Soul music

Street, an old movie theater that later became Satellite Record Store flourished into what we know today as Stax Records, or Soulsville. Soulsville was an incredible little recording studio on the corner that changed the dynamic of music, and the city. This was the birthplace of southern soul music. Soul music is a termed coined in the south that refers to how people felt when…

The soul music is includes variations of sounds that incorporate elements such as rhythm or pattern. It’s a popular music genre that originated in the United States in the late 1950s and early 1960s. It combines elements of African American gospel music, rhythm and blues and jazz. Soul music became popular for dancing and listening in the United States as where record labels such as Motown, Atlantic and Stax were influential in the civil rights era. Soul also became popular around the world,…

Black music is always revolving and changing, creative musicians are always trying to add new elements to existing contents. In this research paper, we are going to look into the development of modern days neo-soul music in America, what makes this style of music fascinating to a lot of music lovers, artists that excels in this style of music and how it influenced musicians around the world. It is extremely difficult to separate R&B, hip-hop, jazz and neo-soul as these genres of music are…

Soul music prompted numerous later types, including funk, hip-jump, and contemporary R&B. Funk created when soul craftsmen like James Brown and Stevie Wonder started broadening the cadenced sections in their spirit music. Hip-bounce created when DJs in the late-70s started rapping over soul and funk notches, and contemporary R&B created from the music of craftsmen like Al Green and Aretha Franklin. Contemporary R&B craftsmen like Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey turned into a portion of the…

two narrative technique used in this song, was signifyin’ and storytelling. From the music video which is accompanied with the song, Prince Paul states, “If you take three glasses of water and put food coloring in them, you have many different colors, but it’s still the same old water” (OldSchoolHipHop, 2012). Instead of “water” and “food coloring,” Prince Paul is actually referencing to “hip-hop” and “different appearance.” He was saying that although De La Soul shows many different kinds of…

Ray Charles was one of the great innovators of soul music, integrating R&B, gospel, pop and country to create hits like "Hit the road jack", "Unchain my heart" and " Georgia on my mind." This bind genius was considered one of the greatest artist of all time. Born in Georgia Sep 23, 1930, Raymond Charles Robinson was a legendary musician who pioneered the genre of soul music during the 1950's. He's often called the "Father of soul", Ray combined blues, gospel and jazz to create ground breaking…

The Soulvation group mostly sing covers of other artists from different genres, but from their stage name they mostly concentrate on soul music. The guitarist had a moment where he played his electric guitar in a way that left me in a trance. I enjoyed that part most tenderly. They not only sang different genres, but the ones that caught my eye were SWV’s weak. This was the first song I heard when I entered the bar. At that moment I knew that I was grateful that I had chosen to attend and watch…

Soul music was simply created to touch one’s soul. For example, Marvin Gaye wrote a song titled “Save the Babies”. “When he sang about saving the babies he was not only talking about the babies whose mothers were on welfare, but the babies were being killed not by the hands of strangers but also by their family members, and those that were suffering abuse from the hands of society” (Davis). Music written at Stax always had a message. “The music and the words did more than entertain. They…

Otis Redding is regarded as one of soul music’s great because of his show stopping performances and gritty voice. His influences include Sam Cooke and Little Richard, who are both distinct acts of their time (cite). Little Richard is widely known for his outrageous acts and Sam Cooke is easily one of the most recognizable voices of his time. The performances of Little Richard were controversial for his time and would have been even unusual by today’s standard. His performances included him…

The concert that I will be critiquing is the late Amy Winehouse, Live at Shepherds Bush Empire in London, England. On May 29th 2007, solo artist, Amy Winehouse performed along with her backing band, a soul group called The Dap-Kings. I chose to view this concert because Amy is my all-time favorite jazz/ soul singer. Amy performed songs from her masterpiece album "Back To Black" and a few songs from her debut album, "Frank". The Dap-Kings, male only band, consists of Dale Davis on the bass, Zalon…