitmaking garage band The Gentrys, session musician/songwriter Spooner Oldham ...

James Carr, 58, a singer who was widely admired by soul-music connoisseurs but whose career was sidetracked by mental illness. The son of a Baptist minister, Carr was born in Mississippi and began ...

His wasn’t the most vast of catalogues; but James Carr’s imprint on soul music was nevertheless inestimable, as he recorded some of the genre’s most enduring singles in a voice that ranks ...