No doubt about it: Detroit is soul city number one
The music blog soultracks.com recently polled its readers to crown one metropolis “The World’s Greatest Soul Music City.” At the top of the list, with 30 percent of the total vote, was Detroit (which, we might add, absolutely trounced the competition). And the blog makes it clear it isn’t just the city’s history as the birthplace of Motown Records that deserves recognition.
Excerpt:
Yep, Detroit won hands down. It’s long history of great soul stars,
including the Motown legends, along with its new generation of soul
stars like Dwele, Monica Blaire and Amp Fiddler, gave it the edge over
the runner up city, Philadelphia, and lots of other great soul towns.
Get the full list here.
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