Sentence examples for lighter soul from inspiring English sources

"Awaken, My Love!" is not pure homage — Glover softens the outré funk with lighter soul and surf-rock touches, and uses Auto-Tune — but he is not attempting to conceal his influences.

I have a very light soul.

Thirty years ago, Banhart might have attempted to imitate R. Kelly's perverse and feather-light soul.

(Concert Review: Rihanna at Nassau Coliseum on Long Island in July) Bruno Mars, "Doo-Wops & Hooligans" (Elektra) With six Grammy nods, the light soul crooner is again one of the most nominated acts, though he earned less than last year when he received seven nominations.

There's one welcome moment of friction on this album: "Who's Thinking About You Now?" a loose James Talyor-influenced bit of light soul on which Mr. Mraz makes his case to a lover under a hint of a dark cloud.

His character's name is Barry, and if that suggests a certain dim-the-lights soul singer, it's no accident; this is a jailhouse thug of a decidedly different sort.

There is an illuminating alternate version of a pop masterpiece (the "super deluxe" version of Nirvana's "Nevermind"); a deep dive into a country music watershed ("The Bristol Sessions, 1927-1928"); and a slightly baffling reissue of a 1999 underground rap record (MF Doom, "Operation: Doomsday"), among other sets of funk, salsa, "hippie music," African pop and light soul.

Instead he chose to showcase what he called "the slow-jam version" of the song, simplifying its harmonic contours and setting up a light-soul groove.

Even with the light soul-jazz in the background (produced in part by Questlove of the Roots), they have the feeling of intimate home recordings, modest and almost accidental.

It's made Mr. Mars, 24, one of the most versatile and accessible singers in pop, with a light, soul-influenced voice that's an easy fit in a range of styles, a universal donor.

Liberated from the enslavement of the material world, their Isfahbad-light souls become receptive to illumination and perceive truths similar to those perceived by prophets.