GENRE · KNOWLEDGE GUIDE
Soul
- Genre family
- R&B / Soul
- Starting recordings
- 3
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 The Impressions, The Artistics and The Chi‐Lites.
GENRE FAMILY
Its place in the genre family
Parent genreR&B / Soul
Current genreSoul
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ESSENTIAL LISTENING
3 recordingsStart with these recordings
KEY ARTISTS
Key artists
ESSENTIAL ALBUMS
Continue with these albums
LOCAL GRAPH
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