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Soulvation is a monthly DJ night, presented by the Northern Belles (DJs Cindy & Laura), and held at The Garrison (1197 Dundas Street West @ Ossington) on the 4th Saturday of each month.
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Hard to believe it’s been a whole two weeks since...
we’ve posted a thing! Even harder to believe that I’ve completely slept on this incredible release: British funk group Cymande’s debut record. My fondness for funk took a surprisingly long...
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This single by Carolyn Crawford came out on Motown Records...
in August 1964. One of the many sweet soul ditties penned by Smokey Robinson for Motown during the 1960s, this would become Crawford’s biggest hit. The unmistakeable melancholia in the lyrics...
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Everyone wants to talk about Tina and Ike.
But nobody ever mentions their amazing back-up singers, the super-underrated Ikettes. So in honour of International Woman’s Day, here is one of Soulvation’s favourite girl groups, with an explosive Northern...
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This wouldn’t be a very good soul music blog if we...
didn’t post at least one song about gettin’ down for the first time. “Tonight’s the Night”, performed in 1974 by Betty Wright, is super sweet on top of being super sexy...