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TOM MOULTON

talks to Fitzroy With his inquisitive association for black music from a young age, Tom Moulton is one of the most respected producers and remixers of the 1970‘s disco era who unexpectedly invented the essential dj tool, the 12 inch.. and graced our ears with some of his enchanting remixes and productions. With plenty to share read on...

It appears, like another remixer producer I interviewed, John Morales, that working in a record shop as a youngster homed your ears to hearing music and translating it differently in latter years on wax. What songs of the time were influencing your enthusiasm to get involved in the music industry?

They were mainly R&B records like Don’t Ask Me To Be Lonely by The Doves. Mainly the soulful doo wop ballads by the black groups as that’s what really got me into music.

Although you had aspirations of becoming a DJ you avoided becoming one after discovering the payola scenario.

It took all the innocence away from it as I thought I’d be a DJ who’d play the music that I felt the public would like and turn people onto. The payola thing showed all the wrong reasons not to do it and I really felt bad about it.

Working in sales and promotion aged 19 for the infamous King label, did you meet and work closely with James Brown?

I got to meet James Brown and when I first met him I said “god is black” as he was my greatest idol. I’m still tongue tied when I think about it as I was nervous when I met him having worshipped him so much. He was a very classy man, he came by the King office in San Francisco and pulled up in a white limo and introduced himself “Hi I’m James Brown and this is my protege Yvonne Fair”. He could see I was nervous as I put my hand out to shake his and he said “Gimme some skin on the dark side” and he rubbed the back of my hand against his. I was so afraid to wash my hands after that as I was so impressed and he 06 www.thesoulsurvivors.co.uk

was a gentleman and everything I imagined.

Was that Yvonne Fair who sang “It Shoulda Been Me”?

Yes it was, she was about 17 at the time.

How, after entering the modelling world, did you get back involved working at RCA promoting and selling thousands of copies of the Fist Full Of Dollars soundtrack?

Yes I wanted to get out of the music business as the BS was getting unbearable for me. I was drawn back in as I felt I was half alive and my personality had changed. There is something about the energy level of the music business, your excitement level when you hear a new record and so on, is something I cannot explain. Hugo Montenegro had an album called A Fist Full Of Dollars, A Few Dollars More and The Good The Bad And The Ugly but it was mainly the music of Ennio Morricone. I was so fascinated with the music and a particular department store had a hi fi section next to the records, so I asked them to turn the speakers around so when they played it the public could hear it.

They ended up selling 50 promo copies which then led to us selling thousands later.

It’s documented that what led to your idea in extending a continuous flow on the dance floor was an introduction to what you imagined as a den of iniquity venue Sandpiper. Surprised by the sight of white people dancing to 3 minute black music records, you observed that the audience was just getting into the track as it prematurely ends. A lightbulb moment drives you to comprising a 45 minute mix tape. I know what happens but I’ll allow you to take the story further from here....

It was a place that was down the broadwalk from the Sandpiper called the Motel where I first saw that. They would have a tea dance where after the beach everyone would go to this bar. I was fascinated as they were mostly white, even though there were some black getting off enjoying the music, and felt like I was not the only one who felt this way. With the DJ you would hear this confusion and mess and I’d watch how the people would leave the dance floor on beat one. This interested me to figure out and experiment and make the songs longer. So I made this tape with a Revox made by Studer and it had a thing called sound on sound which you were able to record a song, back the tape up a little bit, hit record and it would keep a couple of seconds extra of the song and record another song. I realised that I needed to start the next record before the first beat. So I counted the eight beats and worked out within that how to make a continuous tape, which took me over 80 hours to make a 45 minute tape.

Then to get someone saying ‘don’t give up your day job’ I was so hurt over that.

Ironically I used to do a similar thing when I used to make tapes in the late 70’s and early 80’s using the pause button and mental marking the record label and start of a record in line with the needle on the record deck. I used to get asked to do loads of tapes because of that technique, so it’s good to know we were from the same school of thinking.

mix had any merit LOL and I said yes it does as he couldn’t quite understand what was going on. My biggest problem was with Gloria Gaynor’s Never Can Say Goodbye album where one side was 18 minutes. Everyone loved it but Gloria’s comment was “I don’t sing much”. There was more instrumentation than words, which I felt bad about for her, but it was a big hit.

Everything happens for a reason and it’s providential that you end up, as a result of there being no 7 inch lacquer, you invent the 12 inch mix assisted by Jose Rodriguez allowing the grooves to give a recording a greater breathing space. What kind of a revelation did you experience in the sound quality difference to a 7 inch or an album cut?

All they had was 12 inch blanks and when Jose cut it it looked like a little 45 towards the middle. So I said it looks ridiculous can you start it at the beginning and spread out the grooves to make it look like it’s more. He said I have to raise the level and recorded it at plus 8 and it spread the grooves and my god it was so loud and I realised that I had an advantage there.

How did you come from making $500 tapes to becoming recognised and remixing in the studio?

The first time in the studio I never counted as it was a learning curve but it was the Carstairs You Really Hurt Me Girl. It was in a small studio called Future Gold in Philly and that version didn’t come out till I started making a name for myself. BT Express’s Do It Till Your Satisfied was my first edit in the studio after being approached by Spector. When we tried to master it they said that laying down a five minute mix on a 45 single wouldn’t level out properly with too much bottom and mid range. So we took some of the bottom off the bass and off the snare. That was successful, then I did Dream World and that’s how the break beat really started. I went to Sigma Sounds for the first time to do I Just Can’t Say Goodbye by the Philly Devotions and after that I had the opportunity and dealt with Jerry Greenburg at Atlantic who had the Trammps on his label. I asked if I could do some work on their material and he played me Hooked For Life but when I heard That’s Where The Happy People Go I guaranteed they would put that out first if I mixed it. I also worked for Billboard Magazine and that helped me to get recognised and I guess get my foot in the door so to speak.

Is it true that BT Express didn’t like your mix which was the one getting played on WBLS, other stations, went to number one and allowed the group to appear on Soul Train?

Yes when Don Cornelius asked how come they managed to get a five minute song played on radio (which was unheard of at the time). They said that’s the way they recorded it. I was so upset.

Interestingly Walter Gibbons did the extended version of Loletta Holloway’s Hit & Run and I read that Norman Harris was not impressed but the disco’s loved it. How is that struggle gaining the confidence of the artists to respect your take on their work?

I have the letter from Norman Harris asking me if Walters

You go on to remix and produce extended versions and alternative takes for various artists, amongst whom you produced 3 albums with Grace Jones. Three of my favourite songs are La Vien Rose, Sorry and the beautiful Find My Way To You. What was it like to work with the strong willed Grace Jones?

OMG I forgot about Find My Way To You. Well guess what with Grace Jones?? A rock meets a hard place and I’m very strong willed. I did not want to produce an album but her managers Sy and Eileen Berlin really pushed it. They were fans of mine and sent me notes at Billboard about my work and through various correspondences we kept in touch. They eventually convinced me to meet up with Grace Jones. When I met her she was nice and I didn’t think she had much talent to start with. But she had the drive of doing whatever it takes to do it. Her drive and determination inspired me as she took singing and dance lessons and I gave her a lot of credit for that. I made her work by saying we are not building a friendship as I’m here to get the best out of an artist and you don’t have to like me in the process as I have a job to do.

I recently played the 12 inch mix of Heart To Heart Fill Me Up

by Andrea True Connection on my radio show. The whole 11 minutes reminds me of how these records were made for DJ’s to take people on a journey which doesn’t exist anymore. This is partly due to the shorter club sets and the mind expansion of the listener. How does that impact on how you would strip down and remix a much shorter 5-6 minute mix? www.thesoulsurvivors.co.uk 07

Another reason is that most disco records being bought now are boring and repetitious, starting in one place and staying there as opposed to what I did, where it builds and goes into a break and it’s constantly moving. I just worked on a track that’s 12 minutes long and a few DJ’s I gave it to said they played the whole 12 minutes as the dance floor was still dancing. I said “You gotta be kidding me.”

Who did you have respect for or admire amongst your peers, as there were quite a few Dj producers who made their mark remixing 12 inches, including Walter Gibbons, Larry Levan, Francios K, Danny Krivit and John Morales? How competitive was it to be in that arena especially when your mixes were credited as A Tom Moulton Mix? The difference was I wasn’t a DJ so I never considered what I did to what they did. Taking out the fact they were DJ’s I admired Larry Levan and Walter Gibbons as he was a friend of mine. I was in the studio and wasn’t out in clubs so I didn’t have much time to do anything else but focus on what I did 4-5 nights a week back then.

It seems that even though your discography is legendary people today are now being exposed to remixes not previously available via the two Philly ReGrooved comps and The current Philadelphia International Classic released on Harmless. The arrangements and instrumentation from the originals is incredible to hear 30-40 years later. How many were done way back when and how many more recently?

Half of them were done recently and interestingly people on the social sites, like Facebook, have asked me not to change how I mix things by not doing house beats.

Radical PR were telling me that the album is number 11 in the compilation charts - now did you know this?

Ok I looked at Amazon UK today and was taken aback that it’s number one in R&B and Disco charts and number 3 in box sets and number 32 in Amazon and I am truly amazed.

On the Philadelphia International Classic I personally love She’s a Winner, The Devil Made Me Do It, Let’s Groove My Love Don’t Come Easy and I’ll See Yo When I Get There. I already had the extended I’ll Always Love My Mama and Bad Luck mixes on 12. I got to ask you about Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes Bad Luck. How much delight did you have restructuring that as it is a dancers dream boogie track and will we ever hear the instrumental?

When I heard and mixed it, that feeling was like being on the edge of a cliff before you leap on a bungee jump and I felt the same thing as you describe, trust me on that. All the songs you said are your favourite new versions are good but people are asking if I remixed things like Bad Luck again as they are hearing different things for the first time. The reason is that these recordings were produced from a first generation tape, when they were pressed before, even on cd, they were 3rd generation tapes so you lose a lot of the clarity.

Are we ever gonna hear the instrumental of Bad Luck?

Well there is an instrumental and we are thinking of doing a project MFSB does the hits..it’s been discussed and maybe in today’s climate it’s viable.

Wow a lot of people would be interested in that believe me.

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the relationship suffered somewhat, which seems a shame as there was clearly some creative magic there?

Uhmm haaah.. I’ve always had a lot of respect for Vince for what he played but sometimes speaking with him about shifting his vibe parts so they were not ahead of the beat... we would clash. His answer was that I’m not a musician so how would I know and we’d have these problems. He never liked the idea of me working on his songs though he asked me on numerous time to do so..so I couldn't understand that. Our relationship worked as he wasn’t in the studio when I worked on his songs and it was the best way for us. I hired him to work on the Grace Jones Portfolio album as an arranger and I spoke to him about what I wanted, being the producer, and he didn’t like the idea of me telling him what to do. The biggest problem was when Atlantic refused to put out his Close Encounter album unless I mixed it. Vince called me personally to do it. I said I’ll do this if you say two words to me ...hello and goodbye as you cannot interfere with what I do. After People’s Choice’s Do It Any Way You Wanna was done one day in studio B at Sigma I was with Joe Toshi the owner and engineer. I could hear the bass line coming through the wall and I asked Joe whose fooling around with Do It Any Way You Wanna and Joe said Vince with Kenny the engineer’s in that studio. As soon as I walked in Kenny said “I’m getting outta here and not getting involved.” I asked Vince what is he doing and he said it’s the Salsoul Orchestra Your Just The Right Size, something he wrote a year ago.

I asked Kenny when did Vince do it and Kenny said “I’m not getting involved” and Vince said it’s not the same but similar. Nobody really challenged Vince on what he did but me.

You still remix now for projects like Cool Million. How is it today compared to the 70’s?

They don’t have the big orchestration like in the 70’s with the lush strings and horn arrangement but I’m working more now than I did back then.

Would the average person be able to afford a Tom Moulton mix today?

Absolutely, I never charge a lot of money but I get points and if you make money I make money. Cool Million said one of their dreams was to have a Tom Moulton mix on their catalogue and contacted me through MySpace. I said “Do you mean like my name on Lift Me Up?” off the album that they sent me and I ended up mixing the whole album.

I like them guys as they are keeping it very soulful.

Thanks for your time and your education Tom. Nice talking to you too Fitzroy

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SOUTHPORT 25TH ANNIVERSARY WEEKENDER 11th, 12th, 13th May 2012

Now in it's second year at this venue, it was even bigger and better than last year with 7,000 of us gathered to enjoy the very best that soul, urban and dance music could offer.

A few additions had been added since last year, the new Skyline Pavillion, which was a special concert arena that would host the Jill Scott concert and the SunceBeat Dome, giving you a taste for the infamous Croatian holiday event and bringing both the sounds and atmosphere in chilled surroundings.

Trying to work out your own itinerary is always a difficult one as there are always acts that are playing simultaneously, so choices have to be made, which can often be agonising!

Starting my Friday off with a quick drink at The Sun and Moon Pub, everybody was getting down to the sounds of soulful and funky house with a very friendly and relaxed atmosphere and the sun was still shining too. Catching the first of the many live acts over the weekend, The Robert Glasper Experience performed a very different live set to the music on their albums, which was very refreshing to watch. Frank McComb was down at the Connoisseurs Corner and was, as always, superb and never fails to disappoint.

Catching the excellent sets from Norman Jay, Frankie Knuckles and John Morales made Friday a night to remember.

Saturday proved to be a busy day, starting in the legendary Connoisseurs Corner fronted by DJ's Andy Davies and Terry Jones, Gregory Porter performed a brilliant live set, with a great band and his charming and confident demeanour won the hearts of many people who were not familiar with his music and brought the house down with my favourite concert of the whole event. Main headline act Jill Scott was performing at the new Skyline Pavillion and I got there early to ensure I got a good place. DJ Bigger got the crowd in the mood with some classic tracks and had us all doing the Candy dance.

Jill Scott performed with great energy, enthusiasm and warmth for her audience, covering songs both old and new from her vast catalogue and the crowd loved every minute of it.

Patrice Rushen and Friends were at the Beat Bar and the line up was impressive to say the least, Everette Harp, Ndugu Chancler, Doc Powell and Ready Freddy Washington.

Patrice was happy and excited to be here and included lots of audience participation and the set included some brilliant musical solos which were orchestrated wonderfully, which was really only to be expected. Great DJ sets from IG Culture, Joey Negro, Danny Krivit and Ronnie Herel rounded off the day perfectly.

Sunday is traditionally not busy as many people go home, but many stayed to watch the live acts at the Powerhouse. Josh Milan sang all his hits, including the classic 'Your Body' and was ably assisted by gospel and house legend Dawn Tallman and the UK's own Natasha Watts. The Brand New Heavies performed a slick set with the aid of vocalist Honey Larochelle singing all the classic songs we know and love.

The select few (3,000 of us to be exact!) had the chance to attend the after parties on a first come, first served basis, totally free of charge. The three after parties offered the best in different genres of music. After Party 1 in the Funkbase was a Chicago House Special, Party 2 in the Connoisseurs Corner offered Classic Soul, R&B, Rare Grooves and Boogie and Party 3 was a Beat Bar and Suncebeat Special in the Sun and the Moon Pub. I rounded off the weekend with Trevor Nelson's totally old school set which the crowd adored.

Southport is an event which I believe will grow, evolve and improve every year, if that's possible. It sells out every year almost immediately, which is testament of its success.

This is an unmissable event, and if you have never been, I implore you to book now before it sells out and you will be regretting not doing it. See you there next year!

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Donna Summer 1948-2012

Belita Woods 1948-2012

Born 31-12-1948, LaDonna Adrian Gaines aka Donna Summer (surname Americanised from Sommer, her married German name) was a multi Grammy Award winner with three consecutive albums at No.1 on the billboard charts in USA and four No.1 singles in thirteen months. Donna was born into a devout Christian faith. In the 60’s Donna fronted a group called The Crows. She later joined a version of the musical Hair in Munich and spent a few years in West Germany. In 1971 under the name Donna Gaines she recorded a funky breakbeat track Sally Goes Round The Roses on MCA. Her first album called Lady Of The Night had an Abba sounding European production and in 1975 she co-wrote with Pete Bellotte and Giorgio Moroder the mammoth sexsational Love To Love You Baby. This catapulted Donna into ruling the female disco arena with her exotic looks, sensual prowess and unique vocal octaves that appealed to the European audience and gained her a large following within the gay community.

Her next big single, the ground breaking precursor to the Hi Energy/ Techno genres, the euro electro disco anthem I Feel Love, holds personal memories for me, when in 1977 my elder cousin Lee Green came home one Friday evening after going to the infamous lunchtime session at Cracker’s in Wardour St W1. In his white carpenter jeans, aka smiths, he had the 7 inch of I Feel Love in his hand proclaiming it was the next big tune and showing off his dance moves.

Donna was so versatile as an artist, performing an orchestral disco version of Mac Arthur Park and Barry Manilow’s Could It Be Magic, as well as classics like Loves Unkind, I Remember Yesterday, The Deep’s soundtrack single Down Deep Inside, Heaven Knows, Spring Affair and Last Dance, where Donna also acted in the Thanks God It’s Friday flick.

The album Bad Girls featured commercial hits Hot Stuff, On The Radio and the title track which inspired Panaches boogie classic Sweet Jazz Music. She was teamed up to duet with pop songstress Barbara Streisand for the girl powered Enough Is Enough in 1979. Produced by Quincy Jones in 1982 with an all star choir consisting of Stevie Wonder, Lionel Richie and Michael Jackson, Donna passionately covered Jon and Vangelis’s spiritual State Of Independent, which incidentally I played in the Algarve 4 days before Donna passed.

Apart from Gloria Gaynor and Millie Jackson who was sexually more explicit, Donna subtly edged the others to wear the crown as the Queen Of Disco in a primarily male dominated arena. Dez Parkes recalls the first time he saw girls singing lyrics like they were in the shower in a club was when I Feel Love which came out during the Crackers era.

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Chuck Brown 1936-2012

Robin Gibb 1949-2012

dance diva’s that followed in her footsteps. Be it Grace Jones, Madonna, Whitney, Mariah, Beyonce, Lady Gaga and Rhianna, that presence and erotic sensual persona filtered through from this Massachusetts and Boston born entity we now mourn the loss of.

I was fortunate to be sent in 2000 the Tommy Musto promo remix of her Pokemon film contribution The Power Of One produced in the spirit of her 70’s disco era. Unfortunately Donna was not inducted into the Hall Of Fame whilst she was alive, let’s hope that gets corrected now. Dez Parkes quoted Donna as a true black Holy Queen of the Disco Scene and I’d have to agree with him. For me Donna was a Bad Girl on the vocals and Heaven Knows, Down Deep Inside how much State Of Independence she’ll bring to the musical greats already waiting for her. (Thanks to Dez Parkes & Barry King for their input) A massive loss.…Rock the mic In Paradise R.I.P Donna Summer.

We lost some varied significant artists within the week of 14th-20th May 2012. Belita Woods had success with a single Magic Corner in 1967 before becoming jazz funk outfit Brainstorm’s lead vocalist gracing Journey To The Light, We’re On Our Way Home and Loving You Is My Game.

Belita also sang with various outfits like Parliament and Leroy Burgess. A sad loss to the soul world. RIP Chuck Brown is credited as the godfather of Go Go and put the Washington DC sound on the map. A guitarist and singer, Chuck had a band the Soul Searchers who had two great funk albums, one creating the immortal break that was famed in Eric B & Rakim’s Paid In Full classic. Influencing Nelly to Use Busting Loose for Hot In Here and outfits like Trouble Funk to create such happy percussive funk, Chuck also recently featured on the Kindred Love Has No Recession album and will be sorely missed. RIP Robin Gibb is one of the Bee Gees trio hailing from the UK whose songwriting helped revolutionise commercial disco in the mid 1970’s. Robin Gibb acknowledged, in a TV interview, that the success of Saturday Night Fever was simply based on their interpreted blue eyed soul passion as opposed to disco which was just breaking through. What a historical and providential experience that proved to be as Jive Talking, Night Fever, You Should Be Dancing, More Than A Woman and You Stepped Into My Life (funked up by Melba Moore) are still universal anthems. Barbara Streisand and Diana Ross have had measurable success because of the Gibbs legacy as well as countless others. Again another sad loss to the dance music world. RIP

AL HUDSON & DAVE ROBERSON OF ONE WAY talk to Fitzroy

Going through a few name changes but settling on One Way, Al Hudson and Dave Roberson share some intimate moments on their influences and adapting musical changes whilst spreading love with some of the funkiest disco boogie music that was rife from their Motown influenced holy grail home of Detroit City. Time to read and Do Ya Thang..with Al and Dave.

I guess it’s inevitable growing up in Detroit, the home of Motown, that you’d be become involved in music. What led you to recording the mellow two step ballad Cry Baby on MR Records under Al Tiki Hudson and was it your first recording?

Al... Actually my first was We Don’t Know How Lucky We Are. A manager whom I was working with on Major Reynolds wanted me to record that song.

Before you were officially labelled as Al Hudson and The Soul Partners on Atco, as a solo artist you released a 7 inch Love Is /We Must Make It Happen. Atco then released the funky soul 7 inch I’m About Loving You under the name Al Hudson & The Soul Partners. How did you meet and assemble the Soul Partners that included Kevin McCord, Cortez Harris and Jack Hall?

Al.... Ahh you’re bringing back some memories. Dave, Jack and Kevin were already the Soul Partners and I was just Al Hudson. We’d done a talent show and started talking backstage and became partners for real.

Dave.... Cortez didn’t join till later on down the line. I don’t remember the exact date and year but I think we got together late 1960’s early 70’s as we were just a bunch of neighbourhood guys aged between 13 and 15. One Christmas a bunch of us got musical instruments as presents and we started putting a band together. We were heavily into James Brown and practiced his music leading to us doing local talent shows till we made it to the night clubs gaining more notoriety.

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There were three albums on ABC. The first was Especially For You with an almost Leroy Hutson sounding Trying To Prove My Love.

Dave.... Yeah somewhat, when we wrote that song two artists that we were fans of were Ron Banks and The Dramatics and The Ohio Players. If you listen to the music it has the old Dramatic’s vibe and the upper first tenor vocals is us trying to imitate Junie Morrison, lead vocalist of the Ohio Players.

There was also Love Let’s Disco and Disco Lover, which were the obvious club hits. The latter has the hallmarks of Al Green’s Love Is, did that song have any influence on Disco Lover?

Al.... Well back in those days when we started out I used to do the clubs and they used to call me the Little Al Green as I loved to do his songs and we worked with him and his band and recorded one of his songs on Atco.

From the Cherish album, was If You Feel Like Dancing influenced by Earth Wind And Fire’s You Can’t Hide Love, as the phrasing is uncannily alike?

Al....Yep correct, back then we were trying to start out and listen to different artists we liked and trying to be ourselves at the same time. So you kinda use that flavour as people identify with it rather than something where nobody can feel the vibe.

The Al Hudson & The Soul Partners sound was evolving with the times and the universal anthem Spread Love was making its mark amongst the disco soul platform. How did you come across the song and how challenging was it to record?

Dave... Spread Love was written by a friend of ours, Gary Glenn, who wrote Intimate Friends for Eddie Kendricks. We were mesmorised when we met him cause he could play and write very well and had a style similar to Stevie Wonder. That song was written as a crossover into the pop market and it was a little off the cuff from what we’d done previously. It was the first time also we allowed another writer and producer to come in on the project, as even though we covered songs, we’d always do the rhythm track and produce ourselves. But Gary Glenn was so good our management worked it out for him and David Van De Pit to do the string and horn arrangements and this helped us crossover.

It appears that the group was not afraid to pay testament to many of it’s influences as Dance Get Down & Feel The Groove is surely dedicated to Kool & The Gang with it’s Kool Is Back riffs entrapped.

What other acts influenced Al Hudson & The Soul Partners?

Dave.....Absolutely spot on with Kool & the Gang. We stuck with the same acts that we liked and it was good for us, as we being a self contained band liked James Brown, EWF and the Ohio Players. Al brought the solo singer thing to us which gave us the Al Green and some Eddie Levert from the OJays and in fact we recorded You & Me by the OJays.

The Happy Feet album as Al Hudson And The Partners....why did you drop the soul from the name?

Dave..... That was an attempt for the record company to cross us over to the pop market. Back then soul was associated with the African American market.

Al..... At the time we were trying to get on TKLW, a Canadian radio station in the mid west.

The album had a few introductions. For one the Patrick Adams disco themed Happy Feet, a new female vocalist Alicia Myers and the infectious You Can Do It. Important question; who came up with the familiar rhodes stabs first, as Kool & The Gang’s Ladies Night and Leon Haywood’s Don’t Push It Don’t Force It use the same or similar chords?

Al..... We did it first and Deodato let us know he heard it from us and borrowed it for Kool & The Gang’s Ladies Night which he produced.

Dave ....He also produced One Way’s 9th Album and on our first day working with him he jokingly said I’m gonna tell you guys I did steal the piano part for Ladies Night.

Wikid - I bought those records all recorded in 1979 but wasn’t sure who did the riff first and I always wanted to know.

What led to Alicia’s inclusion in the group?

Dave... Alicia was a member of the band back in the day before we had a record deal when we were doing talent shows and night clubs. She was also a member of a female trio called the Mild Tones and Alicia and Al’s family were close and she was always around us performing. When we needed a female singer her group was kind of folding.

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Another and final name change One Way feat Al Hudson re-introduced You Can Do It as a 12 inch mix and the sensual Under Your Spell and a treasured memoir of mine Music. I remember me and a school friend aged 15 in our uniforms going to the local record shop and demanding the shopkeeper played the 12 inch of Music.

We danced in the shop like we were in a club..I’m sure he must have sold loads of copies that day because of that. Kevin’s bass playing and Dave’s guitar licks are sublime on this track. Am I correct in recognising the beginning of the track as a speeded up lick of The Love Unlimited’s Forever In Love?

Dave.... Not to my knowledge, te only person that was into Barry White was myself and Under Your Spell was an attempt on his influence.

It’s an obvious question but I gotta ask you what motivated you to make Music?

Dave...When we created it in the disco era instrumentation was quite a highlight back then. So we tried to do it and wanted to capture both the vocal and instrumentation within the song and everything was done on the fly..the only thing that was done in the studio was the bass line and the hook.

Al..... Both me and Alicia improvised and provided ad libbed lyrics on the song. We were known for coming in the studio and just free styling and going with the flow from hearing what was already laid down.

Tonight the B Side of the Music 12 was also recorded by Harold Melvin & The Bluenote on Source Records featuring Sharon Paige.

What did you think of their version?

Dave...We don’t Know it.

Wow Damn..I’ll send it to you, it’s got a different production but it’s really good.

Dave...Is it credited to Kevin McCord as the writer?

Yes it is and I believe it was recorded after yours.

One Way Feat Al Hudson’s 1980 album is one of my favourites with the follow up single to Music, Do Your Thang, Copy This and Lets Go Out Tonight. The other big club tune was Pop It which was sampled by Missy Elliot for her 2001 album Under Construction’s Old School Joint. Again what did you think of how it was utilised as I really liked it?

Dave...Oh Really. Haven't heard that one either but you know what... our royalty statements are so big that sometimes we don’t realise who did what.

Ok I’m gonna play it to you check it out.

Dave...Wow we never knew... Missy Elliot..wow. We knew about Too Short Don’t Fight The Feeling as he sampled it about four to five times. Please send that one also as it sounds pretty cool. I’m gonna have to check some of those royalty statements lol.

How was the transition when Alicia announced she wanted to go solo and finding Candye Edwards as a replacement?

Dave.... It was pretty smooth as even though Alicia left the group she never left the production company. It never affected us.

Off the Love Is album, I wish I could say my needle went past I Didn’t Mean To Break Your Heart but I’d be lying...what a tune, the melody, the groove, the bass playing on Kevin and Dave’s rollocking guitar riffs just took me over. One of your best tunes in my opinion and quite short.....any memories of that recording session as everything is on point?

Dave... Can’t remember positively but I know I wrote that song.

I played first cheer trombone through high school and I like horns so its got that Ohio Players, Barry White with a rhythmic James Brown lick with background vocals and harmonies, so my arrangements were based around that formular.

Listening to Pull Fancy Dancer and the slow but sure musical migration from whence the moog bass and synthesised drums made an impact. I realise where Dr Dre and the whole west coast G Funk was influenced, especially on Dr Dre’s Dre Day via the One Way sound. What was that like as an evolution for you as a group to change the music tempo and production?

Dave...... Pull Fancy Dancer was Kevin McCord’s composition and we liked to keep on top of the changes in music. Like you said, the drum machine was becoming a big factor in music and production was 5 simpler during that era. Kevin liked to keep 198 things simple, if you listen there was rarely a snare drum, he’d use a kick drum, a hi hat and a hand clap.

The tempo of disco was around 110 to 120 BPM and by the time Pull Fancy Dancer came out it was around 80-90 BPM. He kinda stole an idea of James Brown’s of doing long versions but splitting them to a part one and part 2. There’s an individual recording of Pull Fancy Dancer with Kevin's vocals and the other part is a group sing thing!

Multitasking Al was producing Alicia Myers and Candye Edwards’s solo albums as well as Burgess Garner. What’s the story behind Burgess covering Spread Love and calling it Gemstones?

Dave...We technically didn’t do that but it came out of our production company, but we never heard that version.

Oh ok I got it here... I’ll play it to ya.

Dave...Does that say it comes out of Perks Music Production?

Yeah and it’s credited to Burgess Gardner and Al Perkins.

Al....Wow I never heard it.

Am I educating you guys today or what?

Al... Lol absolutely ha ha.

Speaking of James Brown, Mr Groove is clearly a tribute to James Brown whose birthday is in 2 days time 3rd May ..what made you write this ode to him that has become a major dj essential classic?

Dave... Two things, obviously we loved what James Brown did whether the public liked it or not, me and Kevin loved it so that’s one tribute reason. The idea was Kevin McCord’s and at the time Eddie Murphy did a skit in his Delirious video (I know exactly what you’re talking about) so it was a combination of the skit and our love for James Brown. We also had the pleasure of touring with James Brown for 4 months. True story, we were doing a sound check playing Sex Machine and James Brown walked in on the sound check, dressed in a long floor length mink coat bopping his head to us playing one of his songs. I’ll never forget it and one day we were in St Louis Missouri and James had gotten into an argument with his band. Someone overheard him say he would replace his band and during his show he stopped his band in the middle of a song and asked us to grab our instruments and play Sex Machine whilst his band sat and watched. I don’t think it dawned on us quite how important that incident was.

Al... It used to dawn on me a lot because James Brown would call my house on occasions and I’d run out and tell everybody James Brown just called me lol. We’d later play at one of his clubs in Augusta Georgia.

Dave.... I had a lot of conversations with other guitarists in Detroit and around the country and I’m not a great soloist and I was always intimidated because others had grown up listening to George Benson or Jimi Hendrix. I talked a lot with Roger Troutman who brought something to my attention backstage and said he was mesmorised by how I could hold a groove down, and as much as he could solo he couldn’t play a pocket in guitar terms of the groove like I could. I learned I was being a rhythm as opposed to a lead guitarist as I studied Jimmy Nolen who was James Brown's guitarist.

By the mid 90’s to 96 the soul sound was now championing this mid tempo moog bass and synth sound with groups like Midnight Star doing Curious and Don’t Think About It was one of the most melodic tracks played on radio and in clubs. What have you guys been doing since then?

Dave...Well that whole album was produced by Eumir Deodato and then we did a record on Capitol Record an album called New Beginning which did ok, but the company didn’t put as much effort in. So we stopped recording and did more writing and broke with our management and did our own thing. We did Stone Cold with The Dramatics, their last project on Fantasy Records.

When are you coming to the UK? Al...We hope soon as we are talking to some concert promoters currently and hopefully we’ll be there before the year’s out.

Thanks for your time guys Thank you for introducing us to tracks of ours that had been done that we never heard lol!!

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S D R O W with Ginger Tony

“All go...”

If I concentrate, really hard till it I hurts, I’ve deduced that by the time you’re reading this, Queen Lizzie’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations are sorted, the Olympics haven’t yet stopped London from working and England are either filling us with immense pride with the way they ping a football around the park, or they’ve let us down again and we’ve all got that “told-you-so-swagger” that I developed after Venables lost the job.

Either way it’s summertime 2012 (or “twenty-twelve” as I’ve affectionately dubbed it) and it’s off to a nice start...

Papik’s brand new album “Music Inside” landed in unison with the warmer weather and it’s as essential as the previous outing. Alan Scaffardi returns to kick the album off with “On The Move”, a track with a cool, rolling bassline and a deliberate scat vocal. As soon as this opener gets underway you feel an instant warmth that comes with a familiar territory and, as yet, an unrequited yearning for what lies ahead (Ooh get me!!!).

I won’t do a blow-by-blow account of this album, but track 2 is glorious – a bossa cover over Mary J. Blige’s “Family Affair” featuring Wendy D. Lewis on vocals. Now, I’m one of MJB’s biggest fans and the idea of this particular track being covered could possibly be sacrilege to some, but the fact Mary’s name is left intact in the new vocal is surely a mark of respect, it’s not as if this track is being removed from Mary’s hands!

Moving on, this album is something I’ve been waiting for a wee while, after all some genres can become a tad stale/predictable and the quality on show throughout the 13 tracks here is unquestionable. Nu-jazz and lounge has still got so much to offer and “Music Inside” proves this.

It’s around about here I should mention “The Puzzle of Life”. All I can say is that every now and then a track comes along that you instantly know you’ll love forever. There’s something timeless about Ely Bruna’s vocals, almost Helen Shapiro in delivery.

I must stop, I’m getting emotional. Just buy this album, it’s beautiful. X

“Stop me...”

I’ve just realised, I’ve spent most of this column talking about one album – best I get some quick mentions in with some of the other ’tings revving my engine at the moment.

Mr Day’s “Dry Up In The Sun” has really grabbed my ears – Favorite Records have once again delivered an album that challenges, amuses and entertains.

Fans of the Acid Jazz era that dominated the backhalf of the 90’s will appreciate the use of sitars, exotically-based percussion and occasional Northern Soul based dance tracks will lap this up.

Agogo Records has emerged with a corker full of releases for the warmer of this year’s seasons, starting with “High Heels” from the Hidden Jazz Quartet and guest vocalist Omar (see! I mentioned Acid Jazz earlier, in my little head, this all ties-in nicely). Lack of Afro’s remix is a beautiful, climber of a track that bends towards all of our favourite bar gooves, as only LOA can do. Also on Agogo, is “Skeleton” from Bukky Leo & Black Egypt. Proper “old school” (God - I hate that term) and extremely Balearic in tone, Gilles Peterson’s Beach Mix is the winner here. All the boys & girls in their early 40’s are gonna go for this and if you’re in your late 30’s, don’t worry, I won’t tell...

“Signing off....”

Can’t say I’ve ever signed off with a sayonara to some of the wonderful artists we have enjoyed in our lifetime, but when, in the the last few months, we’ve said goodbye to Chuck Brown, Donna Summer and Robin Gibb, I can’t help but want to share my thanks and gratitude to these wonderful artists and the music they’ve created and left us with. And from a very personal perspective I’d like to say thank you to Adam Yauch (MCA from the Beastie Boys) for making me think, laugh and for creating music like very few have ever done.

I’m sure Adam and Jam-Master Jay are tearing it up somewhere upstairs. Shit!-I want to be at that party! ☺ Ciao for now. GT x

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Within almost 18 years of hard slog, blood sweat and nuff tears promoting gigs and events, Vivy B has, in the last seven, provided two of the most organised Soul In The Algarve and Soul In The Caribbean holidays for the maturer soul survivor. The most recent Soul In The Algarve 2012 spread so much Portuguese Love it was truly memorable for for the 400 revellers. Many of them repeat business from the previous 6, with quite a few new founded broken in virgins. Whether you signed up for a long weekend or the full week, the weather was fabtabulous and everyone was in high spirits which was probably increased with being greeted by Duane’s intoxicating Sangria on arrival. The opening night’s Pool Party was an amazing start followed by Friday night’s Caveman Boogie rave in the cave at Canico. The fancy dressed male and female troglodytes was a sight to behold as we looked like film extras for the classic Raquel Welch film One Million Years B.C. Everybody danced to a Muller Light mixture of soul jazz funk boogie r&b rap reggae soulful house and jungle till gone 7am. The Zumba session Saturday afternoon with Janice had the locals and the SITA crew breaking a sweat in the sand to rapturous applause. Apart from the infamous white night, the Sunday afternoon lounge session at Los Solo Auga always goes down well followed by Darrell’s entertaining quiz master fancy dress session and after party. The football tournament was hijacked by the female trio of Loopy Lou, Patrizia and the legendary Pauline’s antics that played out like a real comedy of errors. There was plenty of chillaxing time to go to Alvor and shop or walk about during the day or just relax on site at Canico or the other restaurants on the beach.The introduction of Come Dine With Me goes down well with neighbouring apartments and friends cooking, dancing and drinking till the early morn. The finale night was another spectacle with great sets from many, including Vivy, Tony Rodriguez, Mark Williams, Rudy Ranx, which went on till a record 9.30am finish, and some having to catch airport transfer 30 minutes later. What a week - and unless you were there, you have no concept of the organisation and planning that goes into making this event work with lastmin.com changes thrown in for good measure. Viv truly is ‘the hostess with the mostess’ with her supportive and friendly staff and bad boy chef Dwaine make the dream holiday a reality one!!

So if that wets ya appetite why not book for Soul In The Caribbean Oct 17th-31st? The 2010 event was an exhilarating experience for those who came for a week, 10 days or the full two weeks. Sand, sea, sun and sexy music are part of the package and I came back blacker than Teflon like Roy Ayers, Everybody Loves The Sunshine. There are still places available, so get on the case like Columbo to secure any of the following options. Fitzroy Prices vary per person depending on how many people share the accommodation, which includes beach front/ocean view, breakfast and all hotel facilities.

1 person for 10 days £949, 1 week £699 2 persons 2 weeks £699, 10 days £549, 1 week £425 3 persons 2 weeks £599, 10 days £499, 1 week £375 4 persons 2 weeks £549, 10 days £449, 1 week £330 There is up to £140 flight discount on Virgin Flights.

Pass only £150 per person Please quote Soul Survivors when you book and a £50 deposit will secure your place... not being biased but having been to both, you will not be disappointed..Hurray like a Murray mint!!

Don’t delay book today!!

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Record reviews Joyce Moreno - Rio De Janeiro (Far Out) For over 40 years Joyce, a singer composer and guitarist, has been one of Brazil’s treasured musical gems. Her acoustic Brazilian compositions and precision delivered sonics and scatting conveys an ode to her love for Rio De Janeiro, something to chillax at home, on an exotic beach or be romantic to. You’d dare not skip a track and be hard pressed to choose a favourite, but the scintillating Mariposa/Com Que Roupa is my matrix one. Joyce’s exaggerated endless rolling rrraah’s’s like a rapid firing machine gun on every excuse with any word starting with the letter R. In the bag for Barbados in October me thinks...Lovely!!

Zapp - Zapp (Get On Down) Roger Troutman with family members, Bobby Glover and the aid of Bootsy created a monster funk album where like Hot Chocolate... Every One’s A Winner. 9 minutes of the sexy sleazy and salacious More Bounce To The Ounce never fails to make me a contortionist twisting my body. Freedom, the gigantic Brand New Player and Funky Bounce speak massive funk volumes if you don’t know them. Tupac brilliantly utilised the inspirational Be Alright for his pivotal epic conscious ode Keep Ya Head Up! Coming Home completes the album as a jamming uplifting feel good factor finale on this re-issue that I’m sure will be on repeat for quite

a few listeners!!

Kenny Dope presents The Bucketheads All In The Mind (Deluxe Version) Get On Down This album includes the radio and full club mixes of The Bomb, sampling Chicago’s Street Player, the Rhythm Maker’s/ Brass Construction sampled Get My Self Together and the motivating Atmosfear sampled I Wanna Know. Come And Be Gone chops up Machines Grace Of God and Wood Brass & Steel’s defining Funkanova and, from his famed Hip Hop production bias Kenny Dope gets in ya face with a JB Get Into It Get Involved meets Level 42‘s Starchild influenced Time & Space. You’re A Runaway breaks down Linda Clifford's Runaway Love under the infectious Shot Main Thing percussive groove, typifying the album’s old and new collaboration working well back in 1994!!

Solid Ground Recordings Miami Sampler 2012 Danny Clarke and Jay Benhams’ efforts have no two productions sounding alike! Check out Jocelyn Mathieu - Second Chance on a bumping groove, Feeling the Jonny Montana & Dawn Williams duet with it’s haunting vibrating Talking Heads Once In A Lifetime production. The next two are my matrix cuts, Nicole Mitchell Keep Movin Manoo’s Dub mix ... a pure instrumental indulgence of third kind, and Bah Samba’s slice of percussive latin soul retro synth rhodes and glorious Caribbean steel panned Save Our Freedom. Worth checking also is Fabio Tosti and Michael Procter’s gospel church organic Shine. Solid!!

Odyssey - Hang Together (BBR) Hang Together is Odyssey’s third album with at least four killer cuts that became anthems of sorts from 1980. With Lillian Lopez’z unmistakeable and impassioned lead vocals, the ballads Have It All and my college memory of If Your Looking For A Way Out are very deep lyrically and heartfelt. Phyllis Hyman gained more notoriety with Don’t Tell Me Tell Her but Odyssey’s version has it’s own sexiness. Tony Reynold’s falsetto vocal on the boogie tinged Follow Me is very uplifting, aimly pursued by the biggest infectious Odyssey dance single Use It Up Wear It Out. There are four 7 inch mixes of the singles included on this expanded edition. Defo worth seeking out!!

Bill Withers - Just As I Am (BBR) Bill and his distinguished voice made a debut album on Sussex 41 years ago of some potency. A few songs from here have inspired or been covered by Gil Scott Heron, Blackstreet Michael Jackson, Greg Porter and Mario Biondi. Bill covers The Beatles Let It Be and F Neils Everybody’s Talking in his own imitable style. Harlem is an uplifting ode followed by the much covered Ain’t No Sunshine and Grandma’s Hands. Check out the great jazz blues monoluged Do It Good whilst Bill gets sultry on I’m Her Daddy and acoustic on In My Heart. Bill’s storytelling on Moanin’ And Groanin’ and Better Off Dead will keep ya head nodding for sure.

Classic!!

Compton “Comptons Soul” Penco Records Andy Compton has made at least eleven albums with the group The Rurals; all funky gems. Here he performs under a new name drafting in some extra vocalists. And It Rains opens with delicate notes, catchy guitar riff overlaid with a string quartet. Imagined gets saxophone splendour from soloist Charlie Hearnshaw. Somebody Else’s Dream brings in vocalist Kafele who keeps up the dreamy sounds with his embellishments. Record by record is moved along with deeply resonant bass notes from Pete Morris on Fender Rhodes. A laid back well crafted selection, spell master Andy Compton binding it all together in a way few others do.

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Georgie B - Lets Break the Ice (The Groove Association) Second Image vocalist Georgie B wrote and produced this solo album with a commercial feel good factor of old school influences. If you train spot you’ll hear hints of Earth Wind & Fire, Niteflyte, Booker Newbury, Sugar Hill Gang, Beggar & Co and Gwen McCrae. The catchy single Break The Ice has three mixes and also worth checking is a live gospel tinged Show A Little Love and a 90’s R&B flavoured Party Like This. George narrates his vocal range nicely over the album’s peace, love and happiness musical ceramics. Like Bev Knight, this contains nuff flavour of the old school!! (See Ad) Cissy Houston - Presenting Cissy Houston(Soul Music Records) One time member of Elvis’s Sweet Inspirations backing singers, the genetic vocal influence Cissy had on her daughter, the late Whitney Houston, is unquestionable. You’ll experience that on this album with 12 bonus tracks from the Janus Records 7 inch A&B side singles, listening to the expanded edition comps 2 opening tracks, I Just Don’t Know What To Do With Myself and Didn’t We. With lush 1970‘s cinematic strings and things Cissy bellows louder than a town crier covering two 1960‘s girl group classics Be My Baby and Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow. Before Glady’s Knight, Cissy sang the original version of Midnight Train To Georgia.

With messaged testimonials from Whitney, Luther and Dionne Warwick, check out this first class album from an underestimated Cissy Houston!

Owen Marshall The Naked Truth - Jazzman Records Previously unknown to me, but very much on that original 1970‘s esoteric spiritual jazz tip, Owen Marshall plays with various black music genres. It’s orgasmically sensual via Evolove, as well as eerie listening to Ancient Astronauts. Casa Del Soul smacks of John Coltranes’ Love Supreme and the African Caribbean connection is rife in Paper Man. Very experimental with flutes and other wind instruments, yet funky with the Burning Spear vibe on Planet Funk.

Peanut Butter Ice Cream sounds like a jazz soundtrack interlude with it’s dominating rhodes and bass flamboyance. Nice 10 tracked undiscovered gem from Jazzman!!

Victor Haynes - From The Bottom Of My Heart(Expanded) Expansion Victor’s quality voice resinates much soul richness album. Music & Love is my favourite with its gorgeous smooth jazz soul production. Stepping Out is sure to get the Luxury Soul diehards formation dancing and worth checking is the ballad You Won’t Make Me Cry sounding very Freddie Jackson. If You Want Me and Can’t Stop are two of the more uptempo dancer floor orientation and with a Latino twist the title track From The Bottom Of My Heart has nice two step rare groove flavour. I’m more partial to the original but Victor sings melodiously on Arnies Love I’m Out Of You Love. Nice and easy listening!!

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Hipology - Visioneers (BBE) Like Jermaine Jackson, Let’s Get Serious about this album...It is truly a hip trip to the hop and digging and reviving some golden soul. Produced in his innovative Marc Mac cinematic sound with live instruments and subtle beats, the concept is “cosmic lust” like Mass Production.

Incorporating rap, hip hop, soul, jazz and funk genres, check out Back In Time, Ice Cream On My Kicks, Shine, Funky Fanfare and Rocket Man. If I didn’t know the originals of Swahililand, Shafts In Africa and Apache I’d have sworn these covers were from the 1970’s they are so meticulously produced. The mixtape CD 2 is another mind blowing experience with skits, interludes, voice drops and references to the connection of be bop to hip hop from Kenny Dope, John Legend and Dwele and a few reggae adlibs, is for me genius...making no apologies...that is Hipology!! (See Ad) Back to The Timepiece (The Documentary) Our Soul Survivor ethos is to make all aware of what was going on simultaneously elsewhere outside their musical playground. We have previously highlighted the importance of what happened in Liverpool with interviews featuring Real Things Eddie Amoo, Dj Greg Wilson and the linchpin status of DJ Les Spaine. This documentary depicts the scene during a heavy racial divisional 1970‘s era where the black youth finally found a home, where they felt welcomed with their own black dj, something previously unheard of in those times. The door policy was regardless of colour to behave and enjoy the music, although the club was mostly black populated, whites were 100% welcomed. US GI’s brought the new dance crazes to the music Les played with his finger on the pulse for new found imports. The club was owned by a white owner, Roy Carrington, who trusted Les implicitly and it hosted all-nighters and live performances from US and UK bands. Ex-clubbers, Dj’s and staff recall their treasured memories with the excitement that made me wish I had been there. Produced by Bea Freeman and directed by Hambi Haralambous with The Warriors film style DJ monologue, it’s 30 minutes long but most definitely worth watching!!

Soul Liberated Independence (SI Records) Independent soul has struggled against the platform afforded to major labels and are often overlooked. Full of slow jams and mid-tempo grooves, check out Kendra Cash Smile, BNH new lead vocalist Honey Larochelle Be Your Baby and a retro Amy Winehouse Back To Black sounding Opaz feat Cartier Fraser Mr Lost. Melodie Nicholson - Stay Gone is the leading female vocal for me, as is for the male’s Smoke E Digglera’s Say You Really Love.

Relationship and drug problems are addressed via slow jams Nite & Day & Wait A Minute and Wildcookie Serious Drug. As a bonus, cut the prodigal voice of Syleena with her famous father Syl’s band sings a gorgeous ballad as a finale. Nice contemporary album!! (See Ad) D-urbanites Transition (Urban Central Records) This is a Belgian mixture of acid jazz 60’s rock & soul psychedelia with a hint of drum & bass and reggae rap toasting genres. Showcasing their live feel, check out the full vocals, instrumentals and tight musicianship and harmonious background vocals as heard on Stay and the uplifting You, which also has a house dub remix on the album. One of the catchiest titles is Love Them Girls feat Lioneye’s Jamaican dialect on an acid jazz groove. Check the fusion of a furious bass line and clarinet overtone via A Love Like Yours persued by the liveliest instrumental self album titled Transition. A quite euphoric delivered Higher feat Spencer Kennedy finishes the album that’s out 7th July. Sweet like Belgium chocolate!! (See Ad) Tasita D’Mour - Help Me To Grow (Urban Central Records) Having performed with Roy Ayers, Fatback and Kyoto Jazz Massive, it’s no surprise that Tasita’s debut album is full of promise with the three tracks from this sampler. With a funk rock and jazz edge, Calling bellows roaringly ferociously like a lioness protecting her cubs. Sounding sensual and sexsational Tasita oozes on a downtempo and mellow Fire with some nice air rock guitar solo in tow. Don’t You Dare is the most uptempo and uplifting lyrically on a jazzy soulful rhodes driven rhythm and judging by these three the album is bound to be a good one for the summer. Released 7 July 2012. (See Ad) Root & Groove Element EP I’ve been playing a few tracks for the past few months on my radio shows from this very retro yet refreshing EP. Nick Phipin and established record dealer Portobello Dave utilise the jazz funk loop of I Like It sweetly on Moving On with Lancashire hot pot Coco Malone cruising like Smokey vocally. Coco’s voice is insatiable and sounds edible with a hint of Gene Harris’s rare groove jazz soul classic “Losalamitoslatinfunklovesong” flavour on Soul Food and equally glorious on a seductive summer anthem Sunshine. Last but not least the organ rhode stabbing Whatever Happened To Honesty with its horn riffs concludes an very tasty jamming EP. Coming out on vinyl then digital format later, this is getting offers to do EP launches around the world. Highly recommended!!

The Impellers - This Is Not A Drill The Impellers like Michael Jordan slam dunk the heavy funk on Knock Knock,Belly Savalas and Do What I Wanna Do with ferocious horns and fatback drums continuously pounding like a boxer pummeling a punch bag.With strong vocals the band are very together. Other stand out tracks include a short but sweet synth instrumental Last Orders and the Barry K Sharpe’s Master Plan reminder Politiks Kill People. Check the afro influenced instrumental Pon Lo Afrura’s and Signs Of Hope & Happiness the slowest yet funky ballad stand out with its poignant message. The Ting Tings Thats Not My Name gets a wicked refix. Good album!!

ASHANTI Munir This strong American vocal songstress has an affinity with the UK as well as her native American audience. Sharing her influences and love of performing, Ashanti speaks to us at Soul Survivors...

Your voice has so much deep, rich and vocal clarity, it reminds me of a cross between Alicia Myers and Chaka Khan, so I’m asking who influenced you musically?

The UK has embraced my music to a level I could never imagine. My London fans know and love real soul music. I keep hoping I'll feel the same love here at home in the US.

There are several vocalists and groups that influenced my style.....Gladys Knight, Chaka Khan, Mikki Howard, Betty Wright and of course Whitney Houston. The groups that have influenced me were the O'Jays, Commodores, Earth Wind and Fire and Teddy Pendergrass.

The three songs to be featured on the new Indie Soul United comp are pleasantly varied in tempo with a live feel. The first single I Remember When Music Had Soul is something as Soul Survivors we can all relate to. Lyrically it’s on point and your delivery is empassioned. What’s your take on how the industry has changed and adapted an attitude of manufactured templates to gain playlist hits and make money?

In 1992 you won the Amateur Night At The Apollo, what kind of competition were you up against and overcame?

My competitors at the Apollo Theatre were all awesome! There was one competitor that had won four weeks in a row, Kenny X, a human beat box! I really didn't expect to win nor was I worried about it. I just wanted to appear on the show, sing my song, and not get booed off the stage! So when I won I was totally shocked!!

In 2008 how did you join forces with Soulchoonz’s Di Lee to push your 2008 album?

Di-Lee heard our music on CD-Baby. She contacted my manager Craig Eleazer and it all started from there!

It reached number 4 in Solar radio’s Sweet Rhythm charts and received airplay in Europe, Japan, Brazil & The USA and with Solar radio’s Gary Spence requesting a remix of I’m Staying Home Tonight which ended up on Soul Unsigned’s Contemporary Songbook Comp. How important are those token gestures to you as an artist in building your confidence and exposing you to a new found audience?

To have my music played internationally was just so amazing.

I didn't expect such recognition. I wasn't sure if anyone would like the music. The excitement of the debut CD gave me great confidence to start writing for my sophmore CD......Soul of a Woman.

I remember getting So Smooth produced by Wadz and it sounded so 1980’s you could be mistaken it was recorded then. Your voice definitely lends to that kind of groove. Was it easy to relate to, as it was part of what you listened to growing up with that moog base and synth production?

Yes. Recording So Smooth came naturally due to my musical upbringing. Listening to Loose Ends, Zap Band and Roger Troutman and Raydio has put that real soul in my singing style.

The eighties had some great music.

I received some mp3’s of you back in 2008 with the smooth jazz soul cut Lovers & Friends which sounded very Maysa Incognitoish, I’ll Be There and the original of I’m Staying Home Tonight and I can see how the UK weekender soul followers and lovers of that mid tempo groove would champion your music. How do you find the love from the UK compared to the USA? 28 www.thesoulsurvivors.co.uk

We focus on writing good songs and not hits. Sometimes when you try to write hits your songs lose some of their feeling and soul music is all about feeling.

London reminds me lyrically of a 32 year old track from Light Of The World called London Town which is a personal anthem to us London music fanatics. It’s not often I find an American writes a song about their love for London, as mostly it’s about New York or Chicago, or some other USA town or city. Obvious question, what motivated you so much to write the song?

Well, my first encounter with the UK (London) was with Di-Lee, Gary Spence (Super Gary Spence) and the entire Soulchoonz family! They treated me as if I was a superstar! I felt their genuine love for me and my music. We visited the London Eye, the Palace (of course) the Soho area was an amazing music scene.

It was just an overall memorable experience I will never forget!

Call Me Up is a nice seductive mid tempo R&B number with a sultry sax entwined produced with great vocal clarity and catchy harmonies. As a singer songwriter how do you find the different ways to write about the subject of love as it’s a subject that’s been written aboin in so many ways and inject your own stamp on the subject?

Craig always says that he writes about situations. If you are focusing on a storyline then it’s easier to be different.

You have graced the same space with a few select and established performers including Alyson Williams, Esperanza Spalding, Carmen Lundi, Michael Buble, Bobby Brown and Ledesi. Quite a varied resume, which ones were the most memorable?

My two most memorable were Michael Buble and Ledisi.

Michael Buble was just awesome to meet and perform BGV's for him. He was a ball of energy on stage and had an unbelievable big band! Ledisi was so real, so positive and, she too, energetic on stage. She was inspiring as she gave an unbelievable performance.

When are you next coming to the UK and what plans do you have for the future?

My plan is to visit/tour UK this coming Autumn. My plan for the future is to continue to travel, perform nationally and internationally and continue to produce "Real Soul Music" that uplifts and inspires the human spirit!

Event reviews/letters The return of the Ritz all dayer 25/3/12 The iconic Manchester venue known as the Ritz ballroom held this 2 room reunion and was packed out even from the start at 3pm. Images of past Ritz posters were on display on a large screen.

The large upstairs room without the bouncing dance floor featured the Northern side of the scene for the first few hours with DJs Neil Rushton, Johnny Manship and Ian Levine spinning music that was also played in the early Blackpool Mecca days.

Colin Curtis and Ian Levine, back together on stage after 14 years, had the wooden dance floor shaken with Mecca anthems from Gill Scott Heron, Dr Buzzard and the massive remix of “Keep on doing what you’re doin.” Then the highlight for this old Funker was the Jazz Funk session from Colin. The floor was bouncing to Expansions, Running Away, I Love Music etc etc. Pure jazz funk memories. The final session upstairs was covered by Richard Searling and London guest Ralph Tee playing mid tempo soul.

Room 2 had new music from leading North West soul nights such as Soul Kandi, Free Stylin and King Georges Hall, the best in Modern soul, Soulful Dance and Jazz. With spinners like Soul Kandi brothers, Roger Williams, Tony Cooney, Mike Stephens and that man again Colin Curtis. It makes you appreciate how lucky the scene is in the North West to have such diversity in music.

This all dayer was Soul Togetherness in action with old Northern soul boys with their talcum powder and sport bags rubbing shoulders with the cool Jazz dancers.

Copies of the Soul Survivors magazine were well received mind you it was like a sauna with it being a hot day .

The next reunion is Sunday 30th September and by then I hope to have that Soul Kandi dance off to a treat.

Raph Parkinson, North West Soul Survivor Melba Moore @ Jazz Cafe 29/4/12 I was fortunate to be the house DJ for Melba Moore’s first live band tour in the UK and came prepared musically like First Choice Armed And Extremely Dangerous. The venue filled rapidly as I dug in the crates with some 70’s and 80’s jazz funk disco and boogie beats and then Melba was greeted with the most welcomed applause. To my great surprise Melba opened up with a personal favourite Let’s Stand Together, followed by the moving Promise Land OMG. I was in musical heaven as she went through her repertoire with a solid band and backing singers. Then taking my breath away further Melba did Something On Your Mind and the audience were now in rapture singing along with her and her still powerful sweet vocals.

Engaging with her fans she humoured, charmed and sang Ain’t No Love Lost, Loves Coming At Ya, Let’s Go Back To Loving, This is It and the two stepping It’s Hard Not To Like You. Another bonus was the inclusion of the funky You Stepped Into My Life and lastly the anthemic Standing Right Here. Chris Balling tore the place up with his backing adlibs that I think even Melba was wowed by his vocal gymnastics.

Well done Simon Precillia for another fabtab concert and I was glad to be part of it as it was a long time coming for Melba to get here since our interview four years back. We’ll be Standing Right Here...just waiting on your return Melba!! Fitzroy 30 www.thesoulsurvivors.co.uk

Anthony Hamilton at Indigo2 20/4/12 Playing to one of the busiest crowds I have seen at the Indigo2 in a long time, Anthony Hamilton was performing to an audience that knew and loved his music.

Engaging the audience throughout this whole performance, Anthony is charismatic and his silky, soulful voice lived up to all expectations and he sounds even better live. He mixed songs old and new with ease and even included some songs from Prince 'Insatiable' and 'Adore'. With a tight band and a brilliant team of backing singers, who were exciting and energetic and could dance as well as they could sing, Anthony performed his songs with a rare passion and sincerity, including 'Pray for Me', 'Charlene', 'The Point of it All' and my favourite, 'Everybody', and made every song he performed special.

Many were disappointed he didn't perform his classic track 'So in Love'.

Staying on stage for an hour and a half, there was an after party at the Union Bar where Anthony was more than happy to sign CDs and pose for photos.

A great performance, and I have no doubt he will be back again soon, and this is one act I would recommend you see if you haven't already. June Furlong 3ness Weekender - Reading Bucks 21-22/4/12 Make sure you bring enough Lucozade and respirators on weekenders like this because the energy levels here are high.

Around 400 people came to take part in various classes with top, experienced and friendly trainers who make you sweat like Keith to Zumba, aerobics, hula hoops and bike exercises over a 48 hour period. The hotel accommodation was very plush and these enthusiasts are seriously dedicated to keeping trim and enjoying it at the same time. You can purchase trendy fitness T-shirts and tracksuits as well as other 3ness products from the friendly sales staff. On the Saturday night after the evening meal there was a great atmosphere for the after party, where myself, Vivy B and Big Business played an assortment of soul, funk r&b, soulful house, jungle and rare groove favourites. The next 3ness gig is in Leicester 29th June - 1st July and I’ll be djing so check out www.3ness.com for availability and get involved cause I’m definitely digging me Puma tracksuit out for this! Fitzroy The Soul Weekender is coming to Colchester!

When the doors closed on the ‘Embassy Suite Soul on Sunday’ in 2010, everyone thought that was it. Not so my Soul friends – Embassy Soul is back, 21st Century style as a weekender in a 4* hotel! It’s all grown up!

The Embassy gang are still together; Chaz J, Gary Soul, Jimmi Dixon and Jon Douglas together with other seasoned DJs and some new blood intending to bring the house down once again, with two rooms of soul, jazz, funk and RnB (plus some special sessions thrown in) for a whole weekend. Add great food, classy surroundings and leisure facilities to bring the Soul Music Experience to another level.

Check out the Embassy Soul Weekender Facebook page for updates on the programme of events and booking details.

See you there! Andy Richards

Funky Sensation @ Ronnie Scotts - 19/5/12 This weekly event hosted by Jazz FM has a guest dj rotation and this week it was the turn of myself and Miss Sparkle. Considering football was on, a happy busy West End crowd were shaking the groove thing to Miss Sparkle’s dazzling selection of tunes, including BB&Q Starlette and Mario Biondi This Is What You Are. I took over at 12 spinning a couple of requested Donna Summer classics, including I Feel Love, Bad Girls and Last Dance. The female contingency always love the soul diva classics and the guys love the funky beats like Johnny Hammond Fantasy and Stevie Wonder Superstition, so there is a nice equilibrium musically.

Before I knew, it it was three o'clock and time to go home, proving time flies when you’re having fun. Worth checking one week if ya travelling through Soho!! Fitzroy We Love Soul Hidden SE11 6/5/12 With lots on, We Love Soul still commanded a full house with three rooms and a PA from Kenny Thomas. The jazz funk & boogie room was moved to the red room with plenty of space for the dancers to fling foot to the sounds of myself, Sticko Zazza, Colin Scott and guests, Dez Parkes’s exclusives and Perry Louis’ jazz funk roots.The room was full of traffic all night, as was the middle room where Jazzy Q and Clemy Riley were playing some joyous soulful house to a packed floor. The R&B 80’s and alternative classics room hosted by HB was busy with Jigs mixing it up, entertaining the bubblers and Kenny Thomas pleasing the crowd with his classics. Lots of new faces as well as the regulars at this well established Bank Holiday session in SE11. Next one 3rd June for the Jubilee Bank Hol and then Saturday 28th July for a cool summer session. Concessions and part bookings available so I’d start getting them now!! Fitzroy ‘Farmer’ Carl Dene @ Newhampton Soul Club, Wolverhampton 11/5/12 Legendary DJ 'Farmer' Carl Dene is back behind the decks.

Carl, who DJ’d at The Catacombs, Wolverhampton, helped push Tami Lyn’s I’m Gonna Run Away From You to No 4 and The Tams’ Hey Girl Don’t Bother Me to No.1.

Classics from The Trips There's That Mountain to The Inspirations' No One Else Can Take My Place went down a storm. He ended with Frances Nero's Keep On Loving Me appropriate as he may reappear at the club with regular DJs Colin Tolley and Len Cook next year. Jim Barrow Celebrate Life Paul Trouble Anderson’s All Star Fund Raiser @ Ministry Of Sound SE5 - 20/5/12 Who would believe that on the eve of a school night that such a congregation of 1000 soul surviving music lovers would attend a late Sunday sermon to worship and pay homage to the teachings of minister Paul Trouble Anderson? Put together by Nicky Trax, JT and Debz with an all star line up of DJ’s that I heard someone joke you’d probably pay £250 a ticket for if it wasn’t a charity event, Elephant & Castle was not going to forget this gathering in a hurray. Hosted by Steve Jackson, I saw so many Dj promoters, dancers and clubbing faces from the past 40 plus years came out to support the MacMillan Fund raising event, it seemed at times like a surreal throwback. Although there were 4 rooms, 3 of them house orientated, I tended to stay in the Soul 80’s Baby Box where Femi opened up spinning tunes like Disco Juice by Cloud One. Barrie K Sharpe set the funk tone spinning some JB’s and Hamilton Bohannon South African Man. The room was now filling up nicely with the old school boogie dancers relishing in classic sets from Gordon Mac and Roy The Roach. Terry Jones left things nice for myself and Dez Parkes to do an unprecedented and elongated hour and a half set due to some time changes.

Pleasure Johnny Hammond, Roy Ayers, Steve Parkes and 32 www.thesoulsurvivors.co.uk

Candido made guest appearances on the wheels of steel. Soul II Soul’s Jazzie Q & HB tailed off the last hour of a room that was buzzing from the off. I caught bits of Marcia Carr’s, Karizma’s, Danny Rampling and Neil Pierce in their mix zones and heard that Joey Negro was mixing up some old Trouble memorabilia classics. PA’s Reel People, Alison Limerick and Brian Chambers singing Stevie Wonder’s As went down fabtabulously and I managed to catch the tail end of Shola Phillips’s PA of The Vibe(The Pressure). The best was saved till last as I approached the main arena. The inspiration for this event, Paul Trouble Anderson, was greeted with the warmest adulation before, during and after his masterclass display of turntablism. With his signature Martin Luther skit, Trouble Is In The Land entwined within his plethora of sublime mixes, and MC Pugwash at the mic helm,Trouble was on a proper bubble and literally had the packed room eating out of his hands. There is only one Trouble, who inspired in one way or another practically everyone who attended!! Fitzroy Soul Network 'Soul In The Algarve' warm-up party @ Revolution 28/4/12 The Soul In The Algarve warm up parties are always a fun affair as everyone comes together in anticipation of another week’s excellent Soul Holiday. But this one was special. Very special.

A brand new venue for Soul Network was being used, Revolution in America Square in the heart of The City, and what a venue it is. A cavernous building with two rooms this is, in my opinion, one of the nicest venues in The City that I have been to in a long while.

Tickets were flying out the door based on this alone. This, and the fact that Soul Network throw the best parties in London in it’s field. Then came the annoncement. Melba Moore was going to be appearing live. In 17 years Soul Network has NEVER had a P.A. and in the words of the industrious promoter, Vivy.B, "It had to be the right P.A". It was no less than the wonderful crowd that attend these nights deserve. Over 700 party heads had filled Revolution to bursting point and, with 2 rooms to explore, there really was something for everyone. Melba came on stage to a rapturous Soul Network reception and hit us with four classics in the shape of 'Love's Comin At Ya', 'This Is It', 'Hard Not To Like You' and 'Standing Right Here'. We were, in a sense, putty in the lovely Ladies hands. When she left the building the populous partied on until 4am to a backdrop of uplifting soul classics, jazz/funk and wonderful house, to which my mate Dougie Daniels proclaimed "Soul Network. What a night!" Roll on The Algarve!

Darrell S Soulstice 23 @ Caversham Mens Working Club, Reading, 5/5/12 This was my first visit to a soul event in Reading and probably my first visit to a working mens club ever! But don't let that put you off. The CMWC is a fabulous venue that suits the needs of this wonderful night. The Soulstice nights have been running for a couple of years now and this was number 23 in it's number. After starting in a small wine bar in Theale, it soon outgrew it's birthplace and had to move to more spacious surroundings. The night itself is run, in conjunction with Soulstice radio, by the gentle giant Andy Coles and is an oasis for real soul heads in an area that has a knowledgable grasp of Black Music. The night was guested by the Newbury Redhouse soul crew and messrs Paddy, Whiff and Steiner really laid down some tasty soulful morsels for the gasping public. I will definitely be paying another visit to this golden nugget of a night in the near future. Hook up with Andy Coles of Reading and keep a look out for the next instalment.

Darrell S

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Beyond Soul @ The Kennington 21/4/12 And so it came to pass that in the year of Our Lord 2010, (December to be exact) three sprightly young things brought to life the entity that is Beyond Soul. Now well into it's second year the night was created to bring to life the type of tunes that you aren't necessarily going to hear on a regular Soul night out.

This quickly became one of my favourite nights out after my first excursion to The Black Sheep (now called The Kennington) in South London, just a bowlers length from The Oval and with plenty of free parking in the area. DJ's on the night are the residents Keith Gayle, Dezzie D and Ronnie T and just for good measure Mr.Brad Lee, there are also guest DJ's, and believe me when I say that they attract the cream of the crop to their decks.The night is generally on the third Saturday of the month and the boys aim to do about ten a year, so to be certain check www.beyond-soul.com for clarity on the dates and also to get your name on the mailing list. The Kennington is a large spacious pub with enough room to really let loose on the dancefloor, and it needs to be as the dancer crews are in full attendance. The bar is reasonably priced, which is a good thing in these days of austerity but be warned, you ain't going there to stand and stare at everybody else. The only people not dancing at this night are those stood at the bar waiting to be served!

Dress code; wear a smile. If you're travelling from outside of London you could do yourself a favour and check into a hotel. I put Keith Gayle on the spot and asked him to give me two records that sum up Beyond Soul. His choice? Roy Ayers 'Turn Me Loose' and Josh Milan 'Your Body'. Two perfect choons at opposite ends of the Black music spectrum, chuck in everything inbetween and there you have it. Beyond Soul. You miss it, you lose. Darrell S I Found Loving - The Soul Reunion Party @ The Penta Hotel, Reading 5/5/12 After leaving the Soulstice gig I took a short drive in to the centre of Reading and found myself at the plush Penta Hotel for a night of I Found Loving. The night is run by the Joys Of Life crew, headed by the industrious Simon St Claire Chandler, a man I met whilst distributing this very magazine in the Berkshire town. First off though I must say that some of the most beautiful women, and handsome men, seem to reside in this town. It's a head turning moment at every opportunity!

The night itself is exactly what it says on the tin with the music policy being 70's, 80's & 90's classics aimed at the over 30's. So you know what you're going to get before you even purchase your ticket. And 400 peeps did just that. Such is the popularity of this event that they could have sold well over that. The JOL sound have grown up over the last 25 years to have the reputation for well organised and friendly nights to the extent that they use the nicest venues that Reading has to offer and make that their own. On this particular night I arrived at The Penta to a BOOMING sound system that quite literally shook your gizzards. Pete Precise was warming the crowd up with a selection of soulful R'n'B and handed over to Oxfords very own Street Level Sound System, led by the charismatic Paul Owen and Timmy Johns, who whipped the crowd up with a selection of Soul, Reggae and R'n'B before handing the reigns over to Mixaphonics. the crowd were absolutely raving by the time the JOL DJ's came on to polish off the night. Make Simon St Claire Chandler your friend on Facebook and keep abreast of a quality night. Darrell S

Brenda Russell at Union Chapel, Saturday 14/4/12 Much love and anticipation greeted Brenda Russell as she walked onstage in the UK for the first time in around 20 years.

Islington’s Union Chapel provided the perfect intimate setting for this most revered singer/songwriter. Pop? Soul? R&B? Jazz?

Latin? Brenda defies categorisation, so universal is her music in its influences and sound, and her nearly two hour set was a testament to her range and versatility.

With the exception of charismatic musical director and bass player Bill ‘Rubber Hand Man’ Sharpe, an LA ‘cat’, Brenda’s band consisted of UK players with an Incognito and Beverley Knight pedigree: Joy Rose (backing vocals); Matt Cooper (piano); Sid Gauld (trumpet); Tony Remy (guitar); the mighty Carlos Hercules (drums) plus Bernie Smith (keyboard) and Richie Garrison on saxophone. All in all, sheer class; just right for Brenda’s distinctive, soulful voice.

After a dynamic start with the funky rock treatment of ‘Dinner With Gershwin’ (which most will know via Donna Summer’s hit version), Brenda took us into the smooth and soulful territory of ‘Expect A Miracle’, followed by the joyful celebration of ‘el barrio’ that is ‘Walking In New York’. As well as her great musicality, what came over so strongly throughout was Brenda’s sincerely humble nature as she described her pleasure in being here and how grateful she was that we had remembered her!

Inspirational sentiments from someone who has moved in such elevated musical circles for the last four decades!

Of course the ‘must do’ songs were ‘In The Thick Of It’ (a UK favourite), ‘If Only For One Night’ (and, like Brenda, how we all miss Luther) and ‘Piano In The Dark’, which was teasingly set up by an extended musical intro from Matt Cooper. Yet another classic, ‘So Good, So Right’, closed the show with gospelstyle audience participation that had every pew rocking! As the encore, the magnificent ‘Get Here’ ensured that the evening ended on an emotional high.

What a pity the UK had just the one show to enjoy this time! Big thanks to Brenda and her band, Jazz FM and Dome Records.

And please come back soon!! Guy Barnett Incognito and Mario Biondi @ Assembly Halls Islington N1 24/5/12 With three new lead vocalists, Vanessa Haynes, Natalie Williams and Mo Brandis, Incognito’s new Surreal album is “Flying High” like neighbouring jazz funkers Freeeze. Covering old and new material, including Anna Soul Survivors’ favourite, Don’t Wanna Know and This Must Be Love, the Incognito musicians were tighter than sprayed on jeans. Bluey invited the deep voiced and charismatic Italian Stallion Mario Biondi to do a few songs of his own, which was readily received by the audience.

Mario rejoined later to lead vocal the Boz Scaggz classic Lowdown dueting with the powerhouse vocal of Vanessa Haynes. Vanessa totally blew me away with her colossal delivery on the Queen Yahna classic Ain’t It Time and Natalie Williams excelled on Restless Are We. Both Natalie and Vanessa have a good synergy singing duel lead and background vocals. Bluey highlighted the need for jazz funk instrumentals by performing Rivers Of The Sun for the diehards and, needless to say, Always There was covered as well as Mo Brandis’ fab interpretation of Stevie Wonder’s As. Another great concert from the universal Benetton group! Fitzroy

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SATURDAY 2 - 3 JUNE

Soul on the Harbour Weekend Special @ Jacksons Wharf, York St, Ramsgate Kent CT11 9DS Free, 1pm till 1am with East Kent Soul Connection DJs. (See Ad)

SATURDAY 2 JUNE

Soul Train @ Motion, Bristol, BS2 0PX 9pm-4am 5 Rooms of the best in Soul, RnB, Reggae, Funk, Soulful House.

Move On Up @ The Greyhound Bar & Club, 151 Greyhound Lane, SW16 5NJ Soul Scenario @ No 16 Bar, Tacket St, Ipswich, IP4 1AY 9pm-3am Free entry.

SUNDAY 3 JUNE

We Love Soul @ Hidden Club, 100 Tinworth St, London SE11 5EQ 10pm-7am.

3 Rooms of the best Soul, funk, boogie Tickets available from Soul Survivors

FRIDAY 8 JUNE

Stevenage Soul Club @ Chic Bar, Hitchin, Herts with Djs Shelly, Paul & Audley

SATURDAY 9 JUNE

Root & Groove Element Launch Party @ Charterhouse Bar, 38 Charterhouse St, London EC1M 6JH 9pm til late. Free entry.

(See Ad) Soul Fine @ The Tereza Joanne Boat, King George V Dock, Woolwich Manor Way, E16 2QY. Adv Tkts £7 & £10 OTD B4 12 The Last JazzFunkSoul @ Charlie Wrights, 45 Pitfield St, London, N1 6DA Neville, Colin and special guests for the last time.

Seasiders Soul Club @ Seasiders Bar Blackpool FC, Bloomfield Rd, Blackpool.

8pm-2am Northern, Motown and Philly £4 to 1st 100 £5 after.

FRIDAY 15 - 18 JUNE

The Yorkshire Soul Weekender @ Sand Le Mere Holiday Village Tickets available from Soul Survivors

SATURDAY 16 JUNE

Soul Shack @ The Abbey, 30-33 The Minories, London EC3 Light of the World @ Hoochie Coochie, 54 Pilgrim St, Newcastle NE1 6SF £8 Suite Soul @ The Foxbar Hotel, London Rd, Kilmarnock, Scotland 8pm-2am with Djs Bob Jeffries & special guest DJ/Remixer, producer John Morales Reminisce @ Rhum Jungle, Cottons Islington, 70 Exmouth Market, EC1R 4QP 9-2am Djs Keith Lawrence, Hugh & Bid £5 B4 11pm incl. Rhum Punch! (£7 after) Beyond Soul @ The Kennington (formally the Black Sheep) 60 Camberwell New Rd, London SE5

SUNDAY 17 JUNE

James ‘D Train’ Williams @ Hoochie Coochie, 54 Pilgrim St, Newcastle NE1 6SF, £8

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FRIDAY 22 JUNE

Back II Life @ Electric Brixton, Town Hall Parade, London SW2 1RJ with Soul II Soul & Loose Ends live on stage featuring Caron Wheeler

FRIDAY 22-24 JUNE

Javea Soul Weekender @ Javea, Costa Blanca, Spain.

SATURDAY 23 JUNE

Soul Network White Night @ The Alchemist, 135 Houndsditch, EC3A 7BX Tickets available from Soul Survivors Stomp Radio with Bosom Pals Breast Cancer Charity Night @ The Ship, New Road, Leigh, Essex, SS9 2EA 12 Midday to 1am Entrance via donations and wear something pink!

WEDNESDAY 27 JUNE

Erykah Badu @ HMV Hammersmith Apollo, London (Part of BluesFest)

THURSDAY 28 JUNE

Headphones & Manbags Pt 2 Charity Fundraiser @ East Village, Shoreditch, EC2 3HX 9pm-3am Great DJ line up to raise some cash to fight against cancer.

George Benson @ Royal Albert Hall, London (Part of Bluesfest)

FRIDAY 29 JUNE

The Commodores @ Indigo2, Greenwich Soul Box @ Club Maze Inn, 7 Chase Side, Southgate, London N14 5BP 8pm-3am with Lenny Grooves & Colin Williams Soul Brew Karaoke @ Queen of Hoxton, 1-5 Curtain Road, London EC2A 3JX

SATURDAY 30 JUNE

Summer Soulstice 6 @ Old Elizabethans Memorial Playing Fields, Gypsy Corner, Mays Lane, Barnet EN5 2AG. Kenny Thomas, Phil Fearon, Westcoast Soulstars, Helen Rogers on stage with 30 Djs in 3 arenas of music. www.summersoulstice.co.uk ThrowBaak @ Plan B, 418 Brixton Rd, London SW9 7AY with Djs DJs 279, Rochelle, De Lori, Jnr Mac & guest Dezzi D 10pm - 5am £7 b4 midnight/ £10 after Brand New Heavies @ 02 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London (BluesFest) George Benson @ Bridgewater Hall, Manchester (Part of BluesFest) Jazzcotech Dancers @ Hoochie Coochie, 54 Pilgrim St, Newcastle, NE1 6SF £5

MONDAY 2 JULY

Randy Crawford & The Joe Sample Trio @ Under The Bridge, Stamford Bridge, Fulham Road, London SW6 1HS www.underthebridge.co.uk (See Ad) Fred Wesley in concert Summer @ 229 Great Portland St, London W1W 5PN

TUESDAY 3 JULY

Sheila E @ Jazz Cafe, Camden, NW1

SATURDAY 7 JULY

Urban Central Records Launch Party @ Under the Bridge, Stamford Bridge, Fulham Road, London SW6 1HS 7pm-late (See Ad) Soul on the Harbour @ Jacksons Wharf, York St, Ramsgate Kent CT11 9DS Free, 8 till 1 with East Kent Soul Connection DJs. (See Ad) Move On Up @ The Greyhound Bar & Club, 151 Greyhound Lane, SW16 5NJ

SUNDAY 8 JULY

Music Connex Live Showcase @ Adam Street Private Members Club, 9 Adam St, The Strand, WC2N 6AA. Adv Tkts £10 (See Ad)

WEDNESDAY 11-13 JULY

Betty Wright @ Jazz Cafe, Camden, NW1

FRIDAY 13-15 JULY

Vintage Festival @ Boughton House, Northamptonshire. Line up includes Cameo, Chic, Sergio Mendes, The Impressions, Norman Jay, Greg Wilson & too many more to mention. Look it up!

FRIDAY 13 JULY

Stevenage Soul Club @ Chic Bar, Hitchin, Herts with Djs Shelly, Paul & Audley

SATURDAY 14 JULY

Soul Fine @ The Tereza Joanne Boat, King George V Dock, Woolwich Manor Way, E16 2QY. Special live performance from Omar. Adv Tkts £7 and £10 OTD B4 12. (See Ad) Soul Network Mansion Party @ Bristol Tickets available from Soul Survivors Reminisce @ Rhum Jungle, Cottons Islington, 70 Exmouth Market, EC1R 4QP 9-2am Djs Keith Lawrence, Hugh & Bid £5 B4 11pm incl. Rhum Punch! (£7 after)

SATURDAY 14-15 JULY

Sergio Mendes @ Indigo2, Greenwich The Impressions @ The Jazz Cafe, Camden, NW1

MONDAY 16-20 JULY

Cameo in concert @ The Jazz Cafe, Camden, NW1

SATURDAY 21 JULY

Billy Ocean @ Under The Bridge, Stamford Bridge, Fulham Road, London SW6 1HS www.underthebridge.co.uk (See Ad) Soulfusion All Dayer @ Dowty Sports & Social Club, GL2 9QD. Guest Dj’s Dr Bob Jones & Gavin Page.

Beyond Soul @ Venue to be confirmed Soul Shack @ The Abbey, 30-33 The Minories, London EC3

The Soul Survivors Radio Shows with Fitzroy da Buzzboy Thursdays 6-9pm Mondays 4-6pm Sunday 5-7pm Bi-weekly

Where you can find Fitzroy and a bundle of mags!

JUNE 3 - We Love Soul @ Hidden SE11 23 - Soul Network White Night 29-30 - 3ness @ Hinckley Island Hotel JULY 13-15 - Mansion Party @ Bristol 18 - Cameo @ Jazz Cafe NW1 21 - Funky Sensation @ Ronnie Scotts W1 27 - Soul Box @ Maze Inn N.14 28 - Soul Network 26 August - We Love Soul @ Hidden SE11

SUNDAY 22 JULY

United Soul @ RS Lounge, 20 Woodford New Road, E17 3PR. 11am to 11pm Top DJs, All day BBQ, 3 rooms of music and much more. (See Ad)

WEDNESDAY 25-31 JULY SunceBeat 3 @ Croatia (See Ad)

WEDNESDAY 25 JULY 6 AUGUST

Jamaica 50 @ The Indigo2, Greenwich.

Celebrating the 50th anniversary of Jamaica’s independence with 12 concerts. (See Ad)

FRIDAY 27 JULY

Deborah Bond @ Jazz Cafe, 5 Parkway, Camden Town, London NW1 Support from Erik Rico (See Ad) Soul Box @ Club Maze Inn, 7 Chase Side, Southgate, London N14 5BP 8pm-3am with guest DJ Fitzroy da Buzzboy Soul Brew Karaoke @ Queen of Hoxton, 1-5 Curtain Road, London EC2A 3JX

SATURDAY 28 JULY

We Love Soul @ Hidden Club, 100 Tinworth St, London SE11 5EQ 10pm-7am.

3 Rooms of the best Soul, 80s classics, party anthems, funk, boogie, disco and soulful house. (See Ad) Deborah Bond @ Hare and Hounds, Birmingham (See Ad) Soul Network @ London Tickets available from Soul Survivors

SATURDAY 5 AUGUST

Move On Up @ The Greyhound Bar & Club, 151 Greyhound Lane, SW16 5NJ Mica Paris @ Hoochie Coochie, 54 Pilgrim St, Newcastle, NE1 6SF £30

SATURDAY 11 AUGUST

Soul on the Harbour @ Jacksons Wharf, York St, Ramsgate Kent CT11 9DS Free, 8 till 1 with East Kent Soul Connection DJs. (See Ad) Reminisce @ Rhum Jungle, Cottons Islington, 70 Exmouth Market, EC1R 4QP 9-2am Djs Keith Lawrence, Hugh & Bid £5 B4 11pm incl. Rhum Punch! (£7 after)

SATURDAY 18 AUGUST

Beyond Soul @ Venue to be confirmed

SATURDAY 25-27 AUGUST

Camp Soul Music Festival @ Grove Farms, Milton Hill, Oxon, OX14 4DP Great DJ Line up and Driza Bone live on stage Saturday night. Weekend pass £41, Tent pitch £36.

SUNDAY 26 AUGUST

Conya Doss @ The Jazz Cafe, 5 Parkway, Camden Town, NW1 (See Ad) We Love Soul @ Hidden Club, 100 Tinworth St, London SE11 5EQ 10pm-7am.

3 Rooms of the best Soul, 80s classics, party anthems, funk, boogie, disco and soulful house.

FRIDAY 28 SEPTEMBER

Teedra Moses @ The Jazz Cafe, 5 Parkway, Camden Town, NW1 with US support from Noel Gourdin (See Ad)

SUNDAY 30 SEPTEMBER

Teedra Moses @ The Jazz Cafe, 5 Parkway, Camden Town, NW1 with US support from Noel Gourdin (See Ad)

WEEKLY EVENTS EVERY TUESDAY

Riding High @ The Vibe Bar, Brick Lane, E1

EVERY 2ND & 4TH WEDNESDAY

Johntys Chill Out Sessions @ Traffic Bar Cafe, 39 Hi St, Dunmow CM6 1AE 8.3011.30pm with jazz, smooth jazz funk and saxophonist Johnty Wilks plus guests.

WEDNESDAY & FRIDAY

Funk & Soul @ Anise, 9 Devonshire Square, London EC2M 4YL DJ Sugaray & Guests.

1st Wed/Fri Soul, Funk, Boogie & Disco 2nd Wed/Fri All things Funky.

3rd Wed/Fri Classic R&B, Hip Hop

EVERY 2ND & 4TH THURSDAY

THURSDAY 6-11 SEPTEMBER

Micro Clubbing @ The Corner Lounge, 1 Exchange Way, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 1XB. 6-10pm Jazz, funk, fusion, deep house with DJ Johnty plus live sax and guests. Half price cocktails & snacks.

WEDNESDAY 10-20 OCTOBER

EVERY THURSDAY

Salou Soul Weekender 4 @ Costa Dorada, Spain

Mediterranean Soul @ Turkey Tickets available from Soul Survivors

FRIDAY 12-14 OCTOBER

Embassy Soul Weekend @ The Marks Tey Hotel, London Rd, Essex CO6 1DU Select DJs in 2 rooms, dinner, B&B all for £99! (See Ad)

Live Jazz @ Hoochie Coochie, 54 Pilgrim Street, Newcastle NE1 6SF SoulBrew Karaoke @ Madam Jo Jo’s, 8-10 Brewer St, London W1F 0SE 7pm-2am £5

EVERY FRIDAY

Bournemouth Soul Weekender @ Carrington House Hotel, Bournemouth

Soul Uprising @ Rendezvouz Bar & Grill, 1149 Hi Rd, Chadwell Heath, Romford, RM6 4AT Love Fridays @ The Brickyard, 222 South Street, Romford, RM1 2AD. Jimmy Mack’s @ Copacobana, 19-23 Clifton St, Blackpool, FY1 1JD. Northern Soul, Motown, Philly and more

FRIDAY 23-25 NOVEMBER

EVERY SATURDAY

WEDNESDAY 17-31 OCTOBER Soul in the Caribbean @ Barbados Tickets available from Soul Survivors

FRIDAY 26-28 OCTOBER

Sunny Hunny Soul Weekender @ Hunstanton, Norfolk. Northern Soul, Club Classics, Jazz Funk & Modern in 3 rooms.

Funky Sensation @ Upstairs at Ronnie Scotts.

Night at the Jazz Rooms @ The Jazz Place, 10 Ship St, Brighton.

Jimmy Mack’s @ Copacobana, 19-23 Clifton St, Blackpool, FY1 1JD. Northern Soul, Motown, Philly and more

IF YOU WOULD LIKE YOUR EVENTS LISTED HERE FREE OF CHARGE, PLEASE EMAIL anna@thesoulsurvivors.co.uk or 01732 844246 FULL DETAILS OF EVENTS ARE ON OUR WEBSITE CALENDAR http://www.thesoulsurvivors.co.uk/whats-going-on/ WE EMAIL EVENT REMINDERS OUT ONCE A WEEK INCLUDING COMPETITIONS TO WIN TICKETS! SEND YOUR DETAILS IN TO RECEIVE UPDATES. Events can be subject to change so please check with promoter if unsure.

tongueandgrooveradio.com & soulam.co.uk 10-12am The SSS Show Shaun Evans and Marcus Bell on www.secklowsounds.org 10-Midday The Sunday Morning Affair with Sly Bang 103.6fm 11am-1pm Marky Mark Soul Motive show 10pm-Midnight Whistle & White Socks MONDAYS on www.back2backfm.net 6-8pm Darrell’s Funk Box with Jazz Funk & Brigade with Simon Ford on zeroradio.co.uk 12-3pm Soul Syndicate with Peter P Soul on soulpower-radio.com FRIDAYS centreforcesessions.com 107.5fm time fm 6-8pm Strictly Vinyl Sessions with Carl 9-11pm Sammy Sam with Disco, Boogie, 12-2pm DJ Enyaw on dejavufm.com with Dennie on solarradio.com Soul/Rare grooves Soul & Jazz Funk starpointradio.com The Sunday Soul Selection 6-8pm Souled Out with Colsie on SATURDAYS 1-3pm Mucho Soul with Ket & DJ AKA on www.tongueandgrooveradio.com 8-10am Jump Start with Ginger Tony on www.back2backfm.net 6-8pm Vibe Tribe Pt2 with Matt & Andy P solarradio.com From nu-jazz to funk & jazz 2pm-4pm Original Mastercuts with Ian on www.soulconnexion.com 8-10am Sunshineman on 89.8 FM London Dewhirst & Alan Champ starpointradio.com 7-9pm Clive Ashford Soul Show. Soul, disco, station898fm.net Jazz, Funk & Soul 2-4pm Russ Dewbury with Jazz Rooms & jazz funk on www.nationalsoulradio.com 9-11am Saturday Soul Bowl with Sean P Sunday SocialBrighton’s Juice 107.2 7-9pm Ian Henry with Soul, Jazz Fusion & on Hot96.co.uk 3-6pm Stumpi-Inspiration Show Soul on funk on generationradio.co.uk 9-11am Saturday Fry Up with Mark, Ricky diversefm.com 102.8fm Herts, Beds & Bucks.

7-10pm Rod Allsworth Classic Soul Show & Trevor on starpointradio.com Soul & Funk 3-6pm Soul360 with Aitch B on on Fyldefm.com 10am -12pm Soulful Saturdays with Ian www.colourfulradio.com & DAB London 8-10pm Souled Out with Mark K on Dee pointblank.fm 90.2fm Ldn. 4-6pm Neo Soul Agenda with Simon www.tongueandgrooveradio.com 10am-Midday The Early Bird Catching Precilla on www.dejavufm.com 9-11pm The Hot Box with Gary Turner on The Worm Show House FM with DJ Birdy 4-6pm The Soul Cellar with Al B in Bristol.

Zeroradio.co.uk Soul-jazz, nu-jazz & latin beat 11am The Starpoint Radio UK Soul www.passionradiobristol.com 10pm - Midnight Insatiable Soul with Roni Chart on starpointradio.com.

4-7pm Ralph Tee on www.jazzfm.com O’Brien on Solar Radio 11am-1pm 6MS SESSIONS Disco, soul, TUESDAYS 6-9pm Dez Parkes Just Good Music Show house, funk boogie on stompradio.com on Colourfulradio.com (3rd Sunday) 6-8pm June Furlong on Solarradio.com Midday-3pm Soul Syndicate on Time 6-8pm Soul Connection with Mark Blee on 107.5fm centreforcesessions.com Chris Phillips 6-9pm Sunday Night Soul with Keith Fletcher on BBC Radio Lancashire Motown/Northern banburyinternetradio.com Soul, jazz & Funk Midday-2pm Groove Control Show with 10pm-Mid Mellow A on soulradiouk.com 9pm-Midnight Stretch Taylor with the classy Ash Selector on solarradio.com side of urban on Colourfulradio.com & DAB Midnight-3am DJ Afroogroove on 91.6FM 1-4pm Saturday Soulmine with Jonny or www.genesisradio.co.uk/afrogroove Layton & Mr Messy on zeroradio.co.uk 9-11pm Jazz Movement with Sean P on Hot96.co.uk 1.6FM From 12 midnight to 3am featuring 2-4pm Turn the Music up with James 9-Midnight Inside America Michael Speaks Anthony on solarradio.com Classic ‘n’ current the best in jazz, fusion, latin, soul, afrobeats & spoken word.

Da Costa on thesouloflondonradio.com 2-4pm Dancefloor Grooves with Jamie JL ’s Groove can be listened to on demand Taylor on www.banburyinternetradio.com WEDNESDAYS on www.celticradio.com 1-3pm Ian Henry with Soul, Jazz Fusion and 3-6pm Peter Young on Jazz FM. A mixture of funk on www.generationradio.co.uk old & new soul with ‘The Soul Cellar’ at 5pm Weekly podcasts on dazlingsoul.com 8-10pm Soul Syndicate with Peter P on 6-9pm Superior Rhythm Soul Show from live365.com/station/atomicdog65 24/7 webstream Soul, Jazz & Neo Soul time1075.com Spain with Dean Freeman on exitefm.com If in Costa del Sol, check out global.fm Jeff 8-10pm The Triple SSS Show with Shaun 4-6pm Jazz Funk Soul with Neville on Thomas Mon-Fri 2-5pm, Sun 9-Midday Evans & Marcus Bell on www.radiomk.co.uk solarradio.com 2nd Saturday of month Podcast soulpower08.mypodcast.com 9-11pm Steve O'Mahoney playing Soul, 5-7pm The Morpheus Soul Show Jazz & Funk www.radio789.net.ms www.playvybz.com DJ Johnny Rebel Tony Poole on TKO Gold 106 Wks-9pm 96.7 & 87.7 FM in Spain or tkogold.com 10pm-Midnight Good Groove Show with 5-9pm Club Classics Chris Brown on Star Ruth Fisher on solarradio.com or Sky 0129 107.9/1 FM in Cambridge. Soul & Motown Marky Mark of Soul Motive with soul funk.ssradiouk.com/category/shows/soul-motive/ THURSDAYS 6-8pm Soul Inspired with David Bishop on 6-9pm Soul Survivors Show with Fitzroy da www.zeroradio.co.uk Classic 60’s–80’s Soul The Groove with Suzy Chase podcast Buzzboy on colourfulradio.com 7-10pm Craig Charles Funk & Soul Show shows on www.thegrooveradio.com 6-8pm GMT Nu Soul Central with Tony on www.bbc.co.uk/6music/shows/funk_soul/ VibeRide Podcast/radio Shows at Rodriguez on solarradio.com VibeRide.org.uk 7-9pm Skippys Soul on NevisRadio.co.uk 7-9pm Ride da Rhythm with Hilary John @ 10-1am A Touch of Soul with Devon BBC Dez Parkes, Marc Mac with an eclectic www.station898fm.co.uk & 89.8fm London Derby 104.5fm, Notts 103.8fm & Lincs. 94.9fm mix of black music via podcast on www.newwaveradio.co.uk 7-9pm Infiniti with Andy Jackson on 107.5 12-2am Back to tha o’l skool on 90.8FM Tulip Radio Modern Soul Radio Strictly 80’s soul & Rap lightningfm.co.uk 7-9pm Angie D’s Diva Got Soul Show on SUNDAYS We don’t have very much room www.urbanjazzradio.net 12 Mid-4am Colin Faver on solarradio.com for radio listings but are always 8-10pm Soulpower with Shaun Gallagher A soulful mix of upfront & classic house/Beats on www.soulpower-radio.com happy to add where possible.

9-11am Sandra C on stompradio.com 8-10pm Nick Gunn’s Soul Armoury on Please inform us of any 9-11sm Sunday Service with Brian Kelly on zeroradio.co.uk. Jazz, Funk, Soul & Boogie changes or deletions. zeroradio.co.uk Jazz funk and soul 9pm-12 Sy Sez on colourfulradio.com with Thank you 10-1pm Robbie Vincent www.jazzfm.com guest Marcia Carr the last Thursday 10-Midday The Sunday Soul Affair with 9.30-10.30pm Hidden Gems 60’s to new Curly CJ starpointradio.com Jazz Funk & Soul anna@thesoulsurvivors.co.uk Soul on www.fcumradio.co.uk 10-Midday Soul A.M with the Master J on

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