"A ham hock in your cornflakes," they sang, as one possible definition. Think about it. Today, as it was then, there's no easy answer. But if you're talking about music, soul is easy to define ...

The voice of freedom. A ham hock in your cornflakes. All of these terms have been used to describe soul—the concept, the music, the expressionist modality. But how about this one: soul as a ...