Iconic British brand Marshall, the world’s most famous & revolutionary amp producer, celebrates its Golden Anniversary year ...

Martha Highs' impeccable soul credentials are beyond question. She was a member of The Jewels, who in the mid 60's were part of The James Brown Revue, & also released two 45s produced by James Brown, Although The Jewels eventually disbanded, Martha continued to be a part of the live James Brown show for the next 30 years! It's Martha's voice that graces JB classics such as ' Say It Loud
- I'm Black & I'm Proud' & ' The Big Payback' amongst many others.

She also recorded a solo album, for Salsoul Records in 1979, also produced by Soul Brother Number 1, which added a touch of soulful disco to her enviable array of singing talents.

In 1995, Martha was invited to tour with ex JB sax master Maceo Parker, joining another former James Brown band member " Sweet Charles" Sherrell in an incredible, feisty line up that is touring to this day. After featuring on Freestyle mainstays Speedometers' 2011 album ' The Shakedown', & touring with the b&, leader Leigh Gracie & Martha formulated the idea for her to record an album on which she would re-interpret some classics, & give a new angle to some more contemporary funk & soul compositions.

' Soul Overdue' is an incredibly apt title for a project that has been over 40 years in the making, & it shows that Martha's' voice remains undiminished, her youthful vocal clarity & style quite simply dazzles, as she shows a host of young pretenders the way it should be done!






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Martha Reeves & the Vandellas + DJ Kenny Lee playing all your soul & motown favourites.

Direct from the USA, soul

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Martha Tilston is a captivating performer, an enchanting singer-songwriter blessed with a gloriously clear & seductively ...

As the lead guitarist for Jethro Tull, Martin Barre has been joined at the hip to Ian Anderson since 1969, when he replaced Mick Abrahams in the group’s lineup. His playing has provided much of the energy that allows the band to soar on record & in concert amid the beauty of Anderson’s melodies & the complexity of his lyrics, & played no small part in helping the veteran band (some would say “dinosaur”) win the 1988 Grammy for Best Hard Rock Album for Crest of a Knave. Anderson himself has been"ed as saying, “ Without Martin Barre, Jethro Tull could not exist.”

Barre’s solo work was confined to his home studio until he assembled a band to play some charity gigs in the early 1990s. Since then, he has recorded a pair of albums that allow him to stretch out in directions that Tull normally doesn’t permit, & to put his instrument into new sounds, genres, & musical contexts.

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As the lead guitarist for Jethro Tull, Martin Barre has been joined at the hip to Ian Anderson since 1969, when he replaced Mick Abrahams in the group’s lineup. His playing has provided much of the energy that allows the band to soar on record & in concert amid the beauty of Anderson’s melodies & the complexity of his lyrics, & played no small part in helping the veteran band (some would say “dinosaur”) win the 1988 Grammy for Best Hard Rock Album for Crest of a Knave. Anderson himself has been"ed as saying, “ Without Martin Barre, Jethro Tull could not exist.”

Barre’s solo work was confined to his home studio until he assembled a band to play some charity gigs in the early 1990s. Since then, he has recorded a pair of albums that allow him to stretch out in directions that Tull normally doesn’t permit, & to put his instrument into new sounds, genres, & musical contexts.

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As the lead guitarist for Jethro Tull, Martin Barre has been joined at the hip to Ian Anderson since 1969, when he replaced Mick Abrahams in the group’s lineup. His playing has provided much of the energy that allows the band to soar on record & in concert amid the beauty of Anderson’s melodies & the complexity of his lyrics, & played no small part in helping the veteran band (some would say “dinosaur”) win the 1988 Grammy for Best Hard Rock Album for Crest of a Knave. Anderson himself has been"ed as saying, “ Without Martin Barre, Jethro Tull could not exist.”

Barre’s solo work was confined to his home studio until he assembled a band to play some charity gigs in the early 1990s. Since then, he has recorded a pair of albums that allow him to stretch out in directions that Tull normally doesn’t permit, & to put his instrument into new sounds, genres, & musical contexts.

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