Colin Skehan

The Northern Soul Podcast

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This episode journeys back to the Golden Era of Northern Soul, a time spanning the mid-1960s through the early 1970s when rare American soul records found a second life on British dancefloors. Before the music was labelled, it was simply about discovery — DJs unearthing forgotten recordings, dancers responding to rhythm and emotion, and clubs becoming the focal point of a growing underground culture. We explore the sound of the era through tracks that defined the scene, from deep soul ballads to uptempo floor-fillers, alongside reflections on two of the most important venues of the time:

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Colin Skehan

Episodes

Secret Soul Special : Little Ann 20.11.2025 20:22

Its a Secret Soul Special Tonight : and this time were diving into one of the most mysterious ,magical and emotional stories in all of soul music . This is the story of a woman the world missed.... a woman who recorded masterpieces that were never released... whose voice filled northern soul dance floors for decades ...Tonight we celebrate Little Ann

Out on the Floor 19.11.2025 36:50

Northern Soul has never been so popular ,people love the connection ...the uplift and that special sound of pure stomping soul. Tonight were back with a fresh selection of secret soul and a few surprises

Secret Soul 13.11.2025 55:37

Tonights episode is about Secret Soul-the rare grooves, the hidden voices ,and the stories that never fade .from basement labels to ballroom floors,these tracks still carry the heartbeat of real soul .

60s Northern Soul Classics 08.11.2025 28:13

In Tonights episode were going rare, we're going exclusive-we're on a mission a mission to bring these long lost soul tracks back into the light some of these tunes shook the dance floors some slipped through the cracks...... but all of them deserve to be heard again.

Radio Caroline & Northern Soul 15.09.2025 31:01

Radio Caroline wasn't just a pirate station .It was freedom ,It was rebellion, It was the sound of new Britain All played from the deck of a rusting ship in the North Sea It was where I first heard Motown ,Stax ,and the Soul records that soundtrack my life today .

This is British Northern soul ! 27.05.2025 28:50

Part 1 of a 3 part series ,Its Mods ,and British Northern Soul ,including Rare tracks all from the 1960s, and Colin sets the scene of Britain in the 1960s when "You never had it so Good" Download and save it before it disappears ...