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Heath and I also used to work as stewards there when we were students, so we have both been lucky enough to witness some incredible and educational stuff there. Of all the venues you’ve been to, which is your favourite?Į: The Royal Albert Hall, it's an obvious one but the place is drenched in history, it's absolutely beautiful and people who go there to properly watch and listen. If I was allowed, I’d also invite Bob Mortimer. S: One hour in stitches down the pub with Tommy Cooper. If you could spend an hour with anyone from history?Į: Probably my Grandparents who I never got to meet (as they passed away before I was born) It would be nice to meet them and ask them questions about their youth and the war and find out a bit more about what my Dad was like as a young nipper. S: The soul scene for sure! Discovering this music has given us both so many opportunities to DJ, dance and meet the people who are our best mates now. My link with the Northern Soul scene has opened up so many exciting opportunities for me and has enabled me to meet and work with so many interesting people. The Godfather of Soul!Į: Northern Soul is the main one for me - When I first moved to London I just started getting into NS and I started going to nights to watch people dance and hear/learn more about the music and it was then I started meeting like-minded people who have now become some of my best mates.
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His energy and stage presence was like no other artist at the time and he influenced the writing of many great artists prior to him. I never had the privilege of seeing him live but I would love to go back in time and see one of his tireless performances at The Apollo back in the ’60s. It makes the hairs on my arms stand on end so to have been watching that live must have been mind-blowing! James Brown. S: Nina Simone at Newport Jazz Festival in 1960, not only would I love to have been at that festival at the time but seeing videos Nina’s performance on that stage is outstanding. Oasis (in their prime), because I can imagine the after-party would be decent. Amy’s music was a great example of how if soul music is given the right platform to be heard, it can be enjoyed by a generation of young people who might not have necessarily realised they would be into it. She came and she conquered, and so effortlessly. If you could be on the line up with any two bands in history?Į: Amy Winehouse - I find the way Amy Winehouse came along and got the young generation listening and responding to soul music, in a very pop-driven culture, very inspiring. I was also really chuffed that she played 'Where Is The Love?' which has become a bit of a record box classic for me now. S: Betty Wright at The Barbican last year was incredible! I missed the last tour she did so was waiting for so long for her to tour again. It was an emotional gig, but I think that which made it so special. For me, that was a very special gig because I was listening and watching in a very different way. I had also recently lost my Dad at the time, and he sang 'Wish You Were Here' and it really struck a chord with me. Sophie Heath: Born and raised in Wolverhampton, before moving to London in 2009, where Emma and I met at university.Į: We were lucky enough to warm up for Lee Fields when he did his London show at the Electric Ballroom which made this gig even more special and enjoyable for us. Emma Noble: I grew up on a farm in Southampton, Hampshire, but moved to London to study and have been living here for 11 years now.