Blues and Soul Music Magazine

The Teskey Brothers: Brighton Dome, Brighton & Hove 24/4/23

The Teskey Brothers have built up an organic following over the years and this Brighton Dome gig was sold out several months in advance...

Yazmin Lacey + Dave Okumu: The Roundhouse, Chalk Farm, London 20/4/23

Yazmin Lacey's inclusion on the bill alongside the brilliant Dave Okumu made the show at The Roundhouse's In The Round Festival made it an essential show to catch...

Emma Noble: Amazing Grace, London 27/03/2023

Amazing Grace is London's newest and most exciting music venue and late-night bar. Tonight saw the effervescent Emma Noble take to the stage to a packed audience and deliver an energetic/well-paced set...

Level 42 - Lessons In Love Live: Indigo at the O2, London 10/11/22

'80s chart kings Level 42 rocked up to Greenwich's premier venue Indigo at the O2 to deliver their Lessons In Love Live 35th Anniversary celebrating show and boy-o-boy were the crowd in for a treat!

Smoove & Turrell: Hootenanny, Brixton, London 10/03/2023

Kicking off with "Do It" from their "Stratos Bleu" album was a good move and got the audience onside and dancing from the start. The sound was good at the Hootenanny...

Brooklyn Funk Essentials: Ronnie Scott's 28/10/22

It was time to ramp it up a little with the funkadelicious and intergalactic "Funk Ain’t Ova", one of the band's top singles they released back in September 2019: melodic funkateering at its best!

Gladys Knight: Royal Albert Hall, London 20/7/22

For an artist of such longevity, the Royal Albert Hall was the perfect place for one of soul music's most regal figures. At the age of 78, Gladys Knight remains a compelling stage presence...

Corinne Bailey Rae: Royal Festival Hall, London 21/04/22

This was a homecoming performance to savour with Corinne Bailey Rae drinking in the atmosphere while filling London's Royal Festival Hall with love...

Michael Kiwanuka: Cambridge Corn Exchange 11/5/22

Good things come to those prepared to wait, and from the opening notes of "Piano Joint”, it was clear that Kiwanuka was keen to make up for lost time...

Curtis Harding: Electric Brixton, London 25/3/22

Curtis Harding's work over the years has drawn in elements of hip-hop, R&B and gospel, all with a psychedelic edge. That was all on show during his impressive 90-minute set...