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SOUL UNSIGNED WITH PHIL DRIVER - 8 MARCH 2010
Phil Driver / 2010-03-06 15:13:54
In Association with Exite FM
If you're into soul music and are of a certain age (i.e. roughly the same age as me), you'll no doubt remember the magazine Blues & Soul.
I bought my first copy in 1976 soon after discovering soul music, and it became my bible. While my self-confessed “cool” schoolmates were reading Melody Maker and NME, and the nerds were buying Smash Hits, my musical education came from that classic soul mag.
I used to buy it from my local record shop, then diligently tick-off the entries in the UK Soul Chart as I purchased each new 7” or 12” single. The albums were, sadly, too expensive for a kid on pocket money, so they were confined to the birthday and Christmas lists!
Unfortunately, Blues & Soul, like many other magazines of its type, are no longer in existence in printed form. A fortnightly or monthly magazine with print deadlines simply can’t compete these days with the bang-up-to-date news and reviews websites.
In the case of Blues & Soul, it took the “if you can’t beat them, join them” approach several years ago, and now exists as an online website (www.bluesandsoul.com). I’ve just started contributing a regular column for them, so please drop by and say hi some time.
Check out the Soul Unsigned show on Exite Radio, every Thursday evening at 20:00, for a selection of the best independent soul music from around the world.
Playlist (Mar 4th Show)
Moses Mayes – Needle to the groove
Live Tropical Fish – Double dream
Ebony Evans – Can you handle love
Adriana Evans – Set in stone
Gentlemens Agreement – Breakaway
Grooves Back Productions – Blow your mind
Tourde4force – We got love
Tashan – Soul survivor
Lieca – The moment
Brandon Woods – Good thing
Karl Bullard – Come what may
Pvibez Ft Dee Freer – No fantasy
Hulon – Cisco kid
Email: soulunsigned@aol.com Website: www.soulunsigned.com
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