A mythical Manchester Tuesday with Beat the Jams
It’s nose-bitingly cold outside, but the glowing red lights of the Copper Bar at...
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Tag: Band on the Wall
“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. To celebrate, they’ve released Solid Brass: Ten Years of Northern Funk, a retrospective of 18 of the...
Read MoreSweet 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. She picked up a cup of black coffee at a...
Read MoreReview: Smoove & Turrell, Band on the Wall, Manchester
It’s a bit chilly at Manchester’s Band on the Wall. As I arrive early to set up my camera, it feels like the empty room has a faint draught running through it. I think it’s probably just me, though. It’s freezing...
Read MoreStax 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. But there are exceptions to any rule and one such is the European tour put together by Memphis-based Stax Records...
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