July 18th marks the 73rd birthday of a very special lady, none other than the Motown legend Martha Reeves! Five decades after beginning her career at Motown Rec...
It’s been nearly nine years since the tragic death of Gerald Levert. Born in 1966 to Eddie Levert, the incredible lead singer of the iconic group The O’Jays, th...
Regular readers and followers of TFSR on Twitter and on Facebook may have noticed that we're excited about the month of November. In fact we're very because thi...
British soul appears to be currently going through a period of renaissance, leading the rest of the world in producing quality new grooves. This year alone we’v...
Last week’s Glastonbury line-up may have been one of the festivals best, at least for fans of our music: Lionel Richie performed to an incredible number of peop...
Another week and another musical discovery for us here at TFSR, as we stumbled upon one of our new favourite songs of the year, Vivian Green’s ‘Get Right Back T...
It was six years ago that the Empress of Soul embarked on her ‘Farewell’ tour of the UK, and given the length of time between now and then many of us here had a...
It’s been a few years since The Fatback Band have been in the UK, but this September the band return to London for a one-off date at the Clapham Grand, part of ...
Something incredibly soulful and incredibly spectacular is happening this Autumn here in the UK: Patti LaBelle is returning to the British Isles to headline The...
You’d be forgiven for thinking that we here at TFSR are either oblivious to the obvious or have lost it on reading the song title of our latest ‘Rare Cut’ featu...
Brought up on a healthy diet of soul and funk, Haff's dream was to become the first British member of The Temptations. Realising that his dream could never come true, he now curates The Funk & Soul Revue with website administrator Will.