You could hear the life and the living in Bobby Womack’s voice. He was the gospel-trained son of a preacher man, who climbed back from the depths of addiction, had career highs and lows and was a most ...

Two generations before Love & Hip Hop, Bobby Womack’s life could have been a reality television show. The now legendary story of Womack’s marriage to his mentor Sam Cooke’s widow, Barbara, months ...

Subscribe to The St. Louis American‘s free weekly newsletter for critical stories, community voices, and insights that matter. Sign up Legendary singer Bobby Womack died today at the age of 70.

The 2009 inductees to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame include guitarist Jeff Beck, the hip-hop pioneers in RUN DMC and the hard rockers in Metallica. Also among this year's class is a native of ...

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 ...