Blues And Soul Magazine Pdf
Meri Thilmony
As of 2024, Blues & Soul has published some 1100 issues and is still based in Croydon, London. The publisher is Blues & Soul Limited.[4] It publishes five issues per year in both print and digital format, edited by Pete Lewis. The publisher has a growing online archive of back issues and images published by the magazine.[5]
John Abbey, a devotee of American R&B music, established a magazine entitled Home of the Blues in 1966. This came about while Abbey was working for a travel agency in London. The magazine went on to publish its own musical charts, cover events and clubs and feature reviews, interviews and other musical articles. Blues & Soul's R&B charts were compiled via a poll record sales throughout Britain. The publication soon gained further popularity in the UK and Europe covering genres of music such as soul, R&B, Funk, dance, jazz, hip hop, reggae and world music. With issue number 12 the magazine's title was changed to Blues & Soul.
In addition to Abbey's contributions, material was provided by writers such as former Motown press officer Sharon Davis and British soul fan Dave Godin. Within a June 1970 column of Blues & Soul, Godin went on to coin the term "Northern soul". The business gradually expanded and Abbey set up an associated record label called Contempo Records,[6] which released the UK's first 12-inch singles. Abbey moved to Atlanta, Georgia in the mid-1970s and established Ichiban Records,[6] while the editorship of the magazine was taken over by Bob Killbourn in 1979.[7][8][9][10][11] Another important contributor, David Nathan, began writing for Blues & Soul in the early 1970s, first in London, then from 1975 as the magazine's principal New York correspondent.[12]
Blues & Soul's charts, from the start of such, became increasingly popular within the UK.[13]During 1979, DJ Pete Tong started being a journalist at Blues & Soul. Within the following year, he became the features editor of the magazine.[14][15] Fellow UK publication Black Music was also absorbed in April 1984 by Blues & Soul.[16] Blues & Soul has also, from its inception, bestowed awards to artistes based upon an annual readers poll.[17][18]
In July 2011, Blues & Soul was relaunched as an in print twice-monthly magazine alongside its ongoing presence online, helmed by then editor Lee Tyler plus assistant editor (and long-time contributor) Pete Lewis.
Requesting a good quality scan of 'the' Dave Godin article from Godin's weekly column in Blues & Soul magazine in June 1970 referencing the term 'Northern Soul'. A scan of the front cover would also be great.
Nowhere in this article is the phrase "northern soul" used by Dave, it is only the headline which states "Up-North Soul Groove". And it's not unreasonable to suggest that editor John Abbey may well have formulated that headline himself , not Dave ?
I think the key point is where Godin distinguishes between the 'scene' in the South (London specifically) and that in the North. So the term Northern Soul could be argued to be a derivation of that in the popular imagination and vernacular.. In print, as far as I know, Godin lays claim to uttering the term in the Chris Hunt Mojo interview 2002 and on film here:
The name "Northern Soul" was dreamt up by Cliff Clifford. At the time he was working as a Saturday helper at Dave Godin and David Nathan's Soul City store in Covent Garden. Cliff was at the front line dealing with the lads down in London for the day with their football teams asking for uptempo records with a Motown kind of beat, whether they were new or old records. His son, Paul Clifford, who is a leading Modern Soul DJ, says: "My dad had a brainwave and scrawled Northern Soul on the boxes where they kept the records for these people coming down from the north of England. That moment of inspiration started it all off".
In the book Northern Soul Stories I managed to get a photo of Cliff Clifford in London with Berry Gordy. Cliff, who sadly died some years ago, was secretary of the Otis Redding Appreciation Society and was due to leave the UK and move over to the USA, starting off with a stay with Otis. Otis's plane crash happened just before Cliff was due to go. If he had quit the UK, he would never have worked at Soul City for Dave Godin, and the phrase Northern Soul might never have been thought up. So Cliff had the eureka moment and came up with the phrase, and his boss and friend Dave Godin popularised it.
HI ALL As many people who met DAVE, PERSONALY I can't remember him using the term Northern Soul when I spoke to him the time of his trips to both the Wheel & Blackpool MECCA the term us to describe the up-tempo records was "RARE SOUL" DAVE USED THIS TEARM, NORTHERN SOUL was not in common use until 73,
I have gone through loads of B&S to-night and still can't pin point when the term was 1st printed, it's there in some issue but not in the ones that are folk law, however B&S #50 IS THE ICONIC ISSUE OF ALL TIME, with the EARL VAN DYKE cover DAVE K
Stan Mosley is one of those artists who, despite an abundance of talent and hard work, never seems to have received the recognition that he deserves. He has been singing professionally since 1969, has recorded for various labels including Malaco and Mardi Gras, has won various awards including the Chicago Music Award (in 1982 and 1983) for Best Male R&B Vocalist, but still he flies under the musical radar of most blues and soul fans.
Six internationally acclaimed albums to his name, and many global tours, sharing the stage with the likes of Johnny Winter, the Neville Brothers, John Popper, Lee Oskar, Anson Funderburgh and the Rockets with Sam Myers, Denise Lasalle, Otis Taylor, Big Jack Johnson, Lonnie Shields, Lurrie Bell, Willie King, Ian Siegal and many more.
Gee grew up in Budapest, Hungary, formed his first band in 1996 and began touring Europe before moving to the South of the United States in 2004. He spent time in Birmingham, AL and Memphis, TN before he landed a residency on Beale Street in Memphis, and word of his talents soon spread.
The record was released in December 2011 and wowed critics worldwide. It was ranked one of the best blues albums of the year by Mojo magazine, and topped the blues chart for an entire month in France.
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After a restructure of the business, the print magazine closed in August 2007, but continued publishing online at www.bluesandsoul.com. The magazine returned to print for a one-off issue at Vintage at Goodwood in summer 2010, and then again this year.
Turns out this is the second release from Alabama born / Georgie based Kesha Boyd following on from Pieces Of My Soul, and if you like the idea of horn driven funky soul with a hint of blues, then this will be very much your sort of thing.
Betty Fox grew up in a large family, holding hands with her many cousins as they sang four and five part harmonies, her grandmother standing behind her and Uncle Fred pounding on the piano. She began performing in a church play at the age of four and never looked back.
After honing her craft and absorbing the rich musical landscape surrounding her, Fox released her debut album, Too Far Gone. Lovers of blues, soul, and funk from around the world took notice of this electric vocalist, songwriter and not-to-be-missed performer, and critics sang her praises. In June 2015, her sophomore album Slow Burn once again received unanimous raves from fans, critics, and enthusiasts around the world.