Cyprus, Spain, & The Dubai Sunshine, And ‘Soultasia’ Festival On Next Year’s Horizon
Sampson Lived In Brockley South East London (Near Crofton Park & The Famous Rivoli Ballroom) For Many Years Before Moving Back To Leicester (After Teaching At John Roan School In Greenwich And Sedgehill School Too).
Amazingly, Recently At One of His Gigs (At Pizza Express Live In Holborn, Known For It’s Soul & Jazz Nights) He Met A Promoter of A Soul Music Festival, Who Comes From That Neck of The Woods Too. That Is Esther Austin Who Promotes The Soultasia Festival. It’s A Big Soul Festival That Happens Across The Country. The Likes of Shalamar, The Real Thing, Frieda Payne From The States, Leee John From Imagination, Junior Giscombe, Omar. They Have Big Bands At The Different @Souttasia Open Air Events.
Esther Austin Is The Promoter & Founder of A New Magazine Called ‘Turning Point’ Which Will Be At Available @Souttasia Festivals Taking Place Across Both Britain And America.
TO.P: So Are You Playing In Soultasia This Year?
RS: “We’re Not Playing In It This Year Because We’ve Only Just Been Introduced To It, But The Agent Has Now Put Us In For Next Year.“
“Now The Lockdown’s Over, We’re Going Back To Have Some Fun!”
As It’s The Day Before He Flies Out With Soul Kinda Wonderful For A Ten Day Tour of Cyprus, Their Second Such Tour To This Part of The World, We Leave Him To Get Ready.
Since This Interview (In June 2023, Which We’re Sharing Especially For Black History Month 2023 And Windrush75.Org) We’ve Enjoyed Hanging Out With Richie And The Band At Boisdales London (On September 1st 2023) Watching Their Performance And Talking To The Musicians (See Our September Issue). And Now He’s Off To Spain For A Show On October 21st (See Photo Gallery Above). The Man With The Moves Is Still On The Move And Getting Into The Groove!
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