As the 70s became the 80s, commercial Black music in the US was ruled by one style: disco. Funk, reggae and soul sat in the background, but the dancefloor’s most basic beat ruled. One record ...

The party line on 80s pop would have you believe that evolving technology sucked all the soul out of the music. In fact, the opposite is true. The pop sounds of the 80s were soaked with soulful ...

Soul music has merged with many other genres since ... and Simply Red reinvigorated the movement in the 80s. As funk and disco lost its appeal in the 80s, soul moved towards R'n'B, and later ...