‘Voices of East Anglia’ is a blog set up by a gang of four contributors, three from Newmarket and one from Norwich, the name is a twist on The 70s soul group ‘The Voices of East Harlem.’ They provide an alternative view on popular culture and search that bit deeper to find interesting articles in forgotten pockets, like looking for rare gems in a record shop.

“We started ‘Voices of East Anglia’ after the four of us would send each other emails with various links to interesting stuff, then we decided why not put it in blog form? Three of us were involved in the Mod and soul scene in the 80s/90s and one is an ex raver/hip-hopper sort. We thought it would be a good idea to have a blog that would appeal to an older crowd.”

“As old mods and soulies we've seen enough articles and pictures of targets, Weller, The Small Faces and Wigan Casino to last a lifetime so thought we would produce a sort of alternative.”

After we discovered some great old Brutus imagery on their blog we gave the voices access to parts of the extensive Brutus archive to feature, it’s great to see the old imagery dissected into order and all in one place.

They will be posting up new material from the archive as they search through our years of heritage, we look forward to seeing what they pull out of the bag next. Check the first post on Brutus photoshoots from the 70s/80s here:

http://www.voicesofeastanglia.com/2012/01/brutus-fashion-photoshoots.html