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Audio Interview
Andy Gill meets the West Coast's original gangsta Ice-T (Rock's Backpages Audio, 1991)
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Features and interviews
Maureen Cleave befriends B. Bumble of the Stingers (The Evening Standard, 1962)
The "balancer": Kevin Swift meets Beatles engineer Norman Smith (Beat Instrumental, 1966)
Pete Johnson speaks to Paul Simon (Los Angeles Times, 1967)
Part 3 of Paul Nelson's interview with Country Joe McDonald (Hullabaloo, 1969)
David Hughes hears from Hotlegs' Eric Stewart (Disc and Music Echo, 1971)
Loraine Alterman reports on reggae's rise in the U.S. (The New York Times, 1973)
John Abbey is almost converted by Jehovah's Witness Larry Graham (Blues & Soul, 1975)
Wayne Robins has a natter with Olivia Newton-John (Newsday, 1977)
Sandy Robertson is late for lunch with Throbbing Gristle (Sounds, 1979)
Mark Cooper talks to Tenpole Tudor in Sheffield (Record Mirror, 1981)
A transcript of Max Bell's 1983 audio interview with Eurythmics' Annie Lennox (Rock's Backpages Audio, 1983)
John Abbey befriends Broadway's Dreamgirl Jennifer Holliday (Blues & Soul, 1983)
Jeff Tamarkin talks to Richard Thompson (Billboard, 1985)
Michael Goldberg on the making of Chris Isaak (Rolling Stone, 1987)
Tom Doyle receives survival tips from an intrepid Jason Donovan (Smash Hits, 1989)
Steffan Chirazi puts his questions to Poison's Bret Michaels (Kerrang!, 1991)
Bob Ruggiero in conversation with Colonel Bruce Hampton (Good Times Savannah, 1992)
David Toop reports on the "stronger, more reflective" hip hop of Da Lench Mob, Ice Cube and Arrested Development (The Times, 1993)
Richard Cromelin talks to Nashville starlet Trisha Yearwood (Los Angeles Times, 1995)
Calvin Bush meets the monumental ego that belongs to superfly remixer Armand Van Helden (Muzik, 1997)
Andy Gill talks to the man who yelled "Judas!" at Bob Dylan (The Independent, 1999)
Ian Winwood tells the L.A. punk story from Black Flag to Bad Religion (Kerrang!, 2002)
Kieron Tyler's sleevenotes for an anthology of music-library instrumentals by Shadows drummer Brian Bennett (RPM Records, 2004)
Geoffrey Himes in conversation with Alejandro Escovedo (Paste, 2006)
Gavin Martin hears from Ian Hunter, Verden Allen and Buffin about the making of Mott the Hoople's 'All the Young Dudes' (Uncut, 2008)
Evelyn McDonnell on masked EDM superstar Joe "Deadmau5" Zimmerman (Los Angeles Times, 2010)
Rob Hughes hears about the Royal Family and other matters from Paul Heaton (The Word, 2012)
Wyndham Wallace attends Braga's mind-expanding digital arts festival Semibreve (The Quietus, 2014)
Larry Jaffee hears about Dr. Buzzard and Kid Creole from August Darnell (Huffington Post, 2016)
Dorian Lynskey explains why pop stars fall so easily for conspiracy theories (The Guardian, 2020)
Andrew Stafford pays tribute to the Saints' Chris Bailey (The Guardian, 2022)
Album & Live Reviews
A rave review of The Band's debut album Music From Big Pink (Disc, 1968)
Philip Elwood sees Boz Scaggs, live at San Francisco's Matrix club (The San Francisco Examiner, 1970)
David Hancock has a stake in Mason Williams' Sharepickers (Disc and Music Echo, 1972)
Dave Marsh is disappointed by Charlie Rich, live at New York's Felt Forum (Newsday, 1974)
Rosalind Russell believes in Jackson Browne's The Pretender (Record Mirror, 1976)
David Nathan catches a New York debut by disco diva-ette Evelyn "Champagne" King (Blues & Soul, 1978)
Vivien Goldman tries on Dennis Brown's Joseph's Coat Of Many Colours (Melody Maker, 1980)
Mick Sinclair sees Orange Juice, live at London's Lyceum (Sounds, 1982)
Adam Sweeting is alerted by Was (Not Was)'s (The Woodwork) Squeaks (Melody Maker, 1984)
Mark Sinker is invigorated by jazz messenger Art Blakey, live at London's Shaw Theatre (New Musical Express, 1986)
Jeff Lorez listens to Brit soulsters Hot House's South (Blues & Soul, 1988)
Cathi Unsworth is transported by the Sisters of Mercy, live at Wembley Arena (Sounds, 1990)
David Bennun heads down the Fatima Mansions' Valhalla Avenue (Melody Maker, 1992)
Paul Sexton is amused by Green Day, live at London's Astoria (The Times, 1994)
Keith Cameron reviews the "pure filth" that is Mark Morrison's Return Of The Mack (New Musical Express, 1996)
Max Bell sees the Spice Girls, live at Wembley Arena (The Evening Standard, 1998)
James Hunter listens to Sting's All This Time (Rolling Stone, 2001)
Nick Southall hails Asian Dub Foundation's cross-cultural Community Music (Stylus, 2003)
David Sinclair sees a "tetchy" and "turgid" David Gray, live in London (The Times, 2005)
Bud Scoppa listens to the "movie" that is the Thrills' third album (Paste, 2007)
David Stubbs reviews the Miles-fest that is Richard Williams' book The Blue Moment (The Wire, 2009)
John Calvert on coldwave revivalists Xeno & Oaklander's Sets and Lights (Drowned in Sound, 2011)
Karl Dallas admires Lloyd Bradley's history of London's Black music scene (Morning Star, 2013)
Mike Diver reviews Cannibal Ox's "uncommonly intoxicating" Blade Of The Ronin (The Quietus, 2015)
Jamie Atkins reviews Jens Lekman's Life Will See You Now (Record Collector, 2017)
Caroline Sullivan sees Natalie Prass, live at London's Bush Hall (The Guardian, 2018)
Rob Hughes sets off on a voyage of discovery with Kaia Kater's Grenades (Uncut, 2019)
John Aizlewood sifts through Dirty Projectors' 5EPs (MOJO, 2021)
