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Beatles, The, Drifters, The, Kenny Lynch: Kenny Lynch: Nothing But The Real Thing

Sleeve notes by Kieron Tyler, RPM Records, September 2004

KENNY LYNCH HAS been at the heart of British showbusiness over 40 years. Whether he's acting, writing for light entertainment or drama, singing, performing comedy ...

The Guardian profile: Vince Power

Profile by Laura Barton, The Guardian, 8 October 2004

The self-made music promoter with a hardman image and an antagonistic work style is seeking to sell his stake in his Mean Fiddler empire. If ...

Steve Beresford, David Gray, Courtney Pine, Guillemots: London's musical instrument shops

Guide by John Lewis, Time Out, June 2008

J Reid & Sons "WE DON'T GET many high-class customers up here in the badlands," laughs proprietor John Gregory. It's probably because they wouldn't expect to ...

Supremes, The: The Supremes: A Love Supreme

Interview by Lois Wilson, Record Collector, July 2008

Mary Wilson Recalls The Highs And Lows Of The Most Successful Girl Group Of All Time. Interview By Lois "No Relation" Wilson ...

Mudhoney, Nirvana: Sup Pop is 20

Retrospective and Interview by Everett True, Plan B, August 2008

...and Everett True is 481. Nineteen years on from his first Seattle jolly on the Sub Pop account, Plan B's publisher-at-large jets back to the ...

Bruce Springsteen's 'Dream'

Report and Interview by Johnny Black, Music Week, January 2009

THE FIRST PUBLIC airing of 'Working On A Dream', the title track from The Boss’s upcoming 24th album took place during Barack Obama’s massive rally ...

Satin Peaches, The: The Satin Peaches: Fuzzy and sweet

Interview by Bill Holdship, Detroit Metro Times, 25 March 2009

"THESE DETROIT-BRED cuties are so goddamned good … Think '60s Brit-pop with bluesy piano strut and raggedy garage-rock thrown in for good measure. [The song] ...

Rolling Stones, The, Jennifer Lopez, Whitney Houston, Amy Winehouse, George Michael, Rod Stewart: All rock stars have a price, even Mick Jagger

Report by Robert Sandall, The Sunday Times, 28 June 2009

The biggest names in music have been enjoying a nice little earner – getting paid millions to perform for the super-rich. ...

2010: a look ahead at the year in pop

Preview by Pete Paphides, The Times, 10 January 2010

The pop climate is becoming like the actual climate. Where you once had distinct seasons now it all happens at once ...

Janelle Monáe: "I'm a time traveller. I have been to lots of different places"

Interview by Kate Mossman, The Guardian, 30 June 2013

She's an android-dating style queen who's been compared to Bowie. Is the R&B singer the saviour of pop? ...

Kim Fowley, 1939-2015

Obituary by Richard Williams, The Guardian, 18 January 2015

FEW PEOPLE IN pop music spanned such a range as Kim Fowley, the record producer, songwriter and Sunset Strip svengali who has died aged 75. ...

Taylor Swift: Apple royalties U-turn: is Taylor Swift the most powerful woman in music?

Report by Caroline Sullivan, The Guardian, 22 June 2015

Viewed as an advocate for artists and a game-changer, almost no other pop star could have made the corporate behemoth roll over. ...

Terence Trent D'Arby: "I was killed when I was 27": the curious afterlife of Terence Trent D'Arby

Interview by Kate Mossman, New Statesman, 9 October 2015

Terence Trent D'Arby's 1987 debut album sold a million copies in three days. The music press went mad for him. Where was there to go ...

Iron Maiden: Maiden Voyage: Inside Iron Maiden's Book Of Souls Tour

Report and Interview by Johnny Black, Audience, April 2016

SEEN FROM the stage, an Iron Maiden concert is an ocean of Maiden t-shirts, with thousands of devotees proudly displaying various incarnations of the band's ...

Metallica: Michael Alago, Who Signed Metallica and White Zombie, Gets the Documentary Treatment in Who the F**k Is That Guy?

Report and Interview by Roy Trakin, Variety, 21 July 2017

IF THE HISTORIES of Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre warrant four hours of prime HBO real estate in The Defiant Ones, then certainly Michael Alago, ...

Ariana Grande: How Ariana Grande floated free

Comment by Kate Mossman, New Statesman, 29 August 2018

Grande has lifted the weight of the Manchester terror attack with a collection of gloriously oddball, career-changing pop songs. ...