The Soul Department are based in the West Midlands and are a nine-piece collective of first class musicians and singers, guaranteed to make the very best of your special occasion. From weddings and parties to corporate events and functions, we have an enviable reputation for professional performances and excellent sound quality, playing all the songs you know and love (and some you have forgotten!).
The band have been together for many years with performances and recommendations that do credit to our musicians and singers who give their all, time after time.
Singers
Joe is our charismatic front man and lead singer with the versatility to handle the raunchiest of numbers to the softest of ballads. Lydia is an outstanding vocalist, belting out everything from Mavis Staples to Tina Turner and beyond! In addition, a number of the band perform vocal harmonies, giving real depth and quality to the music that few bands match.
Musicians
The back line to our Department are a rock solid, four-piece foundation of top class players consisting of drums, bass, guitar and keyboards with soul in their blood. The icing on the cake comes in the form of a 3-piece horn section of two saxes and a trumpet, with the saxes doubling on baritone, tenor and alto.
Standard package of 2x45 minute sets, full professional sound and lighting, full PLI is from £1500 for events local to the West Midlands. We also offer background music between sets to save on a separate DJ, we can learn and perform your special first dance, and adapt set times to suit you and your event.
Based in Birmingham, West Midlands
= areas covered (up to 150 miles)
= free travel (up to 70 miles)
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Ain’t Too Proud To Beg
Baby, Now That I’ve Found You
Build Me Up Buttercup
Can’t Turn You Loose
Car Wash
Celebration
Dancing In The Street
Disco Inferno
Do You Love Me
Everybody Needs Somebody
Forget You
Get Ready
Gimme Some Lovin’
Green Onions
Hard to Handle
Heatwave
Higher & Higher
Hold on I’m Coming
I Feel Good I Heard It Through The Grapevine
Love Man
Love Train
Memphis Soul Stew
Midnight Hour
Isn’t She Lovely
It’s The Same Old Song
Jailhouse Rock
Knock on Wood
Land Of 1000 Dances
Let’s Stay Together
Minnie the Moocher
Mr Pitiful
Mustang Sally
My Girl
Nowhere To Run
Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag
Pick Up The Pieces
Play That Funky Music
Proud Mary
Reach Out (I’ll Be There)
Respect September
Shake a Tail Feather
Show me
Signed Sealed Delivered
Sir Duke
Soul Man
Stand By Me
Stop Her On Sight (S.O.S.)
Superstition
Sweet Home Chicago
Sweet Soul Music
Take Me to the River
Thinking Out Loud
Time Is Tight
Treat Her Right
Try A Little Tenderness
Turn On Your Love Light
Twisting The Night Away
Unchain My Heart
Uptight (Everything’s Alright)
Uptown Funk
Valerie
We require 90 minutes to setup. Performance times are typically 2 x 60 minutes, but can be adapted to accommodate any requirements.
Coventry Charity Cup
International Police Association Charity
Five Towns Theatre
RP Fighting Blindness Charity
Zoe’s Place and Myton Hospice
IGEM
Dulux Select Decorators
PAT tested
Lighting system included
Public liability insurance
DJ / background music options
PA / sound system included
Male vocalist