Soul music has become a burgeoning youth movement of sorts. The best new artist trophy at the Grammy Awards the last two years has gone to Adele and Amy Winehouse, two-younger-than-30 artists steeped ...

Diane Birch was chatting with a friend one day, when, about 20 minutes into their conversation, she learned that her friend's father had recently died. Saddened, she went to her piano and immediately ...

Diane Birch Proves That She’s More Than Just Another Big Voice With a Rousing Set at Le Poisson RougeFrom the moment that she took the stage, she transfixed the rapturous audience, members of which ...

Birch signed a deal with S-Curve Records, moved to New York and made last year's "Bible Belt," which contains almost no angst whatsoever, drawing a line in piano-based pop from Elton John to Norah ...

This local soul-pop youngster loves Carole King, Janis Joplin, and Laura Nyro. Last year, she released a buzzed-about debut, Bible Belt, that made it clear how completely she’s absorbed those ladies’ ...