After a successful opening night, Don't Drop Out! is back in London on 2nd July 2011. From 8pm until 1am (or beyond…) you'll hear northern soul, Motown and 6Ts rhythm & soul, with a mixture of both classics and lesser well knowns, all on 45rpm vinyl. The venue apparently has […]
Tag: R&B
The Boiler anniversary – Barcelona
If you need to book flights, you need to make a note of the date of The Boiler 8th annversary event, which is over the 8th and 9th July 2011 in Barcelona. Two nights, two live bands and two allnighters. The bands are The Excellos (Friday) and Ella and the […]
New record label: Spoke Records
Perhaps should have mentioned this a couple of week back (when it did officially launch). Spoke Records that is. It's a new vinyl/45 label specialising in tunes that will, in the main, be mod friendly – 60s soul, mod R&B, blue-eyed soul, 60s jazz and psych are all genres mentioned […]
Upcoming Hip City! in London
One for your diary this month, Hip City!, which takes place on Saturday 25th June. Expect a night of 60s soul, R&B, ska and boogaloo at the New Red Lion, 271-273 City Road, London EC1V 1LA (nearest tube Angel), with your DJs for the night being Paul Hallam, Tony Reynolds, […]
Muscle Shoals in The Independent
Not all doom, gloom and Cheryl Cole in the morning papers, there's a rather tasty feature on Muscle Shoals in The Independent. It celebrates 50 years since the studio was set up, as well as looking at the man behind it, Rick Hall. There's also a few words from Dean […]
The Birds live in Leeds
The band started playing live in 2010 once more, but in June, there's a rare chance to see The Birds 'up north' with a gig in Leeds. Of course, the cult '60s R&B are much changed from the band pictured above, with just vocalist Ali McKenzie flying the flag for […]
Downtown Meltdown – Tunbridge Wells
The last one apparently went down well, so there's another Downtown Meltdown in Tunbridge Wells planned for June. According to the promoter, the playlist is once again '50's to mid 60's riotous rhythm & blues, early soul and good time tunes', with the next night taking place on 4th June […]
Shake and Fingerpop! night in London
A bit short notice, with the date being this Saturday (7th May 2011), but if you happen to be in London town, you might want to check out Shake and Fingerpop! It's co-hosted by the X-Ray Soul Club and takes place at The Snooty Fox (which you'll find on the […]
