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Last Post 5/17/2003 3:46 PM by  thestewboy
Sweet Soul Music
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thestewboy
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5/17/2003 3:46 PM
    I've always felt the Irish appreciate good songwriting in a way the Brits seem to have forgotten about. But I don't see much mention of Soul music on this site. Here in the UK right now there are some excellent Soul artists like Kevin East, Omar, Terri Walker, Beverlei Brown etc. but they only get airplay on specialist radio and coverage in the Soul press whereas all the predictable urban/R'n'B acts from the States are never off the radio. Is it the same in Ireland or do you give those sorts of artists the respect they deserve?
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    5/20/2003 8:38 AM
    Hi....there are certainly some radio stations playing that kind of soul (Jazz FM and Spin FM + others), and there are some club nights here and there - but I don't think that it's as big as it is in the UK. There's a Northern Soul scene (insular as it is) that have regular club nights/ all-nighters etc and they run some radio shows too - there is some crossover/modern soul stuff played at these but on the whole it's more 60s/70s soul. Donal Dineen does a good Soul set on Today FM 'Here Comes The Night' show every now and then too, but again he wouldn't really play modern too much in there. The Urban/R'n'B acts from the states are pretty much the staple in the media here too, so there isn't much room left for new young fresh soul acts. Pity.
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