Martha Reeves and the Vandellas – review

Ronnie Scott's, LondonThere is a brief moment, almost at the end of her show, when Martha Reeves' voice comes into its own. As you might expect, she is singing her deathless hit Dancing in the Streets – but, unexpectedly, it happens during the song's absurdly protracted coda, when she pays tribute to her friends in the business, among them Mavis Staples. Reeves gives us a verse of the Staple Singers' funk gospel song I'll Take You There, and for those few lines allows her voice to drop an o...

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