soul music
nounDefinition of soul music
: music that originated in African American gospel singing, is closely related to rhythm and blues, and is characterized by intensity of feeling and vocal embellishments
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The group plays a set that goes through five stages of grief: a spiritual for denial; classical music for anger; jazz for bargaining; then blues and soul music for depression and acceptance. — Theresa Waldrop, CNN, "These Milwaukee musicians gather to play at the city's crime scenes," 17 Aug. 2019 My goal is to sort of reenter mainstream R&B and soul music by next year. — Chris Malone, Billboard, "Billy Porter Talks Season Two of 'Pose', Red Carpet Fashion & His New Song 'Love Yourself'," 14 June 2019 And what fan of soul music would miss the Stax Museum of American Soul Music, home of Stax Records, where stars like Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, and Isaac Hayes recorded music? — Pamela Wright, BostonGlobe.com, "You can visit, as long as you promise not to sing ‘Walking in Memphis’," 16 July 2019 Muscle Shoals tells the story of how a tiny Alabama town on the Tennessee River became the site of some of the best rock and soul music recordings of the 1960s and 1970s. — Andrew Martin, The New York Review of Books, "Andrew Martin," 7 Mar. 2019 Hutchings’ background includes classical music training and extensive workshopping with revered British saxophonist Soweto Kinch, but also heavy doses of rock, electronic and soul music. — Greg Kot, chicagotribune.com, "Shabaka Hutchings rides a new kind of jazz comet," 13 June 2019 The annual festival takes over Merriweather Post Pavilion for a weekend, with multiple outdoor stages and hours of jazz and soul music. — Washington Post, "17 things to do in the D.C. area this weekend," 7 June 2019 Franklin was—and still is—a soul music tour-de-force who remained a staple on the charts and radio for more than six decades, accumulating 18 Grammy Awards along the way. — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, "18 Powerful Tributes to Aretha Franklin’s Music," 16 Aug. 2018 The routine itself is only ninety seconds long, but the 21-year-old athlete jumped, flipped, turned, and showed off her incredible talent across the floor to a mashup of R&B and soul music like Michael Jackson and Tina Turner. — Amanda Mitchell, Marie Claire, "I'm Obsessed With UCLA Gymnast Katelyn Ohashi," 14 Jan. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'soul music.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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