Rhythms of the Deep South

The Deep South of the USA holds the soul of America, from the jazz bars of New Orleans, through the blues of Memphis to the Cajun rhythms of Lafayette there is an underlying expression of struggle and joy, of faith and history and endeavour against the odds.

"All I can say is that there’s a sweetness here, a Southern sweetness, that makes sweet music. If I had to tell somebody who had never been to the South, who had never heard of soul music, what it was, I’d just have to tell him that it’s music from the heart, from the pulse, from the innermost feeling. That’s my soul; that’s how I sing. And that’s the South. "

Al Green