Initially this was meant to be my topic for last week but due to prolly tiredness (tbh can't remember anymore😅), but here I am posting it today and it still hits so hard if I do say so myself 😃

Soul Music in actuality is a genre of music in and of itself, meant to show music that is rich in early Black American Christianity.
These type of songs were characterized by it's wholesome tunes and rich instruments, songs made to overcome the hardships of those days, made to make you dance, flow with the music regardless of your situation.
Songs to uplift your soul...

I used this criteria to pick my songs, these are songs that are guaranteed to make you nod your head, hum to yourself or just put a smile no matter what you're doing or feeling now.🙂

Believer ~ Imagine Dragons

For my first tune in this list, I go to one of the first songs I ever remember listening to in my early teens.
Believer, is such a song that many are going to hum to without knowing the true lyrics within the song because of its upbeat attitude.
It tells a story of a man who finally understands his pain and decides to face it, understanding how the pain had caused most bad things in his life and how it has also helped him too, he decides to find a way to control it.

When I'm Gone - The Carter Family

Now most folks would hear this song and first think of The Cup Song. Although it isn't a remix, in fact what we know as the Cup Song is just a remake of the song When I'm Gone sang by the Carter family.
In actuality the song wasn't written by them but was collected.
A.P Carter was a song collector and he traveled all over the southwestern Virginia area in search for new songs... _{A link if you would want to read more about them...}

Wade in the Water

Now this has to be one of the most commonly known soul song out there.
Believed to be made in the early 1900's by slave fighters, to help remind them to follow the oath with water in it as the Slave master's dogs can't pick up the scent washed with water.

Now it has transformed to something more than just a warning song, standing as a proud relic of the time.
It has a lot of remixes and I tried but I couldn't find a recording of the original song.
The closest I could find though was a jazz Performance of Ramsey Lewis, still mighty good 😃✨, would put this here for @agmoore and any other jazz lover who may come across my blog.

I did infact find a certain remix that I did like...
The guitars and leads were specially electrifying 😊. Although like most of Rens busking sessions, it's 3 songs combined in one😅(hope it still qualifies as an entry 🥺)

And that's it for my 3 tunes this week
Lovely songs for a weary soul✨
As normal I would have to tag our lovely Irish golfing ear @ablaze for a wonderful initiative every tuesday.

Till my next blog ✨