GENRE · KNOWLEDGE GUIDE
Soul
- Genre family
- R&B / Soul
- 2020s recordings
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ORIGIN · SOUND · PEOPLE
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 Anna Dabbs, Metropole Orkest and Cory Wong.
GENRE FAMILY
Its place in the genre family
Parent genreR&B / Soul
Current genreSoul
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ESSENTIAL LISTENING
10 recordings2020s starting recordings
01Dreamy2026 · Indipop · popOpen in new tab 02A Lonely Amount2026 · Indipop · popOpen in new tab 03Through the Light2026 · Indipop · popOpen in new tab 04Loveelooop2026 · Indipop · popOpen in new tab 05Gimme a Sec2026 · Indipop · popOpen in new tab 063052025 · Minneapolis Sound · popOpen in new tab 07King Bozzi2025 · Minneapolis Sound · popOpen in new tab 08Utopia2025 · Minneapolis Sound · popOpen in new tab 09Quotidian Fields2025 · Minneapolis Sound · popOpen in new tab 10Starship Syncopation2025 · Minneapolis Sound · popOpen in new tab
KEY ARTISTS
2020s artists
ESSENTIAL ALBUMS
2020s albums
LOCAL GRAPH
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