Show celebrates soul music
Gotta Lotta Soul, showing at at Rhumbelow Theatre this weekend, will celebrate the greats of the soul music genre.
RHUMBELOW Theatre in Umbilo presents Gotta Lotta Soul from Friday, 14 to Sunday, 16 July, and Friday, 21 to Sunday, 23 July.
Gotta Lotta Soul is a celebration of American soul music, boasting artists such as Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Ruth Brown, Marvin Gaye, The Temptations and Wilson Pickett, to name a few. There are also a couple of highlighted novelty artists like Ray Charles, Cab Calloway, the Blues Brothers and James Brown.
The cast consists of Durban’s very own soul man, Percy Smith on lead male vocals, firm favourite Marion Loudon on female vocals, the multi-talented Andy Turrell on guitar and drums, rock solid Jill Murraybrown on bass and musical director Calli Thomson on keyboards.
Soul music, or soul, a popular music genre that originated in the United States in the late 1950s and early 1960s, combines elements of African-American gospel music, rhythm and blues and jazz and became popular for dancing and listening in the US, where record labels such as Motown, Atlantic and Stax were influential during the Civil Rights Movement. Soul also became popular around the world, directly influencing rock music.
Take food picnic baskets. The venue opens 90 minutes before the show. Braais will be available should you wish to cook some meat.
Tickets are R150 with R130 concessions. Booking is essential through Computicket or contact Roland on 082 499 8636 or roland@stansell.za.net.
