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Soul

Genre family
R&B / Soul
1990s recordings
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Meet Soul

Soul is a branch of the R&B / Soul family, with its own performance and recording traditions.

The clearest way to understand Soul is to hear how its rhythm, timbre and performance language change across artists and recordings.

Begin with The Impressions, The Artistics and The Chi‐Lites.

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1990s · Chicago · Soul

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ESSENTIAL LISTENING

1990s starting recordings

3 recordings
01A Letter to Myself1992 · Quiet Storm · soulOpen in new tab 02This Heart of Mine1996 · soul · northern soulOpen in new tab 03I’m Loving Nothing1999 · soul · northern soulOpen in new tab
KEY ARTISTS

1990s artists

Artist·soul

The Impressions

Artist·soul

The Artistics

Artist·Quiet Storm

The Chi‐Lites

ESSENTIAL ALBUMS

1990s albums

OKeh: A Northern Soul Obsession cover
Album·1996

OKeh: A Northern Soul Obsession

Indelible Impressions: The Curtom Anthology 1968-76 cover
Album·1999

Indelible Impressions: The Curtom Anthology 1968-76

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