An authentic soul diva.

It is as cool as those of the Brazilian singers she admires but insistently grounded, like that of an earthy soul diva.

"I'm breaking new ground," this soul diva said in a telephone interview yesterday.

She emulates the great soul divas, but the artist Ms. Blige actually recalls is James Brown.

She tears into her love songs with the over-the-top emotionality of a well-traveled soul diva, soaring toward the heavens or growling to get earthy.

Her mellow but insistent tone married African singing styles to the emotiveness of 1960's soul divas.

Rose has worked and collaborated with a host of artist worldwide, and has been called soul diva and funk diva.

After garnering a following within Adelaide throughout 2008, the band embarked on a national tour in 2009 with soul diva, Marva Whitney.

The 60s began with soul music topping the charts, including pure soul divas and singers specializing in the new, R&B-gospel fusion with a secular approach.

Patti LaBelle tears into her love songs as a well-traveled soul diva: soaring toward the heavens and growling to get earthy.