VARIOUS: Soul Breakout 59 (Label: Future Noise)
This is the second in Future Noise’s look at the origins of soul and as the titling says the compiler, Mike Atherton, turns his attention to 1959 when soul was just starting to morph...
VARIOUS: Soul Cellar (Label: Jazz FM)
For their latest compilations Jazz FM hand the selection honour to veteran broadcaster Peter Young who picks 30 classic soul cuts which reflect the kind of music he’s been championing on his Soul Cellar...
VARIOUS: Shapes 10:01 (Label: Tru Thoughts)
In a little over ten years the Tru Thoughts label has established itself as a leading purveyor of quality indie music across a range of genres; though, it’s my guess that label head boy,...
VARIOUS: DJ SPINNA – THE BOOGIE BACK (Label: bbe)
There are DJs and there are DJs… then there is DJ Spinna. The man born Vincent Williams was a celebrity DJ before the term was even coined and he achieved the status not with...
VARIOUS: Westbound Detroit Northern Soul (Label: Kent)
Think Detroit soul and you’ll obviously think Motown. Berry Gordy’s empire dominated the Motor City but all savvy soul people know that the place had a lot more to offer. A myriad of small...
VARIOUS: Jump Start Music (Label: Soul Unisgned)
Jump Start Music is the newest album from Phil Driver’s Soul Unsigned set up and it marks something of a diversification for the Cambridgeshire-based label. The first change is that Phil has handed over...
VARIOUS : Lost And Found (Label: bbe)
This is the second in the bbe label’s ‘Lost And Found’ series. The idea (not a new one, it must be said) is to let well-known musos select their favourite long-lost songs around a...
various: The Contemporary Soul Songbook 2 (Label: Soul Unsigned)
Phil Driver’s Soul Unsigned label’s done an awful lot in what seems a comparatively short space of time. Now established as a major player on the indie soul scene, the label’s managed to make...
VARIOUS: Soul Breakout ’58 (Label: Future Noise)
In the last few months there’s been a number of albums claiming to chronicle the birth of soul music. Future Noise are the latest to enter the fray with this excellent 25 tracker which...
