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Outside status, inside track – celebrating the continuing rise of Stone Foundation, with Neil Sheasby
For a fourth straight album release, Stone Foundation managed to score a top-40 hit last weekend, despite no major label backing, this eight-piece Midlands-based soul band entering the UK charts at No.27 with Outside Looking In, following similar success for … Continue reading
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Tagged Laville, Melba Moore, Neil Jones, Neil Sheasby, paul weller, Stone Foundation, Sulene Fleming
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Stone Foundation / Steve Brookes – Guildford Boileroom
We’ve clearly still got some way to go with this bastard virus, and I’m not likely to go easy on preventative measures as we look for a continued safe return to the joy of live music and all that. But … Continue reading
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Tagged Boileroom, guildford, Neil Jones, Neil Sheasby, Outside Looking In, Steve Brookes, Stone Foundation, The Jam, The Sha La La's
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Searching for a love supreme – in conversation with Stone Foundation’s Neil Jones
It’s landing a fair few months later than planned, but Midlands-based soul collective Stone Foundation are finally set to release their latest studio album. And for these ears it’s possibly their best yet. Is Love Enough? is now due out … Continue reading
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Tagged Andy Codling, Atherstone, Bettye Lavette, Carleen Anderson, Charles Rees, Coventry, Dookie Squad, Dr. Robert, Durand Jones, Ernie McKone, Everybody Anyone, Graham Parker, Hamish Stuart, Is Love Enough?, Laville, Lynval Golding, Mavis Staples, Mick Talbot, Mr Memory, Neil Jones, Neil Sheasby, Nuneaton, paul weller, Peter Capaldi, St Ives, Steely Dan, Steve White, Stone Foundation, Street Rituals, Style Council, Sulene Fleming, Tamworth, The Specials
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From Circular Quay to Monks Road and onwards – back in touch with Dr Robert about The Blow Monkeys
While sleet, high winds and plenty of rain battered my adopted Lancashire and Spanish intruder Storm Jorge followed in the wake of his pals Brendan, Ciara and Dennis, I found Robert Howard, aka Dr Robert, at home near Granada, enjoying … Continue reading
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Tagged Circular Quay, Curtis Mayfield, Digging Your Scene, Dr. Robert, Flatlands, Granada, King's Lynn, Kym Mazelle, Mick Anker, Monks Road Social, Neville Henry, paul weller, Realms of Gold, Robert Howard, Stone Foundation, Sydney, The Blow Monkeys, The Wild River
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Another year over … a new one just begun – WriteWyattUK’s live story of 2019
As December 30th became December 31st, we slipped into Ramones Night apparently, the seminal NYC punk outfit’s ’20-20-24 hours to go’ from 1978’s ‘I Wanna Be Sedated’ neatly reinterpreted. And that, subliminally – as is the case with a lot … Continue reading
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Tagged AVA, Beabadoobee, Big Country, BOB, Buzzcocks, Edwyn Collins, Fisherman's Friends, Fontaines D.C., Geno Washington, Glenn Tilbrook, Icicle Works, London Calling, Mott the Hoople, Neil Innes, Neville Staple, Nouvelle Vague, Penetration, Pete Shelley, Pip Blom, Ramones, Reverend and The Makers, Richard Hawley, Robert Forster, Rutles, Skids, Steve Harley, Stone Foundation, The Amber List, The Chesterfields, The Clash, The Selecter, The Sha La La's, The Suncharms, The Undertones, The Wedding Present, Vinny Peculiar, Wilko Johnson
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Stone Foundation – Manchester Gorilla
The idea was to take the soul train to Manchester on Friday night, but Northern Rail shenanigans put paid to that, the state of the nation’s railways more ‘What’s Going On?’ than ‘People Get Ready’ right now, discussions over whether … Continue reading
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