soul music
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
1- Also called soul.
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How to use soul music in a sentence
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 BEASTRevisiting 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 BEASTThe 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 BEASTWells 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 BEASTWe know what Borel has written on the gamelan (he calls it soul music).
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