BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//360exp//Calendar//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-WR-CALNAME:360exp
REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H
X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H
X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:0f56cc11-6329-4e3e-a1ed-0b879d245b3f@360exp.net
SEQUENCE:29791969
DTSTAMP:20260914T050731Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260823T204934Z
DTSTART:20261111T020000Z
SUMMARY:Jalen Ngonda: Doctrine of Love Tour with Brooke Combe
LOCATION:Thalia Hall
DESCRIPTION:Jalen Ngonda honours soul musics rich history while pushing it 
 forward into new territory\, an artist whos both archivist and explorer\, 
 a disciple of the greats actively shaping the future of music. Having spen
 t the last three years growing this new soul vision from small clubs to ar
 enas and festivals across the world Ngonda stands poised to become the new
  spokesman of authentic soul with the release of his second album Doctrine
  Of Love.Doctrine Of Love is an instant classic of an album\, a long playe
 r alive with a confidence and swagger that seals the young singers reputat
 ion as not only the spiritual heir of souls great leading men but a one-of
 f songwriting talent stepping far out from the shadows of his artistic anc
 estors. The title track Doctrine Of Love sets both the emotional tone and 
 musical template for the rest of the album\, I wrote that track when I was
  trying to do anything to get out of the studio remembers Ngonda. I was li
 stening to a lot of James Brown at the time and that was an inspiration - 
 Doctrine to me was a word no-one ever uses\, I took it to be like a certif
 icate\, the Certificate of Love - look\, I think maybe I meant doctorate\,
  but we wrote it and recorded it and now its a whole thing. The Doctrine o
 f Love is multi-faceted of course - yes\, it can be a cool word that fits 
 the song\, it can be a code\, a philosophy\, words to live by\, words to l
 ove by\, words to write some classic music by. I just write the song\, Ngo
 nda enthuses\, the listener can interpret it however they want.The differe
 nce that makes Jalen Ngonda a pioneer rather than a disciple of this soul 
 doctrine is he lives it 100%. He has an insatiable vinyl digging habit\, s
 earching for records wherever he goes in the world. His grandmother gave h
 im a shitload of Stax and Motown 45s as a teenager and that gave him the b
 ug. I listen almost exclusively to music from the 60s\, he enthuses. The 5
 0s\, the 40s. Pretty much nothing past about 1972. Records do sound slight
 ly better on an analogue system\, but its more of a behavioural thing with
  me. This extends to his effortlessly classic style\, most of it is quite 
 retro at the moment\, he admits\, that old skool thing. Who knows\, soon I
  might be dressing in baggy jeans and sneakers\, Ive kind of been feeling 
 that\, then the month after I might be dressing from the 1940s. On stage I
  dress in 1950s clothing because I want to wear something slick when Im si
 nging a slick song. The way he conducts himself on stage is an extension o
 f this\, the model of gentlemanly charm and grace\, as if hed had a crash 
 course from the legendarily rigorous Motown charm school. Hes a 21st centu
 ry modern spirit questing for vintage authenticity and the walking embodim
 ent of a classic soul gentleman\, a Marvin Gaye for the Discogs era.\n\nBo
 letos: https://www.ticketweb.com/event/jalen-ngonda-doctrine-of-love-thali
 a-hall-tickets/14967733
URL;VALUE=URI:https://360exp.net/events/0f56cc11-6329-4e3e-a1ed-0b879d245b3
 f
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR