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George Clinton, Con Funk Shun, Funkadelic, Parliament, Trouble Funk: George Clinton & the P-Funk All Stars, Con Funk Shun, Trouble Funk: Capital Centre: Landover MD

Live Review by Geoffrey Himes, The Washington Post, 28 March 1983

FOR 16 YEARS, the ever-shifting, overlapping line-ups of Parliament, Funkadelic and Bootsy's Rubber Band have contained the best funk musicians anywhere. After three disorganized, unproductive ...

Labelle, Patti LaBelle: Labelle: Girl Group to Gospel

Interview by Geoffrey Himes, Baltimore Sun, 8 May 1983

THE 18 CHORUS members of Your Arms Too Short to Box With God were assembled like a church choir in their red and white gowns ...

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 ...

Tune In If You Rankin': Night Of The Living Dread

Report and Interview by Vivien Goldman, New Musical Express, 24 March 1984

A ROOFTOP RENDEZVOUS WITH THE DREAD BROADCASTING CORPORATION ...

Stevie Wonder Has a Dream

Report and Interview by Carol Cooper, The Face, June 1984

In 1981 Stevie Wonder led the first of three marches in Washington D.C. calling for the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, the black civil ...

Nile Rodgers: B-Movie Matinee (Warner Bros.)

Review by Don Waller, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 1985

RODGERS: SLY, SLICK AND WICKED ...

Bobby Womack: The Great Provider

Interview by Paolo Hewitt, NME, 28 September 1985

"They call me a living legend/But I'm just a soldier who's been left behind/And now my heart can't take it/My feet won't make it/I'm the ...

Chic, Led Zeppelin, Power Station, The: Tony Thompson: It Ain't The Meat, It's The Emotion

Interview by J.D. Considine, Musician, March 1986

The Power, the Glory, and the Groove: Our Man from Chic Hits Hard and Hits Big, from Zep to Power Station to Madonna ...

Alexander O'Neal: Alexander The Great conquers Britain!

Interview by Roger St. Pierre, Blues & Soul, 25 March 1986

In a year when a little chap with a royal handle put Minneapolis on the musical map, it was an ex-football star, originally from Mississippi, ...

Lee Dorsey 1924-1986

Obituary by Tony Burke, Blues & Rhythm, January 1987

LEE DORSEY, who died on December 1st, 1986, after a long and brave struggle against cancer and emphysema, will be best remembered in the UK ...

Lionel Richie: Crossing the Square

Profile and Interview by Adam Sweeting, The Guardian, 17 March 1987

The saintly Lionel Richie's co-writer is the Lord. Adam Sweeting reports ...

Hot House: Staying Power

Profile and Interview by Kathryn Flett, i-D, April 1987

IN THE TWO weeks between i-D's attempt to organise an interview with Hot House and actually getting to do it they became – such is ...

Lionel Richie: This Charming Man

Interview by Adam Sweeting, Q, June 1987

Deep in the heart of showbiz, there is one name that's on every guest list. One person — firm of handshake, even of keel — ...

Hot House: Souled

Interview by Stuart Bailie, Record Mirror, 12 September 1987

Hot House are only on their second single, yet they already possess a soulful maturity and an "emotionally intense" singer who's been compared to Aretha ...

Al Green (1988) [transcript]

Transcript of audio interview by Simon Witter, Rock's Backpages transcripts, 1 May 1988

This is a transcript of Simon's interview. Listen to the audio of this interview. ...

Nelson George: Soul Destroyer

Interview by Paolo Hewitt, New Musical Express, 14 January 1989

As a columnist for Billboard and The Village Voice, Nelson George has been America's most incisive commentator on the changing face of black music culture. ...

Tom Jones (1989) [transcript]

Transcript of audio interview by Adam Sweeting, Rock's Backpages transcripts, 25 January 1989

This is a transcript of Adam's audio interview with Tom. Listen to the audio of this interview. ...

Roachford: Who's a Cuddly Boy then? Andrew Sylvester Roachford, that's who!

Interview by Max Bell, No. 1, 1 February 1989

He used to live in a house with 23 cats! His uncle learns to play the sax in one of those v. trendy lager ads! ...

James Brown: Wrestling With The Devil

Report and Interview by Michael Goldberg, Rolling Stone, 6 April 1989

The struggle for the soul of the Godfather of Soul ...

Teddy Riley, Guy: Teddy Riley: The Life of Riley

Interview by Paolo Hewitt, New Musical Express, 10 June 1989

At 22 TEDDY RILEY is the most sought-after producer in America. His mixture of R&B and rap has created a new sound, dubbed New Jack ...


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