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Interview by Roy Carr, New Musical Express, 20 September 1986

Miles to work with Prince? Maybe. Sinatra? Possibly. Wynton Marsalis? Splatch! Forty years on there's Tutu, and the hues and cries of MILES DAVIS — ...

Prince: An Interview with the Prince formerly known as The Artist

Interview by Barney Hoskyns, MOJO, March 2000

FIRST, A CAVEAT. This is probably not the first piece you’ve ever started reading about FINALLY MEETING THE ARTIST FORMERLY KNOWN AS SHHH-YOU-KNOW-WHO. In fact, ...

Carla Bley: Arrangements for the Death Dance

Interview by Brian Case, New Musical Express, 26 April 1975

The socio-musical thoughts of Carla Bley ...

John Mayer: Is John Mayer a rock god — or just a celebrity boyfriend?

Interview by Sophie Heawood, The Times, 2 January 2010

He's deadly serious about his music career — just ask Jennifer, Jessica and Cameron. ...

Dennis Bovell: Brain Damaged Goods

Interview by Chris Salewicz, New Musical Express, 15 August 1981

THE FINAL, apocalyptic scenes of Franco Rosso's excellent Babylon are based on a 1976 police raid on Cricklewood's Carib Club during a sound system session ...

Jobriath: Superstar or Superhype?

Interview by Rob Partridge, Melody Maker, 12 January 1974

"If hype means projecting your artist, I'm going to produce the biggest hype ever" – Jerry Brandt talking to ROBERT PARTRIDGE about his latest discovery, ...

Ray Davies: Amended Legacy: The Kinks' Ray Davies Interviewed

Interview by Patrick Clarke, The Quietus, 11 April 2017

As Ray Davies prepares for the launch of the next phase of his colossal Americana project, Patrick Clarke speaks to the Kinks frontman on America, ...

Mamas and The Papas, The, Michelle Phillips: Michelle Phillips

Interview by Radio Pete, Rocky Mountain Musical Express, March 1978

A '60s songbird branches out: "But it's difficult to get people to take me seriously as an actress." ...

Arthur Lee, Love: Arthur Lee: Yes Folks, Yet Another Arthur Lee Article

Interview by John Tobler, ZigZag, March 1975

Oh God, please, no!! I thought old Tobler had just about run out of material on Arthur Lee, but it seems he must have a ...

Eric Burdon As Savage Messiah

Interview by Tony Stewart, NME, 10 July 1976

ERIC BURDON'S notorious reputation as an abusive boozed-up Geordie ruffian might only have been part of rock's mythology, but at the moment it appears to ...

Johnny Winter, Rick Derringer: Johnny Winter: On Music, Hype and Happiness

Interview by John Morthland, Rolling Stone, 15 October 1970

FOR TOO long there, it seemed to Johnny Winter like he would never be known for his music as much as he would be known ...

Chic, Nile Rodgers: Nile Rodgers of Chic: '80s Funk with 60s Roots

Interview by Gene Santoro, Guitar Player, November 1984

GUITARISTS SINCE Charlie Christian have spent a lot of time and effort trying to play guitar like a horn. Nile Rodgers does it differently; he ...

Bert Jansch: Invisible Jukebox

Interview by Mike Barnes, The Wire, February 2007

Complete draft of the feature originally published in The Wire 276, Feb 2007 ...

Good The Bad and The Queen, The: At Least It's Raining: An Albarn/Simonon Psychogeography

Interview by Nick Coleman, The Believer, October 2007

Things shared by Damon Albarn and Paul Simonon:• North Kensington• A Love of Dickens• A group hug with Chrissie Hynde ...

The Ramones: Joey Ramone

Interview by Christine Natanael, crushermagazine.com, 3 February 1989

The following is an interview conducted with Joey on February 3, 1989. It was conducted under the auspices of promoting the album Brain Drain, but ...

Jeff Beck: The Jeff Beck Interview

Interview by Charles Shaar Murray, MOJO, April 1999

WHEN JEFF BECK WALKS INTO A PUBLIC SPACE, PEOPLE TURN and stare. They're seeing a fit-looking 50-something with stubble and an archetypal rock'n'roll haircut, wearing ...

David Bowie: Boys Keep Swinging

Interview by Adrian Deevoy, Q, June 1989

Six years since his last convincing album, and with the overblown Glass Spider tour still fresh in the memory, David Bowie has rapidly returned to ...

Patti Smith: The Power And The Glory, The Resurrection And The Life

Interview by Gerrie Lim, Big O, July 1995

In art and dream may you proceed with abandon.In life may you proceed with balance and stealth.– Patti Smith, "To The Reader," introduction to Early ...

Bert Jansch: An Everyday Story of Funky Folk

Interview by Michael Watts, Melody Maker, 17 January 1976

NOW THAT Bert has returned from the Continent, where he has been touring these months and more, he will have to find somewhere else to ...

Animals, The: The Animals

Interview by Jeff Tamarkin, Goldmine, 1 October 1983

GOLDMINE: What was the impetus behind this reunion album and tour? The last time the original group was together was for the 1977 album, Before ...