The Soul Train Awards Are Coming Back. CBS Has to Carry Them Too.
BET taped the last one in 2023, then paused the franchise. November 27 it returns from Chicago — on BET, and on CBS for the first time.
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Gladys Knight Is Easing Off the Road. Dallas Is Still on the Calendar.
The Empress of Soul is not retiring. She is choosing fewer nights. Riverfront Jazz Festival still has her name on Friday.
Texas Is Not a Layover
Texas dates keep getting used as a hallway between coasts. The buildings will take the money. The cities are not the buildings.
The Room Already Knew the Words
Singles fill a room. Deep cuts tell you who has been living with the album. Texas nights keep proving the difference.
Stop Calling It a Throwback
Juvenile in San Antonio. Mary J. Blige at Moody Center. Nobody in those rooms was visiting the past.
Church to Club and Back
Choir on Sunday. Somebody’s cousin DJing on Saturday. Texas rooms have been bilingual. The contradiction is pretending anyone has to pick.
