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Southern soul or country soul is a type of soul and country music that emerged from the Southern United States.The music originated from a combination of styles, including blues (both 12 bar and jump), country, early R&B, and a strong gospel influence that emanated from the sounds of Southern black churches.
Memphis soul is unique due to its uptown influence on Southern regional soul music. Soul was originally written by and for the black community in Memphis but eventually became popular across all racial groups. Soul was experimental and new. It transformed greatly from the 50s into the 70s. Soul is the backbone of all American music genres today.
Soul music is a popular music genre that originated in African-American communities throughout the United States in the late 1950s and early 1960s. [2] It has its roots in African-American gospel music and rhythm and blues. [3]
In a related trend, since the year 2000, there has been a steady increase in the popularity of Southern Soul, led by such R&B labels as Ecko and Malaco. These labels feature both original and new artists of "the old school", and sometimes turn out recordings aimed specifically at the beach/shag market.
The term 'soul food' gained popularity in 1964, when a newspaper reported on the resurgence of "Black pride," according to Britannica. Although it had a cultural resurgence in the 1990s, soul food ...
Stax was influential in the creation of Southern soul and Memphis soul music. Stax also released gospel, funk, and blues recordings. Renowned for its output of blues music, the label was founded by two siblings and business partners, Jim Stewart and Estelle Axton (STewart/AXton = Stax). [3]
The Southern Renaissance (also known as Southern Renascence) [99] was the reinvigoration of American Southern literature that began in the 1920s and 1930s with the appearance of writers such as Faulkner, Caroline Gordon, Elizabeth Madox Roberts, Katherine Anne Porter, Allen Tate, Tennessee Williams, and Robert Penn Warren, among others.
Chef/owner Boris Seymore prepares an order during the opening of his new restaurant, Georgia Mae's, in West Palm Beach. The restaurant opened Oct. 4.