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The Sound of the Streets

Tony Cummings, Black Music, April 1974

IN A HAPPIER world, pigeon-holes would be strictly for pigeons. Yet the fact remains that terms like "R and B" and "Soul" are no longer sufficient to pinpoint the many different directions in which black music is moving. So inevitably we find ourselves talking about Sweet Soul and Deep Soul and Classical Soul. And now, the latest... Street Funk.

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