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Cliff White in conversation with P-Funk chief George Clinton (Rock's Backpages Audio, 1978)
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Features and interviews
The Mirror finds out what's next for skiffle king Lonnie Donegan (Record Mirror, 1962)
Norman Jopling meets visiting Yank-about-town Kim Fowley (Record Mirror, 1966)
Tracy Thomas obtains some not-so-hot gossip from Elvis Presley's next-door-neighbour (New Musical Express, 1967)
Richard Goldstein watches the Doors at work on Waiting for the Sun (New York, 1968)
Roger St. Pierre meets expatriate ex-Drifter Clyde McPhatter in London (Top Pops, 1969)
Mike Saunders bemoans the state of rock'n'roll (Rag, The, 1971)
A profile of 'You Can Do' magicians Limmie & Family Cookin' (Black Music, 1973)
Chris Charlesworth meets the wheeler-dealers attempting to break the Bay City Rollers in America (Melody Maker, 1975)
Brian Case talks circular breathing and more with post-stroke sax maverick Rahsaan Roland Kirk (New Musical Express, 1977)
Dave McCullough sits down with Scritti Politti (Sounds, 1979)
Johnny Black is granted an early audience with Soft Cell (Smash Hits, 1981)
Ben Fong-Torres on the controversies surrounding new music-vid channel MTV (San Francisco Chronicle, 1983)
Michael Goldberg reports on the unprecendented success of Live Aid (Rolling Stone, 1985)
Howard Johnson heads to Nassau's Compass Point to interview thrash-metal muthas Anthrax (Kerrang!, 1987)
Richard North explores the club scene in New York City (New Musical Express, 1989)
More composer than drummer: Tony Scherman talks at length with Tony Williams (Musician, 1991)
Caroline Sullivan survives a somewhat tricky encounter with Brit Riot Grrrls Huggy Bear (Guardian, The, 1993)
Ira Robbins bids farewell to Bonzo Dog co-founder Vivian Stanshall (Rolling Stone, 1995)
Barbara Ellen looks back fondly on her days as a fragrant hackette at NME (Observer, The, 1997)
Ian Watson meets emerging Icelandic stars Sigur Rós in their native Reykjavik (Melody Maker, 1999)
Everett True remembers the impact of the hilarious Tom Lehrer (Tangents, 2001)
Following their first line-up change, Caroline Sullivan meets "coolest girl band in the country" (the) Sugababes (Guardian, The, 2003)
A Prairie Wind blows through Robert Sandall's interview with Neil Young (Sunday Times, 2005)
James Medd meets the four hirsute gentlemen who comprise Grinderman (Esquire, 2007)
Andrew Mueller looks back on God-fearin' bluegrass brothers Charlie and Ira Louvin (Uncut, 2009)
Johnny Black looks back with Belfast singer-songwriter/sideman Brian Kennedy (Music Week, 2010)
David Quantick discusses The Queen of Denmark and more with John Grant (Uncut, 2011)
John Lewis on the line to pint-sized hip hop feuder Lil' Kim (Metro, 2013)
Tony Russell remembers miniature Nashville legend Little Jimmy Dickens (Guardian, The, 2015)
David Burke catches up with Dolly Parton (Country Music Legends, 2017)
Carla DeSantis Black on the death of Kurt Cobain and a friendship with Courtney Love (AudioFemme, 2019)
Album & Live Reviews
Tracy Thomas sees bluegrass boys Flatt & Scruggs, live at the Troubadour (New Musical Express, 1967)
Lon Goddard visits Humble Pie's Town and Country (Record Mirror, 1969)
Geoffrey Cannon considers a brace of Byrds albums, namely Preflyte and (Untitled) (Guardian, The, 1970)
Jerry Gilbert loves the Kinks, live at Washington's Kennedy Centre (Sounds, 1972)
Gene Sculatti delights in a live album by David Cassidy (Creem, 1974)
Hey, big spender! Tony Stewart adores Shirley Bassey, live at London's Albert Hall (New Musical Express, 1976)
Richard Williams reviews new albums written and produced by discomeister Giorgio Moroder (Melody Maker, 1978)
A baffled Phil Sutcliffe attempts to make head or tail of This Heat, live in Brixton (Sounds, 1980)
Flawed but fab: the late Richard Cook on Ornette Coleman's Of Human Feelings (New Musical Express, 1982)
Adam Sweeting digs the jet-lagged Dream Syndicate, live at London's Dingwalls (Melody Maker, 1984)
John McCready offers a shout-out to Cameo's Word Up (New Musical Express, 1986)
Neil Perry likes Pulp, live at Camden's Falcon (Sounds, 1988)
"Hideous drivel": Ian Gittins eviscerates New Kids On The Block's Step By Step (Melody Maker, 1990)
Richard Cromelin is persuaded by Lyle Lovett, live at L.A.'s Roxy (Los Angeles Times, 1992)
Dele Fadele derides Jah Wobble's Take Me To God (New Musical Express, 1994)
Adam Sweeting is bored silly by Joan Osborne, live at London's Borderline (Guardian, The, 1996)
Mac Randall picks up Mark Lanegan's Scraps at Midnight (Musician, 1998)
Devon Powers succumbs to the Softies' Holiday in Rhode Island (PopMatters, 2000)
Marc Weingarten sees CeeLo, N*E*R*D and more perform at the Shortlist Prize for Artistic Achievement in Music (Los Angeles Times, 2002)
Frances Morgan loves neo-postpunks Liars, live in London (Plan B, 2004)
Keith Cameron enjoys the "Roman postcard" that is Morrissey's Ringleader Of The Tormentors (MOJO, 2006)
Lisa Verrico sees NME's "Worst Band of 2006" the Hoosiers, live in London (Times, The, 2008)
David Hepworth revisits T. Rex's Electric Warrior (Word, The, 2012)
Stephen Dalton sees rising avant-R&B diva FKA Twigs, live at the Brighton Dome (Times, The, 2014)
Jude Rogers revels in the "extraordinary voice and sense of fun" exhibited by Björk, live at London's Royal Albert Hall (Guardian, The, 2016)
Maura Johnston logs into the 1975's Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships (Rolling Stone, 2018)
