Known most notably for their large presence within the brit-pop scene of the 90s, Blur are Damon Albarn, Alex James, Graham Coxon, and Dave Rowntree. The band are known for the storytelling through their music that often comments on the class divide and socio-political narratives, and ‘The Universal’ was one to do exactly that. Opening… Read more »
Northern Soul – was a youth movement about precisely that – MOVEMENT. Clapping, spinning, kicking, stomping, jumping, shuffling, sweating: Northern Soul operated as an irrepressible motion to a persistent beat. Functioning at over 100 beats per minute: keep on moving; don’t stop or you’ll drop. This is a subculture where the music, and the ebullient… Read more »
Deptford Northern Soul Club in London “The Music was Motown. The Passion is British.’ – Elaine Constantine’s Northern Soul Film, 2014 Origins of Northern soul date back to the late 1960s’ underground rhythm and soul scene. Thousands of teenagers in the North of England danced to the same syncopated beat, revolting against the charts. The… Read more »
Birmingham’s All Because Of You exhibition last month was an insight into one of the most off-street sub cultures, Northern Soul. Some of the young faces in the Northern Soul scene have drawn Underground’s attention, so we decided to talk with the young photographer Bethany Kane who made it happen about what she sees, hears,… Read more »
One of the sub cultures we really love here at Underground has to be Northern Soul. The big appeal has to be the way that music was completely and utterly re-appropriated- Soul music that had been produced largely in Detroit had ended up on the b side of vinyl and lay abandoned in record stores… Read more »
Located in the Potteries town of Tunstall, Stoke on Trent, The Torch (officially known as The Golden Torch) was one of the great temples of Northern Soul and a contender for the title of the first super club. Having started life as a church it transformed into a roller skating rink before becoming a cinema… Read more »
Where did that come from? The iconic clenched fist of the Northern Soul movement signifies the determination of the Soul Girls and Boys to maintain the spirit of the movement and keep the faith. It owes its existence to Chris Burton owner of The Torch- the Northern Super club that dominated the scene from 1971… Read more »
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