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A Short History of Procol Harum
Written by Cameron K
Robin Trower (lead guitarist), Gary Brooker (vocals) and Chris Copping (bass) played in an r &b group called The Paramounts in Southend. The group had a minor hit with a cover version of Leiber and Stollers Poison Ivy in 1964.
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In the winter of 1989, I was privileged and honoured to interview Danny Rampling, for my then fanzine, Positive Energy of Madness. It was about two weeks after he had closed his ground-breaking club Shoom. In my eyes at the time, and even today, the end of Shoom was Acid House’s equivalent to The Jam breaking up at the end of 1982. As Shoom, like the Woking Wonders, meant so much to a lot of people. Personally, I found Shoom inspiring, beautiful and wonderful. I was very late to the Shoom party, yet I was welcomed with opened arms, moving, truly moving as I would dance the night away with a beaming smile on my face.
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‘Blue Flakes’ is the latest single from South East London brothers EASTERN BARBERS, and you can certainly hear the influence of these surroundings on the track. While not making a direct political statement, Ross and James Fernandez writing style is a form of documentation, and it just so happens that their immediate surroundings depict acute gentrification and the loss of the local community.
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The Mersey Beat was a fortnightly newspaper started by Bill Harry and his partner in 1960. The purpose of the broadsheet was to cover the emerging beat scene of the sixties in Liverpool. An early “Gig Guide” the Mersey Beat was full of information about the groups, photographs and who was appearing and where.
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Michael Kiwanuka, Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, Saturday 21st October 2017 – Live Review
Written by Sean Diamond
Last year I was presented with a revelation. Just as I was bemoaning the lack of big budget, string-laden, 24 karat gold 70s style soul in the mainstream, solace arrived in the form of Love & Hate, the second album from Michael Kiwanuka.
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Steve Brookes Hoodoo Zoo Reviewed
Written by Dennis Munday
Hoodoo Zoo is the fourth album from Steve Brookes and features a new set of songs.
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‘He Does The Look’ was written in my head, nowhere near a guitar or any instrument.
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Cherry Cola - A Chat with the Founder of London’s Most Infamous Rock ‘n’ Roll Club Night
Written by Sean Diamond
Last week, London’s legendary Cherry Cola Club night opened its doors to Liverpool. A new weekly event at The Magnet (to be held every Saturday), it promises to host the crème-de-la-crème of new, unsigned and up and coming live acts, with the occasional A-list band or DJ set thrown in for good measure.
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A Short Biog of Sam Cook
Written by Cameron K
Samuel Cook was born in Clarksdale, Mississippi in 1931. One of five boys and three girls, his father was Rev. Charles and mother, Annie Mae Cook. In 1933 the Cook family joined the great migration and moved to Chicago. Young Samuel featured as vocalist in his church choir before teaming up with three of his siblings in a quartet dubbed the Soul Children. Sam became a member of the gospel group the Highway QCs. In 1950, he joined the gospel group, Soul Stirrers and stayed with them for the next six years. During this time they recorded "Nearer to Thee" and "Touch the Hem of His Garment."
Do we ever arrive? Does the train, one day hit the buffers, and if so, what do we do once it has?
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Brian Wilson – Exhibition Centre, Liverpool, Friday 28th July 2017 – Live Review
Written by Sean Diamond
Oh, Brian, why didn’t you bring the sunny weather back from California?
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Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club Part Three - Ronnie’s Humour and the End of an Era.
Written by Dennis Munday
Ronnie was renowned for his comedic patter, and during an interview, he told how it came about; “I have a special liking for oblique humour, and I began doing regular, between-sets routines soon after we moved into Frith Street.
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A Short History of The Supremes on ZANI
Written by Cameron K
Florence Ballard was a student at junior high school in the Detroit housing projects and became friends with Paul Williams and Eddie Kendricks,
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“It’s just like home - filthy and full of strangers.” Ronnie Scott
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