Possibly of interest to London-based readers is the Mama Can Can club night. It's run in conjunction with the Art Gallery clothing label, promising a mix of soul, funk, psych, rocksteady and some noisier guitar stuff with host Christopher Brookes (aka Lord) and DJs Jim, Elsa and Paul. It's on […]
Tag: funk
Ace Records Catalogue – now as PDF
If you order regularly from Ace Records, you might well have the Ace Records Catalogue 2011. If not, you can download one for free. Just go to the Ace Records website and you'll get all the soul, jazz, blues funk, beat, garage and more as a download. Or rather, a […]
La Nuit De La Soul – Paris
Fancy a weekend in Paris? Or happen to be there already? Well, Friday 15th April looks a good night to be out on the town there, as it's the night of La Nuit De La Soul. This is the 4th annual event, with guest DJ Nick (from Record Kicks) joining […]
Mostly Jazz Festival 2011
Something possibly of interest to a number of you – the Mostly Jazz Festival 2011, which is running in Birmingham’s Moseley Park on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd July 2011. The initial batch of acts has been announced, with Booker T heading things up, closing the festival on the Sunday. […]
The Good Foot night in London
Not many good quality weekly nights around, but The Good Foot looks like it offers some top notch sounds pretty much every week. Taking place every Friday at Madame Jo Jo's, 8-10 Brewer Street, Soho, London W1F 0SE, the night is hosted by Snowboy and offers a mix of 60's […]
This Is Speedometer 1 and 2
Interesting reissue from Freestyle Records – This Is Speedometer 1 and 2. Both albums were originally issued on the Blow It Hard label, a mix of vintage-style soul, funk and Latin from a band that has backed a host of soul and funk legends, as well as producing their […]
New Jazzman Records 45s
Some new 7-inch vinyl reissues from the Jazzman label are on the market, which may or may not appeal. The first is a cracker, Lee Moses' version of Reach Out, I'll Be There on the Jazzman label, with Day Tripper on the reverse. It's drum-tastic. Second of the bunch is […]
Rock 'n' Roll Soul returns
Back this month in Rock 'n' Roll Soul at The Phoenix, Cavendish Square, London W1. Joining residents Gary Barrell and The Horse on Friday Sept 24th is mod scribe Paolo Hewitt, accompanied by Sherlock sidekick Martin Freeman for a night of soul, funk, psych and mod pop running from 8pm […]
