How to Use soul music in a Sentence

soul music

noun
  • Jazz and soul music is so human.
    Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 11 Mar. 2026
  • A lot of soul music, a lot of R&B.
    Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Some of the sweetest soul music is born from childhoods scarred with pain.
    Thor Christensen, Dallas News, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Dinner and weekend brunch are served along with blues, rock n’ roll, and soul music.
    Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 26 Feb. 2021
  • D’Angelo’s impact on soul music can’t be measured by charts or sales.
    Marcus J. Moore, Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Funk, rap, jazz, and soul music melt into dancehall, reggae, and dub.
    Vulture, 9 June 2023
  • The queen of soul music stopped by the Queen City on Thursday.
    Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 28 June 2024
  • My goal is to sort of reenter mainstream R&B and soul music by next year.
    Chris Malone, Billboard, 14 June 2019
  • All these soul music samples taste like poison or the choking smoke from a barbecue in hell.
    Rob Marriott, VIBE.com, 30 Dec. 2024
  • To fault Bruce Springsteen for loving soul music would be a slight to the music.
    David Hajdu, The Atlantic, 19 Nov. 2022
  • Hayes was a key figure in Southern soul music through Stax Records.
    Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 30 Oct. 2021
  • Attendees crowded the center of the shop, dancing to live soul music.
    Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Deeper and deeper into soul music in its modern form, from out of the barrel of a House.
    Lawrence Jackson, Harper's Magazine, 10 July 2023
  • The soul of those musicians generated the soul music that raced across the airwaves from coast to coast.
    Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 19 May 2024
  • As a child growing up in poverty, Whitlock was exposed to soul music while working in the fields.
    Edward Segarra, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2025
  • One of the great things about Chicago soul music and R&B is that there is no singular sound.
    Donald Liebenson, chicagotribune.com, 2 Oct. 2019
  • In the 1960s, Sam Moore was one half of soul music's most explosive duo.
    Anthony Mason, CBS News, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Still, from to bottom, the entire soundtrack features amazing funk and soul music that doesn’t just score the sound of a movie, but an entire era.
    Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 22 Jan. 2021
  • The Wonderful Wizard of Oz with a dazzling mix of rock, gospel and soul music.
    Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 27 Mar. 2022
  • Sixties soul music provided the soundtrack for much of Meghan and Harry’s big day.
    Erin Hill, PEOPLE.com, 11 Aug. 2020
  • Inside, there were paintings of hunting dogs on the wall, soul music playing on the stereo system, and brisket for thirty-two dollars a pound.
    Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 22 Feb. 2025
  • Disc jockey Homer Blow played a range of songs, from Christmas classics to soul music, and emceed the event.
    David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 25 Dec. 2024
  • Bradley, like his Daptone label mate, the late Sharon Jones, was a later-in-life soul music success story.
    August Brown, latimes.com, 23 Sep. 2017
  • Growing up in the segregated South, Martell had sung R&B and soul music.
    Lisa Respers France, CNN, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Stax Records was revolutionary in the rise of Southern soul music in the '60s.
    Ryan Bergeron, CNN, 3 Feb. 2022
  • Her move to Atlantic Records would give birth to a style of soul music that propelled Franklin to international fame.
    Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2025
  • And the movie, which was called Open Five, was basically just a love letter to Memphis and to the soul music there and to the food there.
    Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2024
  • In 1956, Franklin released her first album, Songs of Faith, kicking off a six-decade reign of soul music.
    Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 16 Aug. 2018
  • The guitarist, songwriter and record producer was not known for flashy playing, but his spare, catchy licks and solid rhythm chops helped define Memphis soul music.
    Christian Orozco, NBC news, 4 Dec. 2025
  • Stone will receive the soul music icon award; Ginuwine, the urban music icon award; Sapp, the gospel music icon award; and Lewis, the legends award.
    Paul Grein, Billboard, 30 Apr. 2021

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