Cover of The Groove Lounge No. 003: The Crossing
New show · No. 003

The Crossing

British Soul, 1977–2024

“From Birmingham to Canterbury, British soul didn't copy America — it absorbed it, melted it down, and found something entirely its own.”

Neo-soul before anyone had named it. Omar.
Simone
Simone laughing in front of her record shelves
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Hello, I’m Simone.

A South London broadcaster, digger and soul obsessive with two decades in record shops and late-night listening rooms. I grew up in Brixton with a mother who played Marvin Gaye on Sundays and explained every record like it was a story worth carrying.

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