808-orchestrate: Rowetta and the Haçienda Classical, British Ideas Corporation, 2016
When Rowetta joined the Happy Mondays in 1990, not only did she bring the Mancunian masters of indie-dance crossover a more soulful presence, she provided additional visual stimulus to a band that was already pretty watchable in the first place: cos the Mondays had Bez! With her dominatrix toughness and body hugging bondage attire, Rowetta arrived…
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