Curtis Mayfield was one of the dominant figures of soul music for three decades. From his breakthrough in the early sixties with The Impressions, through his ground breaking solo work in the seventies to his more mature songs in the eighties he remained a hugely influential figure. The accident that paralysed him in 1990 deprived everyone of any new work from then until his death in 1999 but his music has continued to inspire artists from across […]