Blues and Soul Music Magazine

Raphael Saadiq: Indigo, London 26/10/19

Raphael Saadiq has been a mainstay in the r'n'b, neo-soul and gospel worlds for the best part of 30 years but it's been a decade since his last visit so his worthy inclusion on the BluesFest lineup felt well overdue...

The Soul Immigrants Ft.Freddie Notes & Ciyo Brown: PizzaExpress Live, Holborn, London 30/11/

With a sold-out show and a rock-solid new album ("Back From The Brink") out, things are moving sweetly for these melodic funkateers who took Holborn by storm with a fiery set full of sweet soul nuggets...

P.P. Arnold: Islington Town Hall, London 11/10/19

P.P. Arnold sounds incredibly youthful on the album, and this is no different onstage. Naturally charismatic, she is very chatty throughout her set, describing past romances and collaborators...

Corinne Bailey Rae: Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, London 18/11/19

The superb acoustics of London's Queen Elizabeth Hall let Corinne Bailey Rae's sounds soar over an appreciative audience as she delivered wave after wave of sonic perfection...

360 Band: Ronnie Scott’s, London 28/10/19

EX-AVERAGE WHITE BAND DUO PAY TRIBUTE TO COMRADE MOLLY DUNCAN WITH TRIUMPHANT PERFORMANCE AT LONDON’S RONNIE SCOTT’S CLUB

Tony Lyndsay : Pizza Express Holborn 19/09/2019

Pizza Express have a fine reputation in bringing over US acts Gregory Porter being a case in point and more recently Judith Hill and Prince protégé Andy Allo.So it was great to see Tony Lindsay on the bill

Betty Wright: Barbican Centre, London 21/7/19

Betty Wright was just 17 when her signature record, "Clean Up Woman", was released. It's testament to her pedigree as a singer and creative force that nearly half a century later she can draw a crowd...

Men At Work: Shepherd's Bush Empire 21/6/19

It was a sultry June evening at London's Shepherd's Bush Empire and the 2nd show under Colin Hay's newly resurrected Men At Work moniker. You could sense there was a real air of excitement...

Mavis Staples: Roundhouse, London 4/7/19

Soul and gospel legend Mavis Staples may fast be approaching her 80th birthday, but she's showing no sign of slowing down. In fact, she's arguably in the finest form of her career...

The Internet: Somerset House, London 11/7/19

The Somerset House Summer Series delivered yet again this year with another set of fine acts and tonight was no exception, as every busy contemporary soul heroes The Internet kicked proceedings off in style..