THE NORTHUMBERLAND HOTEL IS PROUD TO HAVE HOSTED 2 SOUL-BOY EVENTS
Taken From Edinburgh Evening News Thursday 23 Jan 2003
Life and soul of the party
Yogi Haughton

IT MAY not be as everyday a name to drop as punk, funk, hip-hop or heavy metal, but Northern Soul has been going now for almost four decades.

And while it has firmly stayed an underground cult, attendances at Northern Soul nights are as big today as they were in the golden years of the Seventies and early Eighties.

Its acolytes are still willing to travel halfway across Britain for all-night dance sessions featuring top DJs such as Richard Searling, Soul Sam and Butch.

And outside the dancehalls it is a scene with serious money involved - records changing hands for anything up to £17,000 as fervent record collectors vie to get hold of the rarest cuts. The latest event is in Edinburgh this weekend.

While the Scottish scene is not as buoyant as England’s revival of Northern Soul and its counterpart modern soul, Bumpin’ And Stompin’ has been carving out a great reputation throughout the country.

"We have people travelling from all over Scotland and the north of England for the nights now," beams co-organiser Shaz...