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Artist
Sol Blackman
2+ albums
soulpopNeo Soulfunkr&b
about
Sol Blackman is the modern day incarnation of the quintessential "Soul Man" in the tradition of the great "Soul Men" of the past. Soulfully, he provides melodic insight into the heart of a man over a stirring canvas of live instrumentation. It’s a familiar, yet original, sound that resonates with the old as well as the young. It’s an intoxicating groove that’s as much “Old School” as it is “Top 40”. It’s a feeling that’s as much today, as it is yesterday, as it is yesteryear. Sol Blackman is the intersection at which classic and contemporary masterfully meet head on. Sol Blackman, "The Soul of The South", was born and raised in Dallas, TX, where he attended and graduated from Duncanville High School. A life-long music lover, the initial groundwork for his eventual ambitions started as a child emulating and imitating The Jackson 5, Prince, and New Edition. While Sol’s heart has always been in music, his arrival at this present place has been far from traditional. Through life, as well as institutions of higher learning (Texas A&M University at Commerce), he has educated himself in many ways; even earning a degree in Business Administration. However, in all his studies, music was never his focus. He instead spent his formative years sitting in front of a record player taking course after course in the form of his father’s album collection from such astute professors as Marvin Gaye, Teddy Pendergrass, Isaac Hayes, Al Green, Earth Wind & Fire, Stevie Wonder, The Isley Brothers,
