Amel Larrieux may be an entrepreneur in the hair industry but it was her unique voice that got her started in music. As her group Groove Theory’s top 5 classic turns 20 years old (we’re getting old), ...

If you ask any music fan that was around to experience it, they'll tell you that 1995 was one of the most magical years in music of the past twenty years. Hip-Hop and R&B had yet to fully take a ...

*Remember the first time you heard “Tell Me” from this new group called Groove Theory? It was as if singer-songwriter Amel Larrieux and songwriter-producer Bryce Wilson came out of nowhere in ...

Music from the 1990s is largely regarded with rose-colored nostalgia. Hip-hop made the leap, R&B was blessed with several noteworthy groups that provided classic albums, and neo-soul showed up and ...

Groove Theory Back Together Again After a decade-plus apart, Amel Larrieux and Bryce Wilson are back together again as Groove Theory. Back in the fall of 1995, Groove Theory blessed us with their self ...

In 1995, my friends and I were a year away from senior status in high school. Outside of class, our world revolved around the mall, chain restaurants and weekly CD sales at big box stores. Only one in ...

As a mother of two who recently celebrated her 20th wedding anniversary, R&B singer and Groove Theory founder Amel Larrieux knows her fifth album’s title, “Ice Cream Everyday,” sounds unhealthy. Yet ...

Singer Amel Larrieux, Groove Theory's better half, isn't always concerned with matters of the heart on her second solo release. Among the more pressing issues is a young woman's well-being -- spirit, ...

In ‘95, the seductive moans of Billie Holiday look-alike Amel Larrieux seemed to float out of nowhere, so scarce was the advance word on her neo-soul duo Groove Theory’s self-titled debut album. Fact ...

An urban chanteuse by birth, Amel Larrieux grew up in a West Village "artists building" in New York City, her parents exposing her early to a community of artists and artistic experiences that would ...

Sign up for City Lights, our twice-weekly guide to arts and nightlife in the D.C. area. It lands in your inbox every Sunday and Thursday. No matter the era, Amel ...

Nearly two decades ago after urban-pop singer-songwriter Amel Larrieux released “Infinite Possibilities,” her charming debut, I finished college. I had a newspaper critic gig in Philadelphia and was ...