More 'Motown is 50' related mainsteam features, BBC2 Tonight at 22:30 and Mojo Magazine's Feb 2009 Issue

48 Years Later, A Singer Finally In Demand

mainstream media

News on forthcoming northern soul related film shooting starts next week

Respect Yourself - The Stax Story and 1967 Norway Concert

no shame celebrity gossip post

Drenched in The Blues - Mabel John article in the jazz/blues section of guardian.co.uk

"... decides to lay off his long-time blues singer Bertha Mae, and announces that he's hired a famous guitar player, Guitar Sam... "

A reply to recent criticism of a forthcoming re-worked live version of the much respected northern soul related play.

Stevie Cato (Little Stevie) passed on a quick heads up shout for the showing of a clip filmed at the just gone Soul Revolution event in London

News that one of the two planned Marvin Gaye films is starting filming very shortly

Mentioned a few times on here over the last 18 months, now out on release in the USA and does seem to have been recieved well

Manchester local websites are always worth a check every now and again as often feature a wide varied range of soul related features

Latest one is another regarding the Twisted Wheel, features a brief moan (for want of a better word) about how no film record of the Twisted Wheel means that Wigan gets all the mentions nowadays in mainstream media, a lookback at those days and a quick catch up on todays ocurances, quite a lengthy one as well.

Eddie Skipper Keyes

Tripped up on this in my email box, in York this upcoming weekend
does say shown before and do have a faint memory of reading something round then.

Press release about a forthcoming "musical play" planned to open in 2007 called Hitsville USA with plans to show eventually in uk

Published online at the Independent website a feature on Candi Staton

The Big Issue takes a look At Northern Soul - Stevie Cato

The Road To Wigan Casino By Vivien Goldman

Originally published in NME Date of publication: 11 October 1975

Below clipped from an South Manchester Reporter Online Article
Check link out for full story and photo!

Have been passed on word of a upcoming exhibition coming from US to Manchester soon, The exhibition originated at Gigantic Artspace, New York, and has been expanded for Urbis, Manchester.

Hi all, Just a note to say the latest issue of RECORD COLLECTOR has a 4 page article on Northern Soul with contributions from Ady, Alan Handscombe, Ginger Taylor, Jo Wallace amongst others.

Thanks to Mark C on Soul Talk have news that all this week BBC Radio 6 is featuring a 4 part series focusing on Northern

Not sure but along with featuring in Manchester Online (link below)
think the article also featured in Manchester Evening News

"Northern soul seizes the day
Richard Hector-Jones

Following a successful two month run in Manchester and Leeds earlier this year, Paul Sadots "Once Upon A Time in Wigan" will be doing a national tour in 2004.

Just stumbled across this video interview on BBC Manchester website
featuring Guy Hennighan.

Hi everyone,
received this note from Dave Shannon, the guy who organises Radio 2s northern soul progs.. too late for this ish of Soul Up North, so perhaps you might want to add your input...

 FUNCTION AT THE JUNCTION Justin McArdle, UK, 2003 A fast-paced black comedy set at a Northern Soul dance competition at the Junction night club. 

Has this been shown yet?

Just read in forum post about Radio2 show
All Singing All Dancing All Night : Blues, Soul & Reggae : Wednesday : 21:00 : 1 H

Dont forget, Stuart Maconie on Every Wednesday night from 9pm Radio 2.
All the best,Kev Jarvis. :up:

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