Various - A Cellarful Of Motown! …A Northern Soul Love AffairThe title says it all A Cellarful Of Motown! .. A Northern Soul Love Affair. West Grand has been set up to mine the deep vaults of mighty Motown courtesy of a licence deal with Universal Music. The first West Grand LP fuses two musical religions, Motown and Northern Soul. In some ways they are unlikely bedfellows. Motown became known as Hitsville by churning out hit after hit, while Northern Soul passion is fired by a constant search for the unknown

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Guitarist/vocalist Matt Kennedy is joined by a new lineup of members including Robert Vagg (Wonderfuls

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While his albums never sold in large quantities

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He leads a solid band of Memphis/ New Orleans studio heavyweights through 4 newly penned originals and a well curated list of covers

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Everyone’s Crushed is shot through with unresolved tension

they're pushed - but not squashed - down in the mix

but the band stood in danger of stagnating its sound