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  • Earlier this month, local DJ and soul-music master Jonathan Toubin was badly injured in Portland, Ore., when an errant taxi cab plowed through the wall of his ground-floor hotel room and pinned him underneath.

    Holiday Hoedowns Andy Beta 2011

  • Even soul-music aficionados might have a hard time recalling the hits of singer Bettye LaVette.

    Soul Stars, Vintage Cars Andy Beta 2011

  • It's a challenge she meets by singing past the soul-music horns, pushing through the atmospheric music to shake you into a belief in her sincerity.

    The Mynabirds: A Hypnotic Voice, Radiating Sincerity 2010

  • Besides being a sex symbol, a soul-music legend, and a beloved voice-over artist, Hayes was also a dedicated Scientologist.

    The Afterlife for Scientologists | Disinformation 2008

  • Besides being a sex symbol, a soul-music legend, and a beloved voice-over artist, Hayes was also a dedicated Scientologist.

    Scientology service to mourn Isaac Hayes 2008

  • Perhaps they were leery of circling back to their old guitar-band sound: that combination of folk-rock guitar picking and, often, soul-music drumming.

    SXSW: R.E.M. Hits the Throttle - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

  • It's a challenge she meets by singing past the soul-music horns, pushing through the atmospheric music to shake you into a belief in her sincerity.

    The Mynabirds: A Hypnotic Voice, Radiating Sincerity 2010

  • Perhaps they were leery of circling back to their old guitar-band sound: that combination of folk-rock guitar picking and, often, soul-music drumming.

    SXSW: R.E.M. Hits the Throttle - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

  • They expertly chronicle the rise of a mom-and-pop record label that became a soul-music powerhouse, then was nearly laid low by Redding's death and, a year later, was transformed by the assassination, in Memphis, of Martin Luther King Jr.

    From Stax, the Heart of Soul 2009

  • But in soul-music circles, the concert itself has a lofty reputation: Boston Mayor Kevin White, in a bid to keep the peace, agreed not to cancel the concert scheduled for April 5, 1968 -- the day after the assassination -- even as other cities were succumbing to rioting.

    A James Brown Show 2008

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