Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. What Is Soul? (And What Is Soul Music?) -- 2. The "Devil's Music" (Can Music Be Evil?) -- 3. Between Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (The Dark Night of the Soul) -- 4. Blue Notes and Greek Philosophy (Pythagoras, Plato, and Spiritual Intonation) -- 5. Bio-Rhythms (From Formalism to Somaesthetics) -- 6. Fake It Till You Feel It (Race, Ethnicity, Authenticity in Performance) -- 7. Speaking in Tongues (Isn't This All Too Straussian?) -- 8. Music as a Healing Art (Music and Medicine, Body and Soul) -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Recommended Listening and Viewing -- Index.