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Our good pals from the Fatback Band will be back in the UK very soon. If they have a date near you, don't miss out!

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An Appreciation From Your Long Time Travelling Correspondent…

There was discussion among the British contingent that founder and director Graziano Uliani might choose to call time on his long-running Porretta Soul Festival when he reached 30 editions.  Having brought so many soul legends to town over the past four decades, and faced with an ever-shrinking pool of veteran talent to choose from, one couldn’t blame him if he did.  But Graziano gave more than an inkling that there would be another next year, at a delightful post-Festival concert in nearby Vergato on Monday evening, and  the Festival’s bandleader/musical director Anthony Paule confirmed to me on Tuesday morning that Graziano has re-engaged the services of his Soul Orchestra for next year. I’ve therefore taken it as read that I could be confident in rebooking my hotel for Porretta Soul 2018.

We were very sad to lose the last surviving member of Motörhead; a group that was on the verge of breaking up when we signed them to a record deal and released their first single and LP way back in 1977.

Singer, bandleader and showman par excellence Wayne Cochran passed away on November 21 at the age of 78. Alec Palao explains why he mattered.

“Lord Luther” McDaniels, lead singer of vocal group the 4 Deuces, died from pneumonia on December 30^th 2017 at the age of 79. Alec Palao remembers one of the most colourful characters from northern California rock’n’roll’s golden age.