Cultures of Soul is profiled in this month’s ABS Magazine! This is France’s premier magazine for Blues, Soul, and R&B!

If you are in the Somerville area this Sunday stop by the Independent for Cultures of Soul Giveaways and hear DJs Deano Sounds and Jay spin rare and classic soul, early R&B rockers, mambo beats, garage, and dare I say Tittyshakers!

Also we will be premiering our next Cultures of Soul 7inch release coming out in October! Besides all of this the Indo has excellent food, cocktails, and fine craft brews! More info here.

This is the definitive history of Northern Soul written by someone witnessed the scene from the beginning to today’s northern soul clubs. David Nowell takes you on a first hand journey from the early days at the Twisted Wheel to the last night at the Wigan Casino to today’s big monthly events! You can pick it up in our store at Cultures of Soul Bigcartel. You can also enter a contest to win a copy by “Liking” us on our facebook page.

Cultures of Soul Records is making their debut in Brooklyn on August 26th at Sycamore! The event is sponsored by the good people at Names You Can Trust with DJ Monk-One and E’s E! Free Cultures of Soul Giveaways, awesome craft beers, and the best whisky! Along with plenty of funk/soul/disco/jazz!

We’re going to be carrying this wonderful book that chronicles the northern soul scene from the 60s to the present. The Story of Northern Soul by David Nowell was originally printed in 2001 but David recently updated the book back in April of 2011.

Here is your chance to win this book for free! Just go to our Facebook page and “Like” us and you will be entered into the contest!

If you are in the Boston/Cambridge area next Friday, July 15th you don’t this fantastic event to celebrate the French Revolution! It’s going to be an NOLA R&B spectacular featuring our very own Jordan Valentine and the Sunday Saints! It is at TT the Bear’s Place and you can find more info here.

Thanks to PJ, Sean, and the Zuzu’s crew for an awesome night out. Plenty of Cultures releases were spun on the platters. Here are some photos.

Cultures of Soul and Deano Sounds are being featured at the Boston area’s premier soul night, Soullelujah this Saturday! Stop by to support us and grab some cool Cultures of Soul giveaways! For more info go to ZuZu.

I got back from an excellent trip to London this past week. I’ve been busy catching up so I didn’t have time to post until now. On Friday night I DJed at a new northern soul night in Stoke Newington at the Question Mark Bar called Six by Six named after the legendary Earl Van Dyke song of the same name.  It was an authentic northern soul night with all the kit. Thanks to Sean for setting it up!

Then on Saturday night we were treated to a great night of dancing and mayhem with Andy Smith and Keb Darge at their awesome Lost and Found Night! We actually checked out this night 5 years ago on our previous visit to Madame Jo Jo’s. Keb and Andy took good care of us that night! Our bourbon and cokes were never empty and we received private dance lessons from the two step master himself, Keb Darge!

On Sunday I awoke with every little sleep to head over to the secret headquarters of Solar Radio to broadcast on Soul People across London and the United Kingdom. I did some promotion for Cultures of Soul and also played some rare Boston soul records as well. I’ll be posting the archived show soon! Thanks to Kenny and Keith for this wonderful opportunity.