The travel section of the Independent Website takes a look at the long running Northern soul scene in Japan
The northern soul movement shook up the UK music scene in the 1970s, and then went global. Duncan Forgan finds it still going strong in Japan
Johhe rules the dancefloor at the Jam Jam club in Kobe. He spins, shuffles and launches a series of high kicks: his baggy trousers billowing as he syncs his moves to the steady tempo of singer Luther Ingram’s 1967 non-hit If It’s All the Same to You Babe...
Go here for the article, plus a slack handful of photos, its worth the walk...
http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/asia/japan-northern-soul-music-kobe-club-night-nude-restaurant-o-jays-never-forget-you-gonna-be-a-big-a7990431.html
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Mike Hughes is the owner and admin of Soul Source which he started up back in 1997. His soul journey started in the mid 1970s via the usual venues and has continued to the present day, along the way enjoying all eras and aspects of soul, events, dj-ing, promoting, writing and looking after Soul Source. Nowadays though his main thrust is simply enjoying the music and life with his wife and family. 'No one ever said it was going to be easy..., but it may just turn out that way'
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