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“We like to think of it as clever pop.” Smoove & Turrell chat to Northern Soul
North East soul and funk band Smoove & Turrell have been creating big banging dance tracks for more than a decade.
Read the full story..Sweet Kind of Blue: acclaimed musician Emily Barker talks to Northern Soul
Early one cold and rainy February morning last year, Australian musician and Northern Soul favourite Emily Barker woke up in Nashville and got in her car for a journey to Memphis.
Read the full story..Stax Records: the legend lives on in a new generation
The description ‘legendary’ tends to get bandied around a lot in the mostly preposterous world of popular music.
Read the full story..Review: Smoove & Turrell, Band on the Wall, Manchester
It’s a bit chilly at Manchester’s Band on the Wall.
Read the full story..Review: Stealing Sheep, Band on the Wall, Manchester
It’s not every gig where the band members turn to each other at the end and say “We did it!” But this is a bit of a landmark: it’s the first date on Stealing Sheep’s first full national tour.
Read the full story..Emily Portman talks Womenfolk with Northern Soul
I can’t sing a note. Not one. It’s one of the myriad of reasons why I avoid karaoke like the plague.
Read the full story..Crushing on Kathryn Williams
Some musicians have the ability to write songs that gnaw at your heart. Kathryn Williams is one of them.
Read the full story..Hey Country Boy
I noted the Stone Roses (Mani), Oasis (Bonehead) and New Order (Stephen Morris) among the bands with representatives at Tim Burgess‘s solo gig at Band on the Wall – all supporting an old mate in an intimate setting, with a generous card of young bands (not sure I can remember the last time I went to a gig where there were three supports on the bill).
Read the full story..Lonnie Liston Smith: a legend comes to Manchester
Following Terence Blanchard last month, Band on the Wall has excelled again, attracting yet another jazz legend to the North West’s Best Small Venue (I’m with the NME on this one).
Read the full story..Kan at Band on the Wall, Manchester
You know how sometimes you go to a show and you can just feel that this is somehow a tipping point for the performers? Well, there was a definite air of “event” about Kan’s triumphant show at Band On The Wall, and not just because the likes of Becky Unthank and Mike Harding were in the audience.
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