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Report by Paul Gambaccini, Rolling Stone, 15 July 1976

LONDON — Patti Smith prompts some strong opinions here. New Musical Express drooled that Horses, her debut Arista album, was "better than... the first Beatles ...

Ellen McIlwaine: Honky Tonk Angel

Interview by Robin Katz, Sounds, 1 June 1974

ELLEN McILWAINE is probably the finest female guitarist to emerge in ages, says ROBIN KATZ. She handles her guitar with the expertise of a super-cool ...

Patti Smith: La belle dame sans merci: Patti Smith: Horses (Arista Import) *****

Review by Jonh Ingham, Sounds, 20 November 1975

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I give you the record of the year. Or the record of 1976, since it won't be released here until January. ...

Lady Gaga: Transvision Vamp: Lady Gaga

Comment by Simon Warner, Rock's Backpages, January 2010

THE POWER OF Lady Gaga has been one of the most scintillating features of 2009: three number one UK singles, a sprawling debut album and ...

The World's Oldest Teenager: Remembering Jane Scott

Obituary by Holly Gleason, Los Angeles Times blogs, 4 July 2011

SHE WAS LIKE Andy Warhol: iconic blond hair set in a most determined pageboy that never moved. That, and red oversized glasses. You couldn't miss ...

Suzi Quatro: Suzi Q: Expatriate Rockerette

Interview by Toby Mamis, Zoo World, 3 January 1974

N.Y. — "I DIDN'T want to play with girls anymore," she told me via transatlantic phone conversation, from her manager's office in London. ...

Patti Smith: Promises Fulfilled: Patti Smith: Just Kids

Review and Interview by Bill Holdship, Metro Times, 17 February 2010

LOVE RELATIONSHIPS between great artists have inspired some fine literature throughout history, be it works the artists created for each other during their own lifetimes ...

Patti Smith: M Train

Book Review by Larry Jaffee, Women Across Frontiers, 17 November 2015

MY FIRST REVELATORY encounter with Patti Smith was listening on the radio in the fall of 1975 around the time of the release of her ...

Girlschool: Nightmare at Maple Cross (GWR)

Review by Deborah Frost, The Village Voice, 17 November 1987

MOST ALL-GIRL BANDS are pretty stupid And not always for the same reasons most all-guy bands are – too much attitude, too little attitude, too ...

Amy Winehouse's Back to Black: 10 Things You Didn't Know

Retrospective by Maura Johnston, Rolling Stone, 27 October 2016

How 'Rehab' came to be, which song Nas inspired and other behind-the-scenes facts about singer-songwriter's 2006 smash ...

Marianne Faithfull: Keeping The Faith

Interview by Ethlie Ann Vare, Elle, July 1990

MARIANNE FAITHFULL WAS ONE OF THE MOST RAVISHING ICONS OF THE SIXTIES AND A CELEBRATED ROCK CASUALTY OF THE SEVENTIES. NOW, AT 43, SHE IS ...

Lulu: "I've had the most unbelievable life"

Retrospective and Interview by Adrian Deevoy, Event Magazine, 28 February 2015

POP STARDOM at 15. Two failed marriages – one to a hard-drinking Bee Gee. An "insane" affair with David Bowie. Turning down Frank Sinatra. Cheating ...

Patti Smith Resurfaces

Profile and Interview by Jim Sullivan, The Boston Globe, 27 August 1988

DETROIT – "I'm still shaky from this," says Patti Smith, who's been driven by her husband, Fred Smith, through a hellish rainstorm and rush-hour traffic ...

Salt-N-Pepa: Salt 'N' Pepa: Shakin' Sweet

Report and Interview by Barbara Ellen, New Musical Express, 25 August 1990

Is this the end of rap's top pumptresses SALT 'N' PEPA? Bored with making millions and being reviled by all the hard rappin' 'bitches' they ...

Kim Gordon, Sonic Youth: Kim Gordon: Life after Sonic Youth

Profile and Interview by Dorian Lynskey, The Observer, 16 February 2014

Artist, musician and style icon, Kim Gordon has been at the cutting edge of culture for more than 30 years. Dorian Lynskey meets the singer ...

Pretenders, The: The Pretenders: Leather Wears Better Than Dreams

Profile and Interview by Lesley White, The Face, February 1984

In the last two turbulent years, Chrissie Hynde has had a baby by the man who once personified for her the rock and roll myth, ...

Melissa Auf Der Maur, Hole: Melissa Auf Der Maur

Interview by Ian Fortnam, Classic Rock, October 2004

The one-time Hole bass player and now solo performer talks about Courtney Love, Billy Corgan, her music, her musical upbringing, and where destiny has taken ...

Björk: An International Word

Interview by Andrew Smith, Ray Gun, May 1995

HER HOUSE IS set back from the street, on a wide avenue in Maida Vale. A pair of imposing, wrought iron security gates shield it ...

Rhoda Dakar, Marsha Hunt, Madeline Bell, Carleen Anderson, N'Dea Davenport, Denise Johnson, Dee C Lee, Pauline Henry, Shara Nelson: The New Soul Rebels

Report and Interview by Lucy O'Brien, Vox, April 1994

Singing hairdos? Not any longer. Britain's new breed of single black females are feisty, independent and take no prisoners ...

Shirley Collins: "When I sing I feel past generations standing behind me"

Retrospective and Interview by Jude Rogers, The Observer, 31 May 2015

LEWES, EAST SUSSEX, is a lovely, slyly rebellious town. Pretty shopfronts and streets mask its political history: Thomas Paine wrote his first pamphlet here demanding ...