Lee Fields & The Expressions have been announced to perform at Gorilla, Manchester next Wednesday 24th January, with special guests.
Embarking on his 43rd year of his career, this legendary soul revival artist is not be missed. “In a curious case of musical evolution, the older Fields becomes, the closer he gets to perfecting the sound of soul that he grew up with as a young man,” so said music writer, scholar, and DJ Oliver Wang about Fields in a piece for NPR in July 2009.
Ever since releasing his first single in 1969, the North Carolina native has amassed a prolific catalog of albums, has releases on twelve different record labels, and having toured the world over with his raucous-yet-tender voice, it’s mind-blowing that the music he’s making today with Brooklyn’s own Truth & Soul Records is the best of his career.
With a catalogue that ranges from James Brown-style funk to lo-fi blues to contemporary Southern soul to collaborations with French house DJ/producer Martin Solveig, Lee Fields has done it all.
Tickets for the event are available to buy online at www.thisisgorilla.com.
