Soul music
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Soul music is a popular music genre that originated in African-American communities throughout the United States in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Catchy rhythms, stressed by handclaps and extemporan
Ray Charles pioneered the soul music genre during the 1950s by combining blues, rhythm and blues, and gospel styles.
James Brown was known as the "Godfather of Soul".
Sam Cooke is regarded as one of soul music's "forefathers".
Solomon Burke recorded for Atlantic Records in the 1960s.
African-American music
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African-American music is a broad term covering a diverse range of musical genres largely developed by African Americans and their culture. Its origins lie in musical forms that developed as a result
The Banjo Lesson by Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1893
Enslaved Africans picking cotton in the United States, 1840
Congo Square African Drum 1819 Latrobe
Slave dance to banjo, 1780s