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Louise: The Girl Next Door

Profile and Interview by Caroline Sullivan, The Guardian, 13 October 1997

She is currently the UK's most successful female singer, she has been voted one of the sexiest women in the world, she even has a ...

Mary J. Blige: Mary J Blige: From the Bronx to the Big Time

Interview by Caroline Sullivan, The Guardian, 18 November 1997

Caroline Sullivan has an audience with Mary J Blige, queen of hip hop soul ...

Spice Girls, The: Spice: The Final Frontier

Report by Caroline Sullivan, The Guardian, 19 December 1997

The tabloids have turned on them, their fans are leaving them — even Smash Hits readers voted them Worst Group. Is this the end for ...

Gomez: Dingwalls, London

Live Review by Caroline Sullivan, The Guardian, 2 May 1998

Bodysnatchers play the blues ...

Shirley Bassey: A Real Big Splendour — Shirley Bassey: Royal Festival Hall, London

Live Review by Caroline Sullivan, The Guardian, 13 June 1998

Only one woman can out-oomph Diana Ross. Caroline Sullivan salutes Shirley Bassey ...

Beastie Boys, The: Beastie Boys: Hello Nasty (Grand Royal)

Review by Caroline Sullivan, The Guardian, 3 July 1998

Sick of introspective rock? Pining for the time when hip-hop was fun? So are the Beastie Boys. Caroline Sullivan fights for her right to party ...

Martine McCutcheon, Barbara Windsor: Albert Square dancing

Interview by Caroline Sullivan, The Guardian, 26 March 1999

EastEnders is having a right old knees-up at the moment. Caroline Sullivan talks to Martine McCutcheon about her million pound record deal and, below, finds ...

S Club 7: Warning: They're Part Spice Girl, Part Monkee...

Report by Caroline Sullivan, The Guardian, 8 April 1999

Seen the show, read the book, got the T-shirt? You soon will have. Caroline Sullivan prepares for S Club 7, coming to your TV screen ...

Elvis Presley: Elvis: He's Alive!

Guide by Tom Cox, The Guardian, 30 July 1999

It's 22 years since the King was found dead at Gracelands, but some people still refuse to believe he has gone. Tom Cox sifts through ...

Bay City Rollers, The: The Bay City Rollers: My tartan heart

Retrospective by Caroline Sullivan, The Guardian, 18 October 1999

Caroline Sullivan reflects on the life and love of a teenage Bay City Rollers fan ...

Crosby Stills Nash & Young: "Deja Vu Again"

Interview by Adam Sweeting, The Guardian, 29 October 1999

THERE'S NO MISTAKING the portly middle-aged man with the walrus moustache beached on a sofa at the Dorchester hotel, plucking the chords of Neil Young's ...

Beach Boys, The, Phil Spector, Brian Wilson: Phil Spector and Brian Wilson: The Nutty Producers

Retrospective by Sean O'Hagan, The Guardian, 16 December 1999

Without Phil Spector and Brian Wilson, the 60s would have sounded very different, says Sean O'Hagan. ...

Lowell George: Time Loves a Hero: Lowell George

Retrospective by Adam Sweeting, The Guardian, 30 August 2000

THE EAGLES SOLD more records and Steely Dan went down better with intellectuals, but the best American band of the 1970s was Little Feat, led ...

Rickie Lee Jones at the Jazz Cafe

Live Review by Ian Penman, The Guardian, 10 February 2001

RICKIE LEE JONES is something of an anomaly. Her latest album, It's Like This, has just been nominated for a Grammy – but how many ...

War Within War: Black Americans And The Vietnam Conflict

Retrospective by James Maycock, The Guardian, 15 September 2001

The Vietnam war saw countless numbers of America's young men – both black and white – thrown into combat. They were there to fight the ...

Du-Tels, The: The Du-Tels: Gods, monsters and us

Interview by John Aizlewood, The Guardian, 18 December 2001

THEY FOUGHT with Beefheart, lost Jeff Buckley and grew used to obscurity. But the Du-Tels just keep on going. ...

Joan Jeanrenaud: No strings: Joan Jeanrenaud

Profile and Interview by Adam Sweeting, The Guardian, 28 February 2002

Joan Jeanrenaud had the classical world at her feet as cellist with the Kronos Quartet. She tells Adam Sweeting how she finds life on her ...

Dave Gahan, Depeche Mode: Dave Gahan: New life

Interview by Dave Simpson, The Guardian, 26 May 2002

In the early days of Depeche Mode, cider was Dave Gahan's worst vice. Then came speed, smack and a trip to hospital. Now, he tells ...

Charles Mingus, Erik Mingus: Eric Mingus: The big brand

Interview by Adam Sweeting, The Guardian, 4 July 2002

There's the Mingus Big Band, the Mingus Orchestra... and then there's Eric Mingus. He talks to Adam Sweeting about life in a jazz dynasty ...

Beenie Man: Beenie There, Done That

Interview by Lulu Le Vay, The Guardian, 28 September 2002

One of the biggest stars of Jamaican dancehall, Beenie Man's outgrowing the reggae charts and going global. Lulu Le Vay meets him as he gets ...