Blues and Soul Music Magazine

Smoove & Turrell: Motorhouse, Sunderland 13/11/20

UK Dance Album Chart-toppers Smoove & Turrell delivered a first-class lockdown show via live stream from the Motorhouse Studios in Sunderland for their devoted fans who paid/watched via YouTube...

Southend Jazz Funk Ft.The Soul Immigrants & Anita Carmichael

The Park Inn Radisson Hotel braved the oppressive climate and along with Saxology Records/ Ents put on a great night of funk and soul kicking off with jazz doyenne Anita Carmichael who is making something of a comeback

Paul Carrack: G Live, Guildford 28/2/20

Multi-million-selling British blue-eyed soul singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Paul Carrack and his supreme band, complete with dual drummers, delivered in style at Guildford's G Live...

Dexter Wansel : The Jazz Cafe London 6/02/2020

His production work is mightily impressive too : Four Lou Rawls albums, three Pattie La belle ones,two of the Jacksons plus individual releases from Phylis Hyman,Teddy Pendergrass and Grover Washington Jr.

The Project PH Band & Jam Session: Spice Of Life, Soho, London 5/2/20

Good to see the Spice Of Life jazz sessions are thriving, they've been running for several years putting on all things jazz-related and relevant and props to Paul Pace and crew for keeping such a tight ship afloat...

Kelly Finnigan & The Atonements: Jazz Cafe, London 25/1/20

Soulsational Monophonics frontman Kelly Finnegan was in unmissable solo action and backed by the uber-cool sounds of the Atonements. A packed house at London's Jazz Cafe was in for a real treat...

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 30/11/19

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...