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Rock's Backpages is the world's most comprehensive online database of pop music writing, a unique resource unavailable elsewhere online. It contains an
ever-expanding collection of primary-source full-text articles from the music and mainstream press from the 1950s to the present day, along with a collection of
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Rock's Backpages is the world's most comprehensive online database of pop music writing, a unique resource unavailable elsewhere online. It contains an
ever-expanding collection of primary-source full-text articles from the music and mainstream press from the 1950s to the present day, along with a collection of
exclusive audio interviews.
Subscriptions to Rock’s Backpages are available for institutional or personal use.
For institutions, Rock's Backpages is provided as an unlimited access subscription, meaning that all staff, students and library patrons have
unrestricted remote and on-site access to each text and audio file in the database. For full terms, please click here.
Please visit our Institutional Subscriptions page for further information and to arrange for a trial or quote.
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Welcome to the world's largest archive of music journalism, featuring over 50,000 articles on artists from Aaliyah to ZZ Top, with a new edition every Friday. Enter the library...
The B.I.G. time: Sonia Poulton chats with the Notorious B.I.G. on a hip hop tour of Europe (Muzik, 1996) and William Shaw reports on the "bitter rivalry" between Biggie's New York and Tupac's L.A. (Observer, 1996). Plus Michael A. Gonzales learns about Biggie's murder after listening to Life After Death for the first time.
Pagan poet: Björk talks to The Wire's David Toop about Icelandic landscapes, her wondrous new Vespertine... and dining with David Attenborough (March 2001).
It's oh so quiet: Andrew Smith, author of newly-published "coding odyssey" Devil in the Stack, asks Björk about the Post album (Ray Gun, 1995), talks to Tricky and Martina Topley-Bird (The Face, 1996) and hits the European highway with Radiohead (Observer, 2000). Plus Pat Kane reviews Andrew's 2012 "dotcom swindle" saga Totally Wired for The Independent.
Before I let go: Frankie Beverly (1946-2024) talks to Blues & Soul's John Abbey in 1977 and NME's Barney Hoskyns meets Beverly's "funk-lite" band Maze in London in 1982. Plus Phil Sutcliffe asks session supremo Herbie Flowers (1938-2024) about Clive Dunn's 'Grandad' and Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds in 2005 and Maureen Cleave meets R&B stalwart Zoot Money (1942-2024) in 1965.
The B.I.G. time: Sonia Poulton chats with the Notorious B.I.G. on a hip hop tour of Europe (Muzik, 1996) and William Shaw reports on the "bitter rivalry" between Biggie's New York and Tupac's L.A. (Observer, 1996). Plus Michael A. Gonzales learns about Biggie's murder after listening to Life After Death for the first time.
It's oh so quiet: Andrew Smith, author of newly-published "coding odyssey" Devil in the Stack, asks Björk about the Post album (Ray Gun, 1995), talks to Tricky and Martina Topley-Bird (The Face, 1996) and hits the European highway with Radiohead (Observer, 2000). Plus Pat Kane reviews Andrew's 2012 "dotcom swindle" saga Totally Wired for The Independent.
Before I let go: Frankie Beverly (1946-2024) talks to Blues & Soul's John Abbey in 1977 and NME's Barney Hoskyns meets Beverly's "funk-lite" band Maze in London in 1982. Plus Phil Sutcliffe asks session supremo Herbie Flowers (1938-2024) about Clive Dunn's 'Grandad' and Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds in 2005 and Maureen Cleave meets R&B stalwart Zoot Money (1942-2024) in 1965.
Making waves: Mark Leviton talks to Terry Reid about his new album Rogue Waves, 1973's classic River and supporting the Rolling Stones at 15 (BAM, December 1978).
Pagan poet: Björk talks to The Wire's David Toop about Icelandic landscapes, her wondrous new Vespertine... and dining with David Attenborough (March 2001).
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Andrew Smith on A.I., coding and Björk
