soul music

noun

a fervent type of popular music developed in the late 1950s by Black Americans as a secularized form of gospel music, with rhythm-and-blues influences, and distinctive for its earthy expressiveness, variously plaintive or raucous vocals, and often passionate romanticism or sensuality.

Origin of soul music

An Americanism dating back to 1960–65

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Sharing the top of the bill, singer Snoh Aalegra has been tamping down the traditional catharsis of soul music into something more internal and subdued.
Turnstile, Tinashe, Fay Victor, 42 Dugg — the fall concert season is here | Chris Richards | September 10, 2021 | Washington Post
Bobby Womack was one of the greatest exemplars of the mutual pleasure program of soul music.
Bobby Womack’s Sexual Democracy: The Late Soul Legend Preached Mutual Pleasure | David Masciotra | June 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Revisiting the soul music of Womack is a good first step to rescuing the reciprocity necessary for real intimacy.
Bobby Womack’s Sexual Democracy: The Late Soul Legend Preached Mutual Pleasure | David Masciotra | June 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
The flip side of that, though, is their passion for the soul music of the past, and for its promise of redemption.
In the Backseat With Janelle Monae: A Limo Ride with the Stylish R&B Diva | Douglas Wolk | April 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Wells transformed old cheating and heart songs into soul music by resisting the overplay of emotion, writes singer Laura Cantrell.
Kitty Wells, The Girl Singer Who Became Country’s Queen | Laura Cantrell | July 18, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST

We know what Borel has written on the gamelan (he calls it soul music).
Letters of a Javanese Princess | Raden Adjeng Kartini

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