SWEET SOUL MUSIC REVUE - CANCELLED
Do you like good music? Yeh, yeh. Sweet soul music? Yeh yeh.The festival’s opening night celebrates the enduring appeal of soul music. Matt Carter’s funky soul band recreates the danceable grooves and hook-laden tunes of soul classics from the 60s and 70s. Fronted by Leigh Coleman and Phoebe Jane on vocals the evening promises the blues of Etta James, the gospel of Aretha Franklin and the funk of Sam & Dave.
Matt Carter is developing a national reputation for his dynamic piano playing and creative arrangements. For this evening’s performance, he’s assembled a six piece band to include some of the region’s finest young jazz musicians. Strap in for driving rhythms alongside punchy horns to recreate the characteristic sounds of Memphis, Atlanta and Detroit.
Leigh Coleman is not known as “Soulman Coleman” for nothing! He’s worked with Joss Stone, Beverley Knight and the legendary Betty Wright in the US and is, in our opinion, one of the UK’s finest soul singers. Last year, together with Matt, he delivered one of the festival’s most memorable shows with a vibrant and passionate tribute to Stevie Wonder.
Phoebe Jane is what you get if you mix Beyonce, Jill Scott, Aretha and Etta James in one spine-tingling vocal package! She fronted ‘Joey the Lips’, one of the South’s most successful soul bands but is now concentrating on her solo career. Phoebe will lay her distinctive vocal style on serious soul classics.
With its roots in blues, R&B and gospel, soul had its heyday in the 60s and 70s and is associated with legendary record labels such as Stax, Motown, Atlantic and Chess. Artists such as Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Eddie Floyd, Carla Thomas, Booker T & the MGs and Isaac Hayes at Stax; Mary Wells, Marvin Gaye, The Four Tops, Gladys Knight,The Temptations, Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder and The Supremes at Motown; Ray Charles, Wilson Pickett, Aretha Franklin and Solomon Burke on Atlantic and Etta James and Chuck Berry at Chess.
“Phebe Jane - she’s what you get if you mix Beyonce, Jill Scott, Aretha and Etta James in one spine-tingling package”- Cut the Mustard
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Venue
Marine Theatre
Church Street
Lyme Regis
Dorset
DT7 3QB
Church Street
Lyme Regis
Dorset
DT7 3QB
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