Soul Unsigned
With Phil Driver in association with QFM 94.3
I’m a member of numerous soul music related websites and forums, many of which are great sources of information on new and unsigned artists. Unfortunately, some of the forums are frequented by 50-year old “soul anoraks” who spend all day (and night) arguing about the meaning of the term “modern soul”. Apparently, to many, modern soul refers to anything released after December 31st 1969.
Quite how a track released on Jan 1st 1970 can still be called “modern” in 2009 is beyond me. However, I’m reliably informed that it was called “modern” back then, and that’s why it’s still called modern today. If we follow that logic, then I’ll have to start calling my nephew’s battered old Mk III Golf GTi his “new shape” Golf GTi, because that’s exactly what VW called it when it was launched in 1992.
Personally, I don’t get bogged down with the terminology that fills the black music scene. A new name is invented every month to try and differentiate the latest form of house/dance music from the fifty already in existence. Call me boring, but I just play “soul music”. It’s probably not the right term for it, but I’d rather spend my time hunting down new music than worrying about what to call it.
Tune in to the Soul Unsigned show on QFM every Thursday at 18:00 (repeated at 11:00 every Sunday morning) for a selection of the best independent soul music from around the world.
New Soul Unsigned CD
Volume 2 picks up where its predecessor left off – featuring 14 tracks that we’ve played on the QFM radio show.
You can hear samples of all the tracks and purchase the CD on the Soul Unsigned website.
