Belleruche – Northern Girls

Scratch My Soul Northern Girls Belleruche lead singer was Kathrin DeBoer, very much in the style of Queen Latifa. A British Soul band. Their 2008 track, Northern Girls, was part of a Mercedes Advertisement in 2011. They broke up in 2018, a shame really, as they produced a smooth electronic sound which was very cool. … Read more

Phil Coulter and his Orchestra

A Good Thing Going Sounding derivatively like Sounds Orchestral but in fact by Phil Coulter and his Orchestra, this strange instrumental made it onto the Northern Soul scene at 428 on Kev Roberts Top 500. Well he does come from the UK – Northern Ireland. He wrote Puppet On A String  for Sandie Shaw. This track sounds … Read more

Brian Smith – Blues photographer

Brian Smith – Blues photographer, was a friend of Roger Eagle and it was Brian who photographed many of the artists appearing at The Twisted Wheel, at the Free Trade Hall, Manchester and other places. The list of photographs of these artists ties in with their performances at ‘The Wheel’ and you can see the … Read more

Modern Soul

Soul is alive and kicking in the 21st century, Modern Soul. We would never have believed it in 1964 when we first appreciated this burgeoning genre of music, that we first heard going down the steps into a dark dingy cellar in a back street in Manchester in 1964. That club is now famous as … Read more

The Carrolls

We’re In This Thing Together (1969) The Carrolls were a British group. This track was a big record at Manchester’s Blue Note club in 69 by Peaches and Herb. Eventually it has been picked up around 2006 on the Northern Soul scene. This one by The Carrolls on the UK CBS label was the distributors for … Read more

The Beatles

TWIST AND SHOUT The Beatles loved Soul music and did their own versions of many R&B, Blues, Soul and Motown recordings. Through appreciating the Beatles and finding out the original artists of some of the songs they did influenced many people to find their way to the original artists. This Twist and Shout EP was … Read more

Jamie Lidell

Another Day Jamie Lidell Jamie Lidell – Wikipedia

Jessica Darling (The Herbaliser)

You’re Not All That A great bit of a modern soul groove by Jessica Darling (The Herbaliser) – just like it used to be! Herbaliser Website & Gig Guide The Herbaliser – Wikipedia

Girls Aloud

The Promise Including this song by Girls Aloud in Soulbot might upset some purists, but come on, this is a great sound and paying homage to the Soul girl groups of the Sixties..

M People

Excited Movin’ On Up M People, from Manchester with the leading voice of Heather Small: House – Dance-Soul, it’s definitely Soul! Their first LP was even called NORTHERN SOUL. M People – Wikipedia