KENNY BURRELL bio:
Started collecting soul records (motown) in 1964 aged 11. I didn't know it was soul music simply that I liked it. Leaving school in 1970 I attended clubs until 1974 quite local which played this "black" music. In 1974 I heard of a soul club in Edinburgh called "The Grosvenor" and it was here I along with friends met a lad who talked of Wigan Casino. First trip to Wigan hooked me into this culture and I continued going to Wigan and The Grosvenor until 1979 when I stopped to focus on business and my family. I collected records during these years mainly the common/popular ones and I returned to the scene in 1990 and started collecting the rarer and newer (to me) sounds. In 1994 I started DJing with local clubs then invited to some English ones and from 1996 all over the UK. 1997 I had a lot of publicity by purchasing Frank Wilson's "Do I love you" for a 'record' £15,000 and since then have acquired many of the worlds rarest and exciting northern soul sounds. Over the past 10 years I have been at all the UK's main venues plus eg Gothenburg, New York, Rimini Djing and enjoying this great music. I will probably give up Djing at the end of 2008 (other than Scotland) but I'll never lose my taste for the music.
(K. Burrell 2008)
ROMA SOUL CITY ALLNIGHTER
USEFUL INFORMATIONS:
VENUE
Galleria dei Serpenti
– via dei Serpenti 32 (situated in the very heart of Rome between Colosseo and via Nazionale)
See map : http://www.visual.paginegialle.it/?ind=via%20dei%20serpenti&
amp;dv=roma&qs=&l=1&form=0&tipo=0&idp=&a
mp;cf=61&cb=0
ACCOMODATIONS
Check those internet sites for Bed and Breakfast nearby the venue (Monti neighbourhood)
http://it.venere.com/bed_and_breakfast_roma/
http://www.bed-and-breakfast.it/citta_zona.cfm?citta=Roma&am
p;zona=Monti&IDregione=7
http://www.bedbreakfastroma.it/
FLIGHTS
Visit www.ryanair.com, www.easyjet.com for low cost flights to Rome (Ciampino)
Please note: taxi ride from Ciampino airport to Rome center (and return) have a fixed charge of 30 euros. Ask for it and beware of scam.
RESTAURANTS, WINE BARS AND PUBS
(Marco’s Choice)
Wine Bars
Gusto Osteria
– via della Frezza (Ara Pacis 06.3226273)
Traditional dishes, extensive cheese selection, huge wine list in a friendly, youngish atmosphere.
Palatium
– via Frattina 94 (Piazza di Spagna 06.69202132)
Lazio’s region official wine bar with a lot of local wines by glass accompanied by traditional roman cuisine.
Roscioli
– via dei Giubbonari 21 (Campo de Fiori 06.6875287)
A food hall that makes you dream and a wine bar that serve first class food to match with the best of italian wines.
Restaurants – Pubs
Enoteca Corsi
– via del Gesù 87 (Piazza Venezia 06.6790821)
Enoteca that for lunch only offers few, good roman dishes in a traditional setting.
Matricianella
– via del Leone 2 (Campo Marzio 06.6832100)
A reliable restaurant with classical dishes in the very center of the city.
Bir & Fud
– via Benedetta 23 (Trastevere 06.5894016)
10 artisan italian beer on draught plus a list of 300 worldwide beers to accompany a home made pizza and other delicacies.
Ma che c’è siete venuti a fÃ
– via Benedetta 25 (Trastevere 06.97275218)
A football pub with a 12 artisan and hard to find beer on draught. Here is all about beer and football.
