Monday 29 August 2016

My dad, Moon the loon: Keith Moon's daughter talks about growing up with The Who legend


The Who reschedules Sheffield show reports The Star


The Small Faces and the Kinks Johnnie Walker's Long Players, Series 6 Episode 4 of 6


Emma-Rosa Dias - The Devil


Jumeirah Carlton Tower celebrates its swinging sixties heritage with a unique exhibition showcasing ‘Sixties Knightsbridge Style’


PICTURES: Brighton Mod Weekender Brighton UK 28th August 2016 - Thousands of mods and their scooters in Brighton today for the Bank Holiday Weekend as they attend the annual Mod Weekender event on the seafront Photograph taken by Simon Dack


Hundreds of Mods descend on Brighton reports ITV News


The Spitfires – A Thousand Times review: brazen jauntiness nods to Paul Weller


Quickfire with the Kinks frontman Ray Davies


Paul Weller's former Send home goes on the market for £625,000


Friday 19 August 2016

BBC Coventry & Warwickshire interview Paul Hooper-Keeley of The Threads & Deep Six (12 minutes in to the show)


SA Rock 'n' Soul Pioneer Rudy Tee Gonzales Recruits King Pelican, Plays Squeezebox


First Trailer: “Hidden Figures”


Northern soul night planned for Haworth reports the Keighley News


West and Ward back as Batman and Robin


The effort behind ensuring American Girl’s new Detroit doll captures black experience in 1960


Groovy sixties fashion swings again in The 1960s Look


ROLLING STONES AND THE WHO MANAGER HONOURED


How a Urine Shortage Almost Ruined the ‘Who’s Next’ Cover Shoot


We chat to the stars of Sunny Afternoon as The Kinks musical prepares to head to the Orchard Theatre in Dartford reports News Shopper


35 Years Ago: The Kinks Enter the ’80s With ‘Give the People What They Want’


'The Devil' - a short film celebrating fashion, music and Mod subculture narrated by Paul Weller


Watch it here this time next week!

‘The Devil’ a short film for Channel 4 Random Acts

A celebration of fashion, music and Mod subculture; 'The Devil' truly is in the detail in this claustrophobic look into a timeless British scene as real Mods from the 60s, 80s and the 21st century come together for a night out. Narrated by Paul Weller, Produced and Directed by Emma-Rosa Dias.

Mods vs Rockers dalam "Warna Warni Indonesia Satu"


Thursday 18 August 2016

Looking back with the ultimate R’n’B survivor – the Wilko Johnson interview


Help Blues Legend Henry Gray


91 year old blues icon and WWII Veteran Henry Gray lost his home and everything he owns to historic flooding that has devasted many Louisiana communities. He is safe and in good health but stated yesterday "I have lost everything." Henry is now displaced, please help him recover.

Henry is one of the last remaining links to the formation of the postwar Chicago Blues of the late 40s and early 50s. He participated in many of the defining recordings of this genre in sessions with Howlin' Wolf, Jimmy Reed, Little Walter, Jimmy Rogers and many others. He received a Grammy Award nomination for his album ‘A Tribute to Howlin' Wolf’ released on Telarc Records. That same year he played for Mick Jagger's 55th birthday celebration in Paris. During the last thirty years, Henry has performed at virtually all New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festivals and every Baton Rouge Blues Festival since its inception. Henry was featured along with Ray Charles, Dr. John, Pinetop Perkins and Dave Brubeck in Clint Eastwood's "Blues Piano" which was part of Martin Scorsese's seven part series, "The Blues.” Henry was awarded the 2006 National Heritage Fellowship Award by the National Endowment for the Arts which is the nation's top honor for a folk artist. Henry is still a vibrant performer, rocking festival stages around the globe and earning numerous recent awards and nominations. But at his core Henry is simply a musician who earnestly loves to wholeheartedly share his craft with audiences large and small. How daunting it must be for a 91 year old to have to restart his humble life. Any donations large or small will make a difference.

The Delta Groove label released Gray’s latest studio effort with Bob Corritore called ‘The Blues Won’t Let Me Take My Rest.’

Help spread the word

Wednesday 17 August 2016

BREAKING NEWS: Mod Super Groups to play Cambridge on 4th February 2017



Musicians who have played in The Chords, Purple Hearts, Long Tall Shorty, The Rage, The Moment, The Risk, Makin' Time, The Threads, The Upper Fifth and Rudie & The Revolvers will be playing at The Corner House in Cambridge on Saturday 4th February 2017 under their current monikers of Speakeasy and Deep Six.

Advance tickets priced at £10 will be available from Paul Sawtell (The Alley Club) shortly.

Speakeasy are currently recording their third album, whilst Deep Six have their debut 'Full Fathom Four' 7" vinyl EP released by Heavy Soul! Records later this month.

This is going to be a unique and fantastic night so book your tickets early to avoid disappointment.

Monday 15 August 2016

Tom Hingley & the Kar-Pets to play The Ruby Lounge in Manchester on Friday 16th December

14 Marvellous Black and White Photos of Carnaby Street in the 1960s


BREAKING NEWS: Deep Six & The Five Faces announce Brentwood Essex gig for Friday 20th January 2017


 
The Essex Arms
Warey Hill
Brentwood
Essex
CM14 5HA
 
Tickets £8 in advance or £10 on the door

NEW WAVE HITMAKERS THE VAPORS PLAY DUBLIN'S OPIUM ROOMS


RETRO RIDES IN THE AHMEDABAD MIRROR


Quadrophenia & Dance Craze: Mod Movie Night Double Feature


Ray Davies: The Kinks got banned from playing in Altrincham for smuggling in fish and chips


Legendary tracks of British rock revived for Bolton Live


Dr Bird 'live' at The Workshop, 243 Old Street, London, on Saturday 20th August

Janan Ganesh: The Stylish Mods in The Financial Times


Sunday 14 August 2016

Paul Hooper-Keeley of Deep Six to be interviewed on BBC Radio Coventry & Warwickshire at 12.15pm today & the new Deep Six single has been added to the playlist.

Paul Hooper-Keeley of Deep Six will be on BBC Radio Coventry & Warwickshire on their 60s show that starts at 12pm today. PHK will be interviewed at 12.15pm talking about all things Mod (thanks to Paul 'Smiler' Anderson).

BBC Radio Coventry & Warwickshire have confirmed that they have added 'No I Haven't A Clue' from the Deep Six 'Full Fathom Four' EP to the show's playlist.

BBC Coventry and Warwickshire is the BBC Local Radio service serving the City of Coventry and the county of Warwickshire. The station broadcasts on 94.8, 103.7 and 104 MHz FM, DAB Digital Radio and is streamed on the internet via the BBC Website.

If you can, please message the radio station on their social media after the show to support Deep Six. The link you need is: -
 
http://bbc.in/2bmBvLK

Thursday 11 August 2016

Paul Orwell - 'live' dates announced across Europe for September

New Book on The Jam, Now Available to Pre-order from Pledge Music


“In Echoed Steps, The Jam and a Vision Of The Albion” revisits Britain in the early 1980s through the words and pictures of The Jam. Using Derek D’Souza’s estate of rare and largely unpublished photographs, designed by ARCHIVUM’s Paul Skellett and written by Simon Wells. Both fan editions can be pre-ordered at http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/inechoedsteps with the Super Deluxe Edition limited to just 20 copies.

Only available to pre-order on PledgeMusic, there will only be 1000 copies printed and the book will not be available through traditional retail.

THE DIRECTIONS - Weekend Dancers ... Reprised Double CD on Detour Records to be released on 23rd September


WOW..... LONG OUT OF PRINT DETOUR RELEASE NOW GETS THE RE-ISSUE TREATMENT AND COMES WITH A BONUS DISC OF THE BAND PLAYING LIVE AT THE "GREYHOUND", FULHAM IN LONDON BACK IN FEBRUARY 1980. THIS AMAZING LIVE GIG WAS RECORDED PROFESSIONALLY AS IT WAS INTENDED TO HAVE BEEN RELEASED BY THEIR RECORD COMPANY AT THE TIME AND WAS EVEN ADVERTISED AS COMING SOON IN THE MUSIC PRESS.... SADLY THIS ALBUM NEVER SAW THE LIGHT OF DAY AS JOHN BURKE, THE SINGER HAD A HEAD COLD ON THE NIGHT AND THOUGHT HIS VOCALS SUFFERED BUT ON HEARING THESE RECORDINGS 30 YEARS ON HE HAS SINCE CHANGED HIS MIND AND ALLOWED US TO RELEASE THESE RECORDING AS THEY WERE INTENDED .... NOW FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, THIS HISTORIC LIVE PERFORMANCE HAS BEEN RESTORED DIRECT OFF THE MASTER TAPE AND CAN BE HEARD IN ITS FULL GLORY!!!!! 

THE ORIGINAL PRESS RELEASE FOR THE SINGLE DISC READ.....  HERE AT ‘DETOUR’ WE ARE PROUD TO PRESENT OUR JEWEL IN OUR CROWN…AFTER 15 YEARS WE HAVE FOUND THE MOST ELUSIVE AND MOST FAMOUS MOD BAND EVER DUE TO THEIR IN-FAMOUS SINGLE ‘THREE BANDS TONITE’. EVERYBODY KNEW THE SINGLE BUT HARDLY ANYBODY OWNED IT DUE TO IT’S RARITY. EVERYBODY HEARD THE STORY ABOUT ONLY 2000 COPIES BEING PRESSED AND 800 OF THEM BEING DESTROYED IN A FLOOD. WELL….FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, WE OFFER YOU THE BANDS COMPLETE STUDIO RECORDED OUTPUT INCLUDING BOTH SIDES OF THE SINGLE & COMPILATION APPEARANCES. YES, 22 TRACKS IN TOTAL, ALL RECORDED BETWEEN 1978 – 1982. IN-DEPTH SLEEVE NOTES PUT TOGETHER  BY ‘DAVE EDWARDS’ AFTER INTERVIEWING TWO MEMBERS OF THE BAND AND HAS MANY RARE PHOTOS…..NOT TO BE MISSED!!!!!

FEATURES

DISC 1

TILL THE END OF THE DAY

MY DESTINY

SUICIDE PACT

DADS BEEN NICKED AGAIN

BACK IN MY ARMS AGAIN

WEEKEND DANCERS

PLENTY OF TIME

VINNY

ON THE TRAIN TO MY GIRL

THREE BANDS TONITE

DANGEROUS TIMES

WHAT GOES ON

LONELY WITHOUT YOU

WHEN TOMORROW COMES

IT MAYBE TOO LATE

SHE'S GONE

IF YOU’VE EVER BEEN HURT BY ME

ELLESMERE STREET

SOME BOYS

GIRL YOU'D BETTER HIDE

THE HEART OF THE CITY

SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER

DISC 2

TILL THE END OF THE DAY

WEEKEND DANCERS

TROUBLE WITH YOU

ON THE TRAIN TO MY GIRL

BACK IN MY ARMS AGAIN

CROSSING THE ABYSS

SUICIDE PACT

THREE BANDS TONITE

WEEKEND DANCERS

BACK IN MY ARMS AGAIN

£11.99 
Plus delivery

'Stay Sharp!' featuring Dr Bird & Proper at The Fiddler's Elbow, London, on Friday 9th September

Underground Blues Mod Weekend in Teramo on 28/29 April 2017


BREAKING NEWS: The Mark Three to play the IPO Festival at The Cavern, Liverpool, on Sunday 2nd June

  The Mark Three's stage times for Sunday 2nd June are: - 5.15pm The Cavern Pub 7.00pm The Cavern Club