Today it was announced that the soul great and civil rights icon Mavis Staples is to release a brand new album on Anti Records in February, with the title track...
Liverpool based singer Mersey Wylie has just released her debut single ‘Don’t Give Up On Me’, a brilliantly sassy number from an exciting new talent.
It’s al...
When historians look back at the year 2015, what will be of most importance? Will it be remembered as the year that world turned another blind eye at the Syrian...
It’s been nearly five years since Theo Peoples left the Four Tops, and after a period of doing local gigs and performances, Peoples is back with a brand new sin...
Five years ago today the soul world awoke to the news that the incomparable Teena Marie had passed away. Her music helped shape funk and soul in the eighties, b...
It’s been nearly a decade since the Godfather of Soul James Brown passed away on Christmas Day but his music lives on, continuing to inspire and excite today.
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Melba Moore is undoubtedly one of the brightest soul stars to have emerged out of the late seventies and eighties soul era, made famous around the world for her...
If you love eighties grooves from the likes of Loose Ends, The SOS Band and Evelyn ‘Champagne’ King, you’ll enjoy the latest single release from upcoming girl g...
In this ‘Rare Cut’ we take a look at the Queen of Soul’s 1973 remake of Bobby Womack’s heart-achingly beautiful song That's The Way I Feel About Cha.
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In this ‘Rare Cut’ we look back at Luther Vandross’ stellar cover of the Little Anthony & The Imperials classic ‘Going Out of My Head’ from his underappreci...
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.