MORE DISCO NIGHTS…
Last year we were introduced to MAYA BLANDY – a young Portuguese singer/songwriter. Our intro came via her track ‘Stardust’ – a club favourite around the Iberian peninsula. When it was tweaked with the...
EVERYBODY DANCE!
One of the undoubted highlights of the 2023 BBC Proms season was the Albert Hall concert that highlighted the magic of Northern Soul. Thus it was a no brainier for the show to go...
MY GIRL AT 60!
If you’re an avid reader of the soul and/or music press you’ll know that the TEMPTATIONS/ SMOKEY ROBINSON song ‘My Girl’ is now 60 years old! And guess what? Motown is making a big...
LAURA FEELIN’ JUST RIGHT!
Been while since we had some new music from Detroit’s LAURA RAIN AND THE CAESARS (essentially husband and wife team – guitarist George Friend and vocalist Laura Rain). Think it was 2022 when they...
WILL DOWNING Luscious (Sophisticated Soul)
The crowned “Prince of Sophisticated Soul”, WILL DOWNING has just launched this mini album – a six track EP – in time for the Christmas sales push and we need to say that ‘Luscious’...
JUST ANOTHER DAY…
Discerning Brit soul fans will know a little something about veteran guitarist NEVILLE “BREEZE” McKRIETH. He was, of course, a founder member of Beggar and Co and he’s gone on to work with Light...
STILL GETTING OVER YOU!
Back in October we were treated to a lovely cover of Canadian singer, France Joli’s 1982 dance anthem ‘Gonna Get Over You’ from a pairing of two top soul sisters – SHAILA PROSPERE and...
GET UR NUMBA AGAIN!
It’s odds on that when they want one of their tunes remixed. Brit soul singers don’t call Ghostbusters; no, they reach out to dear old GEORGE BROMFIELD – yes Georgie B of Groove Association...
JUST A TEST OF TIME…
Session singers and backing vocalists are the unsung heroes and heroines of the music biz. From time to time some do step out of the shadows and forge a solo career; the list is...
