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Old 10-31-2009, 05:05 PM   #99 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by catjazz View Post
Why is there this term called neo-soul. I find people like Omar, Donnie, Anthony Hamilton, Eric Roberson, The Rebirth, Lalah Hathaway, Amiel Larrieux, Goepele (SP), Bilal, Kindred Family Soul, Angela Johnson, Chocklate (SP?), Conya Doss, Sy Smith, Ledisi, Don-E etc etc straight up soul.
I think Gavin is referring to artists like Sharon Jones, Bettye LaVette and Anthony Hamilton in the sense that they are helping to revitalise a sound that hasn't been heard since the mid to late 60's through the early 70's when soul music was at it's height.

Nice post btw.
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