RSG to write soul column for Shindig Magazine

Ready Steady Go writer Paul Ritchie (aka Soulboy_69) is to become the new soul and funk columnist for ace retro mag Shindig!

If you've not yet checked out Shindig! make sure you do fast!!! If you are fan of sixties psych, garage, beat, powerpop and soul - this is the mag for you! Glossy, colourful and packed with amazing stories, pictures and interviews. It is a fantastic read from cover to cover. You will not find a more comprehensive mag in the UK to cover the music we love. Pop down to your nearest WH Smiths or Borders and pick up a copy today. Better still get a subscription!

Our first column should be appearing very soon. Watch this space for further details.

Shindig! is now available in WH SMITHS and BORDERS all across the UK. See www.volcanopublishing.co.uk/shindig/shindigstockists.html for details. We can also be bought anywhere in the world via a cheap and easy subscription. www.volcanopublishing.co.uk/shindig.

Eddie Bo new release on Vampisoul

Eddie Bo is one of the funk icons. Ace re-issue label Vampisoul are set to release a brilliant retrospective due on March 3rd 2008. The New Orleans funkateer was a perfomer, composer, and producer on many funk classics, many of which we regularly spin at our ready steady go club nights. The compilation will be available on vinyl and CD and will include tracks from his early and formative years to the present days, including both his own recordings and his productions for other artists. The package will include a massive essay, biography, and liner notes penned by journalist/specialist Bryce White. In the meantime, for more on Eddie Bo, check out Radio Leeds’ very own DJ James “down in the grooves” Addyman’s tribute to the great man himself in our RSG archive.

You can pre-order the CD here but I’ll be going for the vinyl myself!