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Lonnie Donegan, Glyn Johns: Lonnie Donegan: The first (and last) skiffler keeps one jump ahead...

Interview by Maureen Cleave, The Evening Standard, 16 June 1962

LONNIE DONEGAN was the apostle of skiffle, an ephemeral art form if ever there was one. He is its sole survivor. ...

Beach Boys, The: Top Tunes: The Beach Boys Hit Town

Interview by Ronnie Oberman, Evening Star, The (Washington DC), 26 September 1964

THE BEACH Boys, who were instrumental in starting the surfing and hot rod trends in music, are finished singing about cars and the surf and ...

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 ...

Earth, Wind & Fire, Jennifer Holliday: Jennifer Holliday: Feel My Soul (Geffen)

Review by Steve Bloom, Record, January 1984

FEEL MY Soul is the best Earth, Wind & Fire album to come along in four years; produced by Maurice White, EW&F's founding father, it ...

Tom Paxton: A Portrait of Paxton

Interview by Karl Dallas, Melody Maker, 7 October 1967

THERE ARE just seven clear free days in the crowded schedule of Tom Paxton, who arrived in Britain this week for a three-week stay which ...

Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, Temptations, The: The Temptations: Hit Was Written in a Car

Interview by Ronnie Oberman, Evening Star, The (Washington DC), 6 March 1964

IT TOOK the help of a "miracle" for the Temptations to come up with their first big hit, 'The Way You Do the Things You ...

Pantera, Downset: Apollo, Manchester

Live Review by Neil Kulkarni, Melody Maker, 24 September 1994

VISIBLE PANTERA LINE ...

Evelyn Thomas: Introducing Evelyn Thomas

Profile and Interview by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, 17 February 1976

WITH THE Chicago Soul Road-show only weeks away from kicking off its British tour, the timing of 20th Century's Evelyn Thomas could not be better ...

Mugwumps, The: Top Tunes: The Mugwumps

Interview by Ronnie Oberman, Evening Star, The (Washington DC), 24 October 1964

THEY MEET with "stunned silence" when performing before someone for the first time. They have their own language. A new dance has started because of ...

Impressions, The: Top Tunes: The Impressions

Interview by Ronnie Oberman, Evening Star, The (Washington DC), 7 November 1964

WHOEVER CAME up with the advertising slogan, "often imitated but never duplicated," must have been thinking about the Impressions. ...

Seeds, The: Top Tunes: The Seeds

Interview by Michael Oberman, Evening Star, The (Washington DC), 24 June 1967

"THE 'HATE march' days are over, now it's love and be loved and flower music expresses this emotion powerfully and beautifully," says Lord Tim Hudson, ...

The decade in pop

Comment by Pete Paphides, The Times, 21 December 2009

AS A SOURCE of theoretically endless music, the iPod — launched in 2001 — was an immaculately designed microcosm of the shift in our music ...

Sandpipers, The: The Sandpipers: Grads Graduate to Big Time

Profile and Interview by Pete Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 5 February 1967

SUCH DIVERSE elements as a book on zoology, the Mitchell Boys Choir and a Spanish song all conjoined one day to produce one of the ...

Bush Tetras, The, E.S.G., Scritti Politti, Strokes, The: Various Artists: Yes New York/New York Noise/Post Punk 01

Review by Barney Hoskyns, Uncut, 2003

AH MANHATTAN, so much to answer for – and so in vogue as a rock metropolis after decades as a Hip Hop Mecca. Yes New ...

Libertines, The: The Libertines

Profile and Interview by Paul Elliott, Q, August 2002

Patriotic punk whelps. They're having a "giraffe". ...

Streets, The: The Streets: Fast-moving UK Garage Geezer

Interview by Ted Kessler, New Musical Express, 6 October 2001

EVERYONE KNOWS THE future of dance music always comes from the streets. ...

Roni Size and Reprazent: Roni Size: New Forms

Review by Mike Diver, bbc.co.uk, 25 October 2010

Size's celebrated Mercury winner suits home listening as well as the dancefloor. ...

Nashville Teens, The: The Nashville Teens: Teens Chased At Checkpoint

Profile by Peter Jones, Record Mirror, 4 July 1964

THE NASHVILLE TEENS are now recognised as one of Britain's top backing groups for U.S. stars — and they look like establishing themselves in their ...

The Jam: Environmental Music

Profile and Interview by Howie Klein, New York Rocker, November 1977

LAST MONTH the Jam travelled to America for a short promotional tour, playing dates in established new wave centers, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Boston and ...

James Taylor: The Saga of Sweet Baby James

Profile by Jacoba Atlas, Circus, May 1970

"Goodnight you moonlight ladies Rock-a-bye Sweet Baby James" ...