Five key tracks to get a northern soul party going. The northern soul movement had such a huge impact on working class kids from the northern region of the UK. With the Australian release of Northern ...
This audio is no longer available. It's been 40 years since the first all-night R&B party at the Wigan Casino nightclub outside Manchester, England. The doors didn't open until 2 a.m., and its ...
Many of the musical genres of the 1970s have long gone, but one remains. Here, our reporter looks at Northern Soul and a remarkable film that celebrates a subculture that has endured in Scotland for ...
As Northern Soul celebrates its 40th birthday, The Culture Show investigates the unique power of the 1970s subculture – one that still inspires fans today. It’s 40 years since the first Northern Soul ...
People who frequented clubs in the north of England during the 1970s will no doubt remember the tones of Northern Soul music that became the soundtrack of the nightlife scene during the period. The ...
Steve Coogan makes a comic cameo in writer-director Elaine Constantine's low-budget love letter to a feverish musical subculture that flourished in 1970s Britain By Stephen Dalton Northern Soul Still ...
It is my first experience of time travel, and a little unsettling. It is a grey autumn morning in 2012 when we park near the Swinton Palais, a faded dance hall in Salford, but when I walk inside I am ...
Fifty years ago this weekend, the Wigan Casino nightclub hosted the first of its legendary all-nighters, which made it the epicentre of the Northern Soul scene. As midnight approached every Saturday, ...
Never the most stable band on the planet, The Verve finished touring their debut album ‘A Storm In Heaven’ in 1993 as a band on the brink. In the three years since their first gig in Wigan’s ...
An infectious dance video filmed at a northern soul club in Sheffield has been viewed nearly four million times on social media. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Star, you can get ...