Freda Payne
...Band Of Gold singer Freda Payne, host of tonight's Alive With Soul: A Tribute To David Gest and Billy Paul Tour show at York Barbican
What makes vintage soul music so special, Freda?
"I tell you what, it's the best. It's the nostalgia that goes with it. It's the lyrics; you can understand what people are singing and they're all about situations pertaining to people's lives.
"And the music? It's music that makes you relax, makes you comfortable and makes you dance."
Alive With Soul: A Tribute To David Gest and Billy Paul Tour, York Barbican, tonight, 8pm; Hull City Hall, July 4. Box office: York, 0844 854 2757 or at yorkbarbican.co.uk; Hull, 01482 300300.
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