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If you thought that Motown was little more than pop tunes and cheesy soul found at school reunions and wedding receptions, then this album can change all that. You see beyond the slow numbers like Ben, and bubblegum soul of Stop in The Name of Love (neither of which are on here by the way),…

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And about time too, for unless you’ve caught the Hotknives at one of their rare UK performances over the last few years, you’re not going to have heard much in the way of new material from them recently. Formed in the late 80s as part of the ‘3rd Wave of Ska’ The Hotknives toured alongside…

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Yes, it’s THE Tony Christie  – the man who many know as searching for Amarillo has signed to Acid Jazz  and releases his first single with them on 1 November, a Northern Soul number. In fact Acid Jazz tell us it’s Tony’s first Mod record since he was produced by Shel Talmy in 1966. Written…

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The Very Best of the Undertones is released on 11 October and is our second offering from Northern Ireland this month. Emerging from Derry in the punk boom of 1977-78, The Undertones gave us a fine selection of short sharp songs with infectious choruses – kind of pop music with attitude for those that don’t…

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Following on from the Northern compilation reviewed last month, here we have a Mod inclined collection of tracks on a CD that’s ideal for keeping in your car, or in my case next to the portable player in the garage. Kicking off with Tin Soldier by the Small Faces from my point of view this…

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I loved The Moons’ debut album, Life on Earth, from which their latest single here is taken from. As such I’ve got Everyday Heroes already but playing it for the first time in a while, immediately the simple but powerful guitar intro gets me moving. The lyrics come flooding back (the title is self explanatory…

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As someone who likes a bit of Northern Soul but not enough to be travelling the country going to allnighters (a few RSG nighters in the 80s and 90s was my thing), I am constantly amazed when another compilation arrives that I find myself enjoying. Granted the soul that gets my feet tapping may not…

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“This collection provides the listener with an overview of black American soul music which swept across England in the late 1960s,” so reads the press release. Indeed the 20 tracks here do offer an insight into the Northern Soul scene with some choice cuts that may not appeal to fans of ultra rare tunes, but…

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