"Souled Out"

It's been a good night as far as my visit into Central has gone, which started off with Incognito's set at Fopp. The line-up consisted of Bluey on guitar, Matt Cooper on keyboards, Francis Hilton on bass and Imaani, Tony Momrelle and Joy Rose on vocals.
The set itself consisted of the slow version of "Always There", "When The Sun Comes Down", the stunning "Step Aside" and "N.O.T." which Bluey referred to as the bands equivalent of "YMCA".

I managed to get autographs on my copy of the album not just from the band but from a few others who turned up including oddly enough James Alexandrou AKA Martin Fowler in Eastenders, who was one of two people filming the performance.
There was also Noel McKoy who's best known for performing with JTQ on their superb "Supernatural Feeling" album, and I met one of if not the finest soul DJs in the UK in the form of Peter Young from Smooth Radio who was wearing a rather loud shirt from Planet Hollywood.

I then headed up to the Jazz Cafe to see Fertile Ground who were supported by
Ashley Thomas whose band included a percussionist who played only on a wooden box and a set of cymbals. During their performance there was the arrival of another top soul DJ, this time being Sandra C who used to present on Sunday mornings on Solar Radio. I'm guessing this was her birthday treat this year in the same way the Rebirth gig was around two years ago and it was good to see how both her and husband Kev were getting on.
The gig itself was brilliant with Navasha Daya dressed in a lovely silky dress and really showing her moves during the performance and we got a great selection of songs including "Seasons Change", "Live In The Light" and "Be Natural".

By the time I got back to halls I noticed another bonfire taking place, ironically placed at the fire assembly point.
It wasn't long before Jackie Chan came up with a bucket of water to extinguish the fire but that didn't stop the chaos going on as Michael one of the commercial music students managed to jump over a tall bush with plenty of encouragement and the flat nearby decided to have a bit of the party although the only tune they were playing was "Sun Is Shining" by Bob Marley.

As for the rest of this week, today consists of the dissertation deadline party at the Undercroft, Friday sees Smoke Radio taking over the Sports Cafe in Central London and on Sunday I'll be heading up to Slough to see Stephen Howie (under the DJ name of Tony Ryan) present the Soul Cellar show on Time 106.6 which should be enjoyable.

It's definitely the busiest but enjoyable of all months within each year at Uni.