Reclaimed Soul: The Vietnam War Through Soul Music

Reclaimed Soul
Reclaimed Soul host Ayana Contreras. Reclaimed Soul
Reclaimed Soul
Reclaimed Soul host Ayana Contreras. Reclaimed Soul

Reclaimed Soul: The Vietnam War Through Soul Music

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Music played a huge part in the Vietnam war. For the troops overseas, it was a taste of home. For folks back in the states, it could be a patriotic soundtrack or a call to dissent. 

Music also told the stories of what the returning soldiers saw, thought and felt during their service. And no genre did all those things more powerfully than soul music. 

With Memorial Day coming up, Vocalo’s Ayana Contreras brings us the Vietnam War in soul.