Soul music : tracking the spiritual roots of pop from Plato to Motown /
Rudinow, Joel.
Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan Press,
c2010.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
What is soul? (And what is soul music?) -- The "Devil's music" (Can music be evil?) -- Between Saturday night and Sunday morning (The dark night of the soul) -- Blue notes and Greek philosophy (Pythagoras, Plato, and spiritual intonation) -- Bio-rhythms (From formalism to somaesthetics) -- Fake it till you feel it (Race, ethnicity, authenticity in performance) -- Speaking in tongues (Isn't this all too Straussian?) -- Music as a healing art (Music and medicine, body and soul).
African Americans
Soul music
Blues (Music)
Music
Music and philosophy.