Author archive for Chris Wells

  • Maceo Takes It To The Bridge

    By Chris Wells on October 19, 2013
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    The one and only Maceo Parker has lined up two London shows at Under The Bridge next month. You...

  • Maxine Powell Dies

    By Chris Wells on October 16, 2013
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    Maxine Powell, the former leader of Motown Records’ famous ‘Finishing School’, died on Monday October 14 at the age...

  • Fela Red Hot

    By Chris Wells on October 16, 2013
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    Tuesday, October 15 would have been Afrobeat orginator Fela Kuti‘s 75th birthday, had he been still with us. It’s...

  • Kickstart CHURCH

    By Chris Wells on October 14, 2013
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    Pianist, producer and live-remixer Mark de Clive-Lowe has turned to the popular album funding website Kickstarter to finance...

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    LaTasha Lee: Soulgirl At Heart

    By Chris Wells on October 11, 2013
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    By Chris Wells Since Echoes readers can be assumed not to be au fait with the doings of Simon...

  • China Syndrome

    By Chris Wells on October 10, 2013
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    Following her acclaimed Ronnie Scott’s debut in 2012, China Moses returns for three nights in November. The daughter of jazz legend...

  • Sharon Jones Is Back!

    By Chris Wells on October 10, 2013
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    After sending us all reeling back in the spring with the news that Sharon Jones was being treated for...

  • Boxing Donny

    By Chris Wells on October 10, 2013
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    Never My Love is the title of a four-CD boxed set of Donny Hathaway material due to be released...

  • Joyce Unconfined

    By Chris Wells on October 9, 2013
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    Joyce Sims – the NYC vocalist who brought us eighties club hits like Come Into My Life and All...

  • A Little Muscle

    By Chris Wells on October 9, 2013
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    The movie-documentary Muscle Shoals will hit UK cinemas from October 25. Directed by Greg ‘Freddy’ Camalier, the film tells the story...