"Nobody seems to differentiate between ‘soul’ and 'soulful.’ To me, soulful isn’t what we got from Sam Cooke– it’s a different, calculated thing that’s sort of derivative and backwards-looking. It’s an obsolete term. If what people mean is 'good singer,’ then that would be a much better phrase to use. Because 'soulful’ doesn’t really give me anything."

— James Blake discusses the idea of soulfulness in our current feature interview. Read the whole Q&A by Mark Pytlik here.