In this project, we were asked to create a “passion project”. After reflecting on my wide range of interests, I decided to talk about the music I grew up with, Northern Soul. As the book explains, this genre of music started when the rejected soul music in the states was picked up and discovered in the Northern cities of England. Underground clubs like the Twisted Wheel, The Torch, and Wigan Casino. My Dad was born and raised in England and grew up attending these clubs. I decided to interview him to help me with research and write the book. Given he is just as passionate as I am about music, we ended up talking for three hours. I ditched my well planned out questions and it just turned into a long but interesting conversation. After transcribing a lot of audio and fact checking things like names and dates, I put it all together in a nicely laid out book. The photography is all mine, with a few exceptions found in archives. I plan on adding more pages to this book as I dig through the audio further!