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Episode 37: Philly Soul and the Sound of the 70s

…this, from journalist Jim Farber in 2021 is a more than apt description: It is a mixture of creamy strings, punching horns, snaking bass lines and fulsome melodies all combined to create something at once complex and light – a sonic soufflé fired by soul. Or, we could simply go with Bobby Eli, producer and guitarist, said the Philadelphia Sound is “funk dressed in a tuxedo.”

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