Sunday, 8 May 2011
Soul Music
Soul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of funky, secular testifying." Catchy rhythms, stressed by handclaps and extemporaneous body moves, are an important feature of soul music. Other characteristics are a call and response between the soloist and the chorus, and an especially tense vocal sound. The genre also occasionally uses improvisational additions, twirls and auxiliary sounds
Saturday, 7 May 2011
Friday, 6 May 2011
WOODSEATS WMC - SHEFFIELD - Date: Fri 06 May 2011
Stuart is guest dj at Woodseats tonight so it's another Friday night out. I'm hoping he will play a few of my favourite records so I can have lots of dances. It's mainly northern soul but I think there should be some crossover thrown in as well! Anyway if anyone is interested here are the details.
Doors open 8pm while late,
FREE ADMISSION,
No Membership Reqd,
LARGE DANCEFLOOR.
WOODSEATS WMC,
THE DALE,
SHEFFIELD,
S80PS.
TEL - 0114 2812064.
Doors open 8pm while late,
FREE ADMISSION,
No Membership Reqd,
LARGE DANCEFLOOR.
WOODSEATS WMC,
THE DALE,
SHEFFIELD,
S80PS.
TEL - 0114 2812064.
Thursday, 5 May 2011
Chicago soul
Chicago soul is a style of soul music that arose during the 1960s in Chicago. Along with Detroit, the home of Motown, and Memphis, with its hard-edged, gritty performers (see Memphis soul), Chicago and the Chicago soul style helped spur the album-oriented soul revolution of the early 1970s.
The sound of Chicago soul, like southern soul with its rich influence of black gospel music, also exhibited an unmistakable gospel sound, but was somewhat lighter and more delicate in its approach. Chicago vocal groups tended to feature laid-back sweet harmonies, while solo artists exhibited a highly melodic and somewhat pop approach to their songs. Accompaniment usually featured highly orchestrated arrangements, with horns and strings, by such notable arrangers as Johnny Pate (who largely worked with horns) and Riley Hampton (who specialized in strings). This kind of soul music is sometimes called “soft soul”, to distinguish it from the more harsh and gospelly “hard soul” style.
The sound of Chicago soul, like southern soul with its rich influence of black gospel music, also exhibited an unmistakable gospel sound, but was somewhat lighter and more delicate in its approach. Chicago vocal groups tended to feature laid-back sweet harmonies, while solo artists exhibited a highly melodic and somewhat pop approach to their songs. Accompaniment usually featured highly orchestrated arrangements, with horns and strings, by such notable arrangers as Johnny Pate (who largely worked with horns) and Riley Hampton (who specialized in strings). This kind of soul music is sometimes called “soft soul”, to distinguish it from the more harsh and gospelly “hard soul” style.
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