Dendy -
I think you're batting at a staw man. You're right, of course. There will always be soulful music! But that's not the issue. The issue is that popular music sounds more canned every day. If you live near a Kohl's department store, walk through it to find out what mass-produced music sounds like. Or tune into a "new country" station. Or urban contemporary. Why has Muzak disappeared? Because it's become redundant.
Regardless of the style, most broadcast music is so mechanized, sanitized, segmentized, and osterized that any trace of human-ness has been wrung out of it.
And yes, there are exceptions. I think of - no, wait, I started to type a list, but I deleted it. We know it when we hear it. There is still musical integrity and soul. But it fights an uphill battle to get heard, and the road gets steeper every day.
Thank heaven for places like Harmony Central, where real people can talk about real music without getting screened by taste-makers, gate-keepers, market researchers, and insiders. Love it here. Keep up the good work!