soul music
Emotive African-American genre
Soul music is a genre combining rhythm and blues with gospel influences, characterized by emotional intensity, powerful vocals, and themes of love, struggle, and spirituality.
It emerged from African American communities in the late 1950s and flourished through the 1960s and 70s: Aretha Franklin is the queen of soul music.
Often shortened to soul.
- MotownDetroit's soulful moniker
- R&BSoulful pop genre
- grooveNarrow cut or routine
- rhythm and bluesPostwar Black popular music
- rhythmPatterned stress and silence
blues · spirituals · African American heritage · testify · funk · Aretha Franklin · social commentary · doo-wop · James Brown · swing · melisma · jazz · vocal harmony · backing singers · call and response · Otis Redding · Aretha · sweat
- American musicjazz, blues, rock, country, hip hop
- oldiesElvis, golden oldies, Hound Dog, oldies, Johnny B. Goode
- vocal musicsong, vocals, soprano, tenor, alto
- Black CultureNAACP, HBCUs, Black churches, civil rights movement, Harlem Renaissance
- Black DiasporaAfrican American, African Americans, African diaspora, African heritage, African roots
- cultural artsart, dance, theater, opera, ballet
soul musicmuzak
Inoffensive background melodies
elevator music · bubblegum pop · easy listening · lounge music · jingles
soul musiccountry music
Rural Southern folk-pop genre
bluegrass · classical music · Appalachian music · Celtic music · arena rock
soul musictechno
Electronic dance genre
industrial music · computer-generated music · AI music · electronic music · EDM
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