Northern soul reminds me so much of the (alive and kicking) swing dance scene.

OK if there’s a genre I’m REALLY weak on, it’s dance music in general. Read this trying to see if maybe I’ve given it undeservedly short shrift. The jury is still out on that (I’m “consuming” a ton of videos on YouTube of the suggested songs in the club playlists at the end of the book from Shoom, Paradise Garage and others) but it was a good interesting read that managed to explain to me what the heck “Northern soul” actually means (this had been an enigma to me even as an oldies fan for a long time).

I’m still in the disco era, but it’s all fascinating. What I really wish is that the book came with a soundtrack, even if only 3 tracks each from every year and genre.