authentic soulmusic comes from lived experience. This position reflects a growing movement among Black artists to reclaim and protect their cultural heritage in the music industry. By taking ...
Most music fans can identify Back To Black, the titular single from Amy Winehouse’s 2006 album, from the moment they hear the first line. Musically, it references the soulmusic of the sixties ...
Aretha Franklin’s 1967 version of Otis Redding’s Respect, and James Brown’s 1968 Say It Loud I’m Black And I’m Proud ... to the founding of soulmusic in the 1950s.