Barry, I know you're light-years in distance away in Yorkshire but you should try the Soulful Sessions in Worcester, next one Sept 5th, for a good cross section and mix of Soul Music from the 7t's thru to today's new sounds. Then there's always Soulfusion Soulnites based down in Gloucester on Sept 20th if you want to hear Colin Curtis playing a 'no-hold-barred' Soul set, been too long since Colin visited us
The term Modern is really only used to mean 'not Northern', do people give the same reaction to R&B? It's all Soul Music and that means it spans from the 5t's thru to today, which is fan-bloody-tastic cos we have so much to choose from. Northern will always be the primary force on the British Soul Scene, which leaves all the other types/flavours to run smaller venues/events either with or away from the bigger Northern events.
Both Marc and Roger are right in there replies, nice one boys