The Sensational Barnes Brothers. The name sounds like it could belong to a gospel revue act doing the rounds across the Chitlin’ Circuit. The brothers are vocalists Chris and Courtney […]
‘You lot are either very stupid, or amazing,‘ said Wayne Hernandez to his audience at Pizza Express Holborn (13/03). Temporarily banishing the spectre of COVID19, Hernandez and his band played […]
While Ruby Turner is still best experienced live, Love Was Here is arguably her strongest solo release to date – As dynamic and exciting as contemporary soul music can be, […]
The ‘hologramification’ of Whitney Houston is far from perfect, but serves as an outlet for audiences eager to celebrate her legacy – Are hologram tours ‘music’s final frontier‘ as Rolling […]
The House That Soul Built is excited to cover a piece of music from the Afrosoul persuasion – a sub-genre of soul music we’ve admittedly overlooked in the past. Sent […]
A lukewarm first set gave way to some vulnerable, powerfully-sung readings in the second – Raised in a small market town in Suffolk, Polly Gibbons landed her first jazz gig […]
A performer with soul and funk band Matador! Soul Sounds, Kim Dawson currently teaches at Swallow Hill Music and the University of Colorado, Denver. From the scarcity of information and […]
Durand Jones & The Indications – ‘Young Americans’ (David Bowie cover) The title track of his 1975 album, Bowie based the melody and arrangement of ‘Young Americans’ (like the rest […]
Combining orchestral gravitas with hushed intimacy, Lianne La Havas and Jules Buckley make magic at the Barbican – Lianne La Havas knows how to tantalise an audience. ‘It’s finished,’ she […]
It is always refreshing to hear a contemporary soul band channel the sounds of the past with effortless authenticity. Dallas-based soul outfit Bastards of Soul have evolved from a rough-and-ready […]
A bold voice meets a blockbuster chorus on ‘Body Knew’, the second single from Toronto-based writer and performer LU KALA. KALA moved to Canada from the Democratic Republic of Congo […]
‘Be Still For Me’ is the debut single from soulful singer-songwriter Mallika Vie. The tune owes to what Vie describes as the ‘simplicity and power‘ of 1960s soul balladry. She beautifully explains […]
Katie Melua stuns with ‘Scarborough Fair’ – Indisputably one of the greatest songs of all time, ‘Bridge Over Trouble Water’ is now fifty years old. The gorgeous gospel piano, the […]
Sitting in her dressing room backstage at the world-renowned Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club, I am fortunate to grab thirty minutes with soul singer Ruby Turner prior to her sell-out show […]