Like most great bands Smoove & Turrell are adept at mining their influences, for these Geordie boys it's Stax and Philly soul
Remembering what the great man's renegade spirit and artistic endeavour did for soul music and black culture the world over.
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Songs to be buried to, songs to cook fried bread to, and songs to get those hep cats boppin'...
Charles Bradley is a mega-talented soul star with the stage persona to match. Backstage at Lattitude he he let rip on everything from religion to...
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Up and coming indie star James Bay lists the albums which have had the biggest impression on him over the years.
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The last decade of her life was played out to a backdrop of scandal and stories of substance abuse, but alongside M...
The funk legend and lover of big butts and bouncing beats passed away earlier this week having never truly had the ...
After being hotly tipped, and winning the BBC Sound Of 2012 list, North London soul singer Michael Kiwanuka talks a...
Staring at the barrels of a load of guns isn't quite how I thought my first day ...
In a world of back-biting, media payoffs and moles within the team, Rohan Ricket...
Always the bridesmaid, only occasionally the bride...
Bobby is - was - one of our last links to Sam Cooke, Wilson Pickett, Ray Charles...
The biggest festival in the UK kicks off today. I remember it as a plucky 14 yea...
From ancient reality stars to computer game characters, our ever popular series ...
Five of the most tense and adrenaline filled movie openers to ever appear on cel...
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Dov Charney has finally been unceremoniously ousted by American Apparel, here's ...
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Luis Suárez did nothing of note against Italy...bar biting somebody for the thi...
From the Drag Shot to The Mooney, this will all be sickeningly familiar...
In 2007, The Daily Mail predicted who they thought England may select at the 201...
She's somehow managed to walk free from court while Andy Coulson stares down the...
There's no denying Wrighty is an absolute hero to football fans. A heart on his ...