Young Soul Rebels: A Personal History of Northern Soul
Jan 10, 2022 20:15:25 GMT
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Young Soul Rebels: A Personal History of Northern Soul
by
Stuart Cosgrove
Northern Soul is one of the most durable underground musical scenes, probably the most durable. It has survived in some shape or form since the early 1960s, with both diehards and new generations embracing its traditions. Needless to say, over the decades there have been schisms and beef too.
One man who has been involved in some shape or form since the early 1970s is Stuart Cosgrove and Young Soul Rebels: A Personal History of Northern Soul is an authoritive, informed, opinionated history of the scene since its inception to its 21st century internet-fuelled emergence into a truly global phenomenon.
Not unsurprisingly you need to have some level of interest to want to dive into this history however, for those who do, this is a fascinating and inspirational read. As a casual fan who loves dancing to Northern Soul, I captivated and it filled in many gaps in my knowledge.
Young Soul Rebels: A Personal History of Northern Soul is part social history, part soul music, and part memoir. It's fab. Each era is contextualised with reference to politics, policing, crime, drugs etc.
There's added enjoyment to be derived from pausing to go onto YouTube to checkout any songs you don't know which get highlighted, and, in my case, there was a lot of them.
4/5
Young Soul Rebels: A Personal History of Northern Soul
by
Stuart Cosgrove
Northern Soul is one of the most durable underground musical scenes, probably the most durable. It has survived in some shape or form since the early 1960s, with both diehards and new generations embracing its traditions. Needless to say, over the decades there have been schisms and beef too.
One man who has been involved in some shape or form since the early 1970s is Stuart Cosgrove and Young Soul Rebels: A Personal History of Northern Soul is an authoritive, informed, opinionated history of the scene since its inception to its 21st century internet-fuelled emergence into a truly global phenomenon.
Not unsurprisingly you need to have some level of interest to want to dive into this history however, for those who do, this is a fascinating and inspirational read. As a casual fan who loves dancing to Northern Soul, I captivated and it filled in many gaps in my knowledge.
Young Soul Rebels: A Personal History of Northern Soul is part social history, part soul music, and part memoir. It's fab. Each era is contextualised with reference to politics, policing, crime, drugs etc.
There's added enjoyment to be derived from pausing to go onto YouTube to checkout any songs you don't know which get highlighted, and, in my case, there was a lot of them.
4/5