The 1970s were one of the most innovative eras in modern pop music and nowhere was that more obvious than in the genres and R&B and soul music.

When he sings, “Woke up this morning, found a letter that she wrote,” you can feel the moment playing out like a scene in a movie ... of what happens when soul music strips away the ...

He did the soundtrack to the Blaxploitation movie “Coffy,” which ... his ample catalog and worked his music into theirs. His “King of Neo Soul” title came from singer-songwriter Erykah ...

They transformed the “call and response” of gospel music into a frenzied stage show ... with the Blues Brothers. In 2008, the movie “Soul Men” depicted a pair of aging, estranged singers ...

Donation Options Search Search Search A photo of the Lost Generations music group is featured in the Numero Group’s “Soul Music of Illinois,” edited by Dante Carfagna. Courtesy of Dante ...

the MGs, whose guitarist Steve Cropper received one of music’s most famous shoutouts when Sam & Dave called “Play it, Steve” midway through “Soul Man.” In 2008, the movie “Soul Men ...

They transformed the "call and response" of gospel music into a frenzied stage show ... with the Blues Brothers. In 2008, the movie "Soul Men" depicted a pair of aging, estranged singers who ...

They transformed the “call and response” of gospel music into a frenzied stage show ... with the Blues Brothers. In 2008, the movie “Soul Men” depicted a pair of aging, estranged singers ...

They transformed the “call and response” of gospel music into a frenzied stage show ... with the Blues Brothers. In 2008, the movie “Soul Men” depicted a pair of aging, estranged singers ...

They transformed the “call and response” of gospel music into a frenzied stage show ... with the Blues Brothers. In 2008, the movie “Soul Men” depicted a pair of aging, estranged singers ...