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Those of you with even a passing acquaintance of the Northern Soul scene will be aware of Melba Moore’s stomping version of ‘The Magic Touch’ which was massive in the 1980’s having been discovered by Ady Croasdell and later released on Kent Records. What is probably less well-known is the original...
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Nice Video from a few years ago promoting a concert season. The video features Moussa Kaba recreating various Blue Note Records classic album covers including Jimmy Smith - Back at the Chicken Shack, Donald Byrd - A New Perspective and Jackie McLean - Bout Soul - Clever Stuff. Hi-Fi from bante...
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Here's some sights and sounds from The Land of Smiles - Thailand, although the chaps in the band don't look too happy. We've selected some of our favourite record covers from Siamfunko's flickr selection and added Thai Funksters The Impossibles version of Kool and The Gang's "Love the life you live".
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Nathan Clark the Creator of the classic Desert Boot died 23rd June 2011 at the age of 94. He was the Great-Grandson of the Clarks footwear company founder James Clark. Nathan got the idea for the desert boot while serving in the army in Burma. He noticed soldiers wearing rough looking suede boots...
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While East Anglia's biker gang The Outcasts cruised the promenade of Great Yarmouth, The East Bay Dragons were riding on the mean streets of Oakland, California. The All Harley Davidson Black American biker gang started as a car club in the 1950s before switching to two wheels.Their website...
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The latest installment in our Unexpected Gems series is the soulful version of Stoney End by Barbra Streisand. Stoned End was written by singer and songwriter Laura Nyro. When Nyro originally released the song as a B side it caused controversary as it dealt with religion and Laura's struggle with...
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Jim Flora was best known for his colourful cartoon style Album cover designs in 1940s and 1950s. He was also the writer and illustrator of Seventeen Childrens books. During his 84 years Jim created hundreds of pieces of art, sketchings and drawings. A lot of his work is displayed on the internet,...
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Dig the sunshine and take a Listen to this Latin Special from South London Funk & Hip Hop Collective Breakin Bread on Mixcloud. There's past and present latin themed tunes for you to Boogaloo and Barbecue too. Tracklisting Deodato - Also Sprach Zarasthura (Space Theme) Bronx River Parkway...
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Here's a video of composer of the Mad Men Theme tune - RJD2 performing his "Let There Be Horns" live in Milwaukee on March 15th 2010. This is a clip from the film titled "RJD2: Live at The Rave." The full concert film is available here. RJD2: Live at The Rave (Trailer) from The Belmont Sessions...
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For those of us old enough to remember the 1970s, no Saturday night watching the telly was complete without a song from the then ubiquitous Peters & Lee. Whether it was the Des O'Connor show, Seaside Special or the hilarious Mike and Bernie Winters’ show they were there. Week in, week out. From...
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