Ian Dove
English-born Ian Dove was a pop music critic and music columnist for The New York Times. He also worked as an editor in New York for such trade magazines as Billboard, Cash Box and Hit Parader. He then moved to the West Coast and joined the PR firm Solters, Roskin & Friedman, where his clients included Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme and Caesars Palace, then moved to the Recording Academy as its publications director and editor of the Grammy magazine.
After almost a decade with the Recording Academy, Dove returned to his former PR outfit, renamed Solters & Digney, as a full-time strategist and writer before his retirement. Dove also worked alongside famed music publicist Norman Winter, whose clients included Elton John. Ian died in California in August 2016.
127 articles
List of articles in the library
Lonnie Donegan: Star Of The Week — No. 7: Lonnie Donegan
Profile by Ian Dove, Record Mirror, 29 April 1961
LONNIE DONEGAN'S new single — to be released on May 3 — is 'Take a Drink On Me'. It is an adaptation of an old ...
Clinton Ford, The Temperance Seven: Temperance Seven, Clinton Ford: Old-Fashioned Approach
Interview by Ian Dove, Record Mirror, 29 April 1961
The Temperance Seven At No. 1; Clinton Ford A Hit On Easy Beat ...
Rolf Harris: Rolf-Of-Every-Trade
Interview by Ian Dove, New Musical Express, 21 February 1962
ROLF HARRIS, the man who currently makes with 'Sun Arise' one of the most interesting noises in the hit parade, was tired. He had been ...
Gary US Bonds: "DJs Have To Play R&B," says U.S. Bonds!
Interview by Ian Dove, Record Mirror, 28 April 1962
GARY ANDERSON arrived last week. He is small, about 5 ft 6 ins., very very quiet, almost reserved. Under his professional name U.S. Bonds, which ...
Vince Taylor: The Black Leather Suits Controversy: Vince Taylor as Elvis!!
Report and Interview by Ian Dove, Record Mirror, 28 July 1962
IT COULD HAPPEN, SAYS THE ROCK SINGER BRITAIN DIDN'T WANT ...
Del Shannon Digs 'Nutty' Sounds
Interview by Ian Dove, Record Mirror, 22 September 1962
THE 'RUNAWAY' SINGER WANTS TO SEE SOME FOOTBALL ...
Acker Bilk Picks 'Desert Island Discs' — And Talks About Others He Wanted
Report and Interview by Ian Dove, New Musical Express, 16 November 1962
MR. ACKER BILK found himself on a desert island this week — recording his part as a castaway on the BBC's long-running Desert Island Discs ...
Live Review by Ian Dove, New Musical Express, 16 November 1962
ROCK INSTRUMENTS INVADE TRAD ...
Dave Brubeck, Ronnie Scott: Near-in Brubeck
Live Review by Ian Dove, New Musical Express, 30 November 1962
IT WAS a new Dave Brubeck on tour in Britain this time. ...
Mel Tormé: Now Mel Gets With The Beat!
Profile by Ian Dove, New Musical Express, 4 January 1963
HALF-WAY through 1961 Melvin Howard Tormé was moaning that "there were no songs being written that were worth singing. ...
Duke Ellington, Odetta: Ian Dove Gives a Big NME Welcome to Ellington and Odetta
Profile by Ian Dove, New Musical Express, 11 January 1963
COME SLUMP or boom, war or peace, fad or fashion, Duke Ellington has gone on leading a big band. For 37 years, to be precise! ...
Johnny and The Hurricanes: Gaumont State Ballroom, Kilburn, London
Live Review by Ian Dove, New Musical Express, 18 January 1963
HURRICANES IMPRESS ...
The Four Seasons: Old Movie Has Inspired Four Seasons' Latest Hit
Interview by Ian Dove, New Musical Express, 25 January 1963
'BIG GIRLS don't cry' — current hit for vocal group the Four Seasons — owes it all to film stars John Wayne and Joan Crawford! ...
The Rooftop Singers: *New to the Charts* — Rooftop Singers Start Moving Here
Profile by Ian Dove, New Musical Express, 1 February 1963
'WALK RIGHT IN', by the Rooftop " Singers — the disc that starts off like a folky guitar instrumental and then turns into a vocal ...
Kenny Ball, Acker Bilk: Bilk Courts 'Twins': Ball Sticks to Band
Interview by Ian Dove, New Musical Express, 1 February 1963
Ian Dove talks to two trad giants and finds different outlooks ...
Erik Darling, The Rooftop Singers: 'Walk Right In': The Man
Interview by Ian Dove, New Musical Express, 15 February 1963
ERIK DARLING, musical director and organiser of the Rooftop Singers — "We're a folk music group," he insists — has a hit on his hands ...
Ella Fitzgerald: Finsbury Park Astoria, London
Live Review by Ian Dove, New Musical Express, 1 March 1963
Ella Throws 'Loop De Loop' Away ...
Roy Orbison: Janet Martin Describes to Ian Dove Roy Orbison's Home-Life
Interview by Ian Dove, New Musical Express, 12 April 1963
ROY ORBISON may live just outside Nashville, Tennessee — in Hendersonville, to be exact — and he may record his hit discs in the celebrated ...
Kenny Ball, The Kingston Trio: Kenny Ball talks about the Kingston Trio
Profile and Interview by Ian Dove, New Musical Express, 12 April 1963
JAZZMAN KENNY Ball is happy about appearing with America's top folk group, the Kingston Trio... a group he saw on his recent American tour. ...
The Chiffons: New to the Charts: Tokens aid Chiffons
Profile by Ian Dove, New Musical Express, 19 April 1963
'HE'S SO FINE', the disc by the Chiffons — a coloured, all-girl group with a Shirelles-type sound — looks set to confirm the prophecy of ...
Gerry Mulligan: Royal Festival Hall, London
Live Review by Ian Dove, New Musical Express, 26 April 1963
Melodic Mulligan ...
Jerry Lee Lewis: Beaty Welcome for Jerry Lee Lewis
Report by Ian Dove, New Musical Express, 3 May 1963
JERRY LEE LEWIS looks like getting a wild welcome when he arrives to start his British tour at Birmingham Town Hall on May 6. At ...
Live Review by Ian Dove, New Musical Express, 3 May 1963
LEYTON PACKAGE FEATURES NEW MIKE SARNE ...
Interview by Ian Dove, New Musical Express, 3 May 1963
IAN DOVE quizzes SHADOWS, TORNADOS, BEATLES, JET & TONY, and GERRY & PACEMAKERS ...
Ray Charles: Welcome to Ray Charles
Interview by Ian Dove, New Musical Express, 10 May 1963
THE GENIUS... Messiah... Prophet... High Priest. Big words, and strange words to apply to a singer! But all have been used with religious fervour describing ...
Ray Charles: Finsbury Park Astoria, London
Live Review by Ian Dove, New Musical Express, 17 May 1963
Too hard a job for Ray Charles? ...
Ray Charles: "I Don't Know What Is The Real Me," Admits Ray Charles
Interview by Ian Dove, New Musical Express, 24 May 1963
"CARY GRANT, the film star. You know, he's a friend of mine and he used to tell me to come to England. He told me ...
Bobby Rydell's British Recording Hits The Bull's Eye!
Interview by Ian Dove, New Musical Express, 24 May 1963
BOBBY RYDELL came from America in March to appear on Sunday Night At The London Palladium. While here he said: "Just lately I haven't been ...
Paul & Paula: Paul and Paula Make a Frank Statement About Marriage
Interview by Ian Dove, New Musical Express, 24 May 1963
PAUL AND PAULA, the "Young Lovers" who sing simple songs of love and tenderness to each and project the same kind of image, received poor ...
Freddie & The Dreamers: The Hilarious Account Of How Freddie 'Floated' From Milk To Hit
Profile and Interview by Ian Dove, New Musical Express, 7 June 1963
MR. FREDERICK GARRATTY has it all worked out exactly when he became just plain Freddie, a full-time professional entertainer with a backing group called the ...
Bo Diddley, Buddy Holly: Buddy Holly Scores Fourth 'Bo' Hit!
Report by Ian Dove, New Musical Express, 14 June 1963
ONCE AGAIN, 'Bo Diddley' is a hit — the fourth time it has been in the pop music charts, this time steered there by the ...
Jim Reeves: Long-lasting Jim Reeves Takes Things Very Calmly
Interview by Ian Dove, New Musical Express, 21 June 1963
JIM REEVES comes from Texas, has that celebrated lazy Texan drawl and a relaxed attitude towards singing and his audience. Everything appears to be taken ...
The Isley Brothers: Beatles Make Isleys' Hit
Report by Ian Dove, New Musical Express, 28 June 1963
THREE brothers, O'Kelly, Rudolph and Ronald — the surname is Isley — have to be very thankful to Liverpool's Beatles. For if the Beatles weren't ...
Sophie Tucker: The Talk Of The Town, London
Live Review by Ian Dove, New Musical Express, 28 June 1963
Same Old Sophie ...
The Swinging Blue Jeans: Blue Jeans Swing into Chart
Profile by Ian Dove, New Musical Express, 5 July 1963
THE SWINGING Blue Jeans have been swinging for a long time. Back in 1957, when they were first formed, the line-up was typical of those ...
Nat King Cole: Welcome Back to Nat 'King' Cole
Profile by Ian Dove, New Musical Express, 5 July 1963
INCREDIBLE — but in December, 1940, in a Hollywood recording studio, Nat "King" Cole made the first of many hit discs, 'Sweet Lorraine'. It is ...
Mickie Most: Newcomer to the Charts: Mickie Most Goes Right Back...
Profile by Ian Dove, New Musical Express, 19 July 1963
MICKIE MOST may be a newcomer to the NME Top 30 with 'Mr. Porter', but he's had one of the longest careers in beat music ...
The Caravelles: Two Smart Girls
Profile by Ian Dove, New Musical Express, 9 August 1963
THE CARAVELLES sound "like so many Peggy Lees all singing at once," said one entranced listener when he heard their debut disc 'You Don't Have ...
Gene Pitney, The Supremes: Gene Pitney's 72 Days With The Supremes
Interview by Ian Dove, New Musical Express, 2 October 1964
GENE PITNEY recently took a bus journey with the Supremes. They shared front seat views — FOR 72 DAYS AND OVER 30,000 MILES. Gene, who ...
Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers: Newcomers to the Charts: Cliff Bennett & the Rebel Rousers
Profile and Interview by Ian Dove, New Musical Express, 2 October 1964
FOR CLIFF Bennett it's seventh record lucky! Cliff has finally made it with 'One Way Love' at No. 29 in the NME Chart. ...
Live Review by Ian Dove, New Musical Express, 15 January 1965
Olé, it's Chuck 'Crazylegs' now! Ian Dove covers latest Berry tour ...
The Moody Blues: Moody Blues Are Really Quite Happy!
Interview by Ian Dove, New Musical Express, 15 January 1965
I DONT KNOW why they are called the Moody Blues. They aren't moody or blue. ...
Gene Pitney: Flashback for Gene Pitney to The Most Ridiculous Session Ever
Interview by Ian Dove, New Musical Express, 5 March 1965
WORD WENT around very quickly about the "most ridiculous recording session ever." Accountants blanched as they put the cost in their account books. Heads of ...
Interview by Ian Dove, New Musical Express, 19 March 1965
BRITAIN'S Mr. Tamla-Motown — he's Dave Godin, organiser of the Tamla-Motown Appreciation Society — was walking around warning the Supremes, Martha and the Vandellas, the ...
Report by Ian Dove, Billboard, 17 August 1968
BRITAIN'S SOUL Surge continues. ...
Live Review by Ian Dove, Billboard, 17 August 1968
Motown Acts Draw Near-Capacity Crowd ...
Live Review by Ian Dove, Billboard, 5 October 1968
Mann Unwraps Big Solid Surprise Pkg. ...
Buddy Rich, Vanilla Fudge: The Buddy Rich Big Band, Vanilla Fudge: Felt Forum, New York NY
Live Review by Ian Dove, Billboard, 5 October 1968
Rich Band Goes Over Rich — Fudge Have Zesty Flavor ...
Live Review by Ian Dove, Billboard, 5 October 1968
Traffic Travel on Bumpy And Separate Musical Road ...
Gabór Szábo: Village Vanguard, New York NY
Live Review by Ian Dove, Billboard, 21 December 1968
Szábo: Subtle on Strings ...
Buddy Guy, Albert King, King Curtis: Village Gate, New York City
Live Review by Ian Dove, Billboard, 15 February 1969
NEW YORK — The world of music moves closer as the long-established jazz spot, the Village Gate, took a brief weekend — but possibly regular ...
Thelma Houston: The Living Room, New York NY
Live Review by Ian Dove, Billboard, 22 March 1969
Thelma Houston Is the Gospel at Its Musical Best ...
Live Review by Ian Dove, Billboard, 19 July 1969
NEWPORT, R.I. — On paper at least the experiment of adding rock music to the Newport Jazz Festival 1969 came from the purest of motives. ...
Duke Ellington Orchestra: Rainbow Grill, New York NY
Live Review by Ian Dove, Billboard, 9 August 1969
Quality, Taste & Warmth Mark Duke's Performance ...
Chuck Berry, Elvin Bishop, John Mayall: Fillmore East, New York NY
Live Review by Ian Dove, Billboard, 18 October 1969
Berry, Bishop — Musical Brothers ...
Live Review by Ian Dove, Record Mirror, 15 November 1969
Youth Power at Stones show ...
The Nice: Ungano's, New York NY
Live Review by Ian Dove, Billboard, 29 November 1969
Nice in Mixed Bag at Ungano's ...
The Rolling Stones: Stones Free Gig In US.
Report by Ian Dove, Record Mirror, 6 December 1969
NEW YORK — Into the Rainbow Grill, home of the smart set, wining and dining 65 floors above Manhattan, trooped the Rolling Stones for their ...
The Rolling Stones: Madison Square Garden, New York NY
Live Review by Ian Dove, Billboard, 13 December 1969
Stones Gather $286G Moss ...
Report and Interview by Ian Dove, Billboard, 24 January 1970
NEW YORK — Synthesizer inventor Robert Moog plans to have Moog "performing instruments" on the market within three to six months, priced up to $2,000. ...
Live Review by Ian Dove, Billboard, 21 March 1970
THE INTEREST in Miles Davis' East Village debut lay in the fact that for the past year he has supposedly been moving towards contemporary rock ...
Liberace: Waldorf Astoria, New York City
Live Review by Ian Dove, Billboard, 28 March 1970
ANYBODY WANDERING in midway through Liberace's performance would probably think they were into a remake of Hellzapoppin. Liberace (about three costume changes through his act, ...
Live Review by Ian Dove, Billboard, 18 April 1970
BRINSLEY SCHWARZ is an unknown British group that aroused interest because over 100 U.K. journalists braved a 12-hour trouble beset trip from London to spend ...
Report by Ian Dove, Record Mirror, 3 October 1970
EDWIN STARR was back in New York after his 16th trip to England and with the news that 'War', a Motown mover by the Norman ...
Duane Allman, Delaney & Bonnie: Delaney & Bonnie And Friends: Carnegie Hall, New York NY
Live Review by Ian Dove, Billboard, 17 October 1970
GUITARIST DUANE Allman, moving with agility, skill and taste from bottleneck to feedback, was probably the Friend who fitted best into the D&B format at ...
Soft Machine: Gaslight, New York NY
Live Review by Ian Dove, Billboard, 17 July 1971
ORNETTE COLEMAN'S presence in the audience was no coincidence — there's mutual admiration between the CBS group and the avant jazzman. It's also apparent in ...
Aretha Franklin: Madison Square Garden, New York NY
Live Review by Ian Dove, Billboard, 6 November 1971
IT WAS THE usual Aretha Franklin — which means a whole audience turned on by as impressive a display of controlled, emotional soul singing to ...
Report and Interview by Ian Dove, Billboard, 6 November 1971
THEY ALSO SERVE WHO ONLY LIFT AND HANDLE... ...
Elvis Presley: Spectrum, Philadelphia
Live Review by Ian Dove, Billboard, 20 November 1971
ELVIS HAS now copped the music from 2001 as his opening theme (Grand Funk also use this) but from there on in, it's Presley material all the ...
Bette Midler: Downstairs at the Upstairs, New York NY
Live Review by Ian Dove, Billboard, 25 December 1971
THE TIME IS right for Bette Midler, a lady of flamboyant excess on stage, working the look-back-in-nostalgia bag. ...
Billy Joel: Rock Pianist Gets All Abuse: Joel
Interview by Ian Dove, Billboard, 25 December 1971
NEW YORK — Equipment for amplifying pianos lags "far behind" corresponding equipment for other instruments in the rock field, despite the fact that use of ...
Live Review by Ian Dove, The New York Times, 13 November 1972
Militancy Replaces Old Frills At First Latin Music Festival ...
Johnny Nash, Billy Paul: The Bitter End, New York NY
Live Review by Ian Dove, The New York Times, 17 November 1972
JOHNNY NASH HEARD; BILLY PAUL ON BILL ...
Grand Funk Railroad, Freddie King: Madison Square Garden, New York NY
Live Review by Ian Dove, The New York Times, 25 December 1972
Grand Funk Railroad Steams Into the Garden at Full Throttle ...
La Lupe, Tito Puente: When La Lupe Sings, She Gets Involved
Profile and Interview by Ian Dove, The New York Times, 4 February 1973
THE HOUSEWIFE in Engelwood, N.J., who shops the local supermarket with her mother is also the official "Queen of Latin Song," with partisan audiences that ...
Glen Campbell: Carnegie Hall, New York NY
Live Review by Ian Dove, The New York Times, 23 February 1973
Glen Campbell Adds To His Star Status In Carnegie Recital ...
Al Green: Philharmonic Hall, New York NY
Live Review by Ian Dove, The New York Times, 20 March 1973
Green's Distinctive Soul Singing Avoids Reliance on Microphone ...
George Jones, Tammy Wynette: Tammy Wynette and George Jones: Philharmonic Hall, New York NY
Live Review by Ian Dove, The New York Times, 27 March 1973
Wynette and Jones Present, in Songs, Flavor of Nashville ...
Taj Mahal, Curtis Mayfield: Curtis Mayfield, Taj Mahal: Philharmonic Hall, New York NY
Live Review by Ian Dove, The New York Times, 9 April 1973
Curtis Mayfeld's Soul Singing Displays His Fluency in Argot ...
Sly & the Family Stone: Fresh (Epic Records KE 32134, $5.98)
Review by Ian Dove, The New York Times, 13 June 1973
Sly's New Album ...
Davis Case Stirs Wide Probe on Federal Level
Report by Ian Dove, Billboard, 16 June 1973
NEW YORK — Rumor, speculation, innuendo and fact — all rocked the music industry in the wake of Clive Davis' dismissal as president of CBS ...
CBS Records: U.S. Attorney Bows Probe — Leiberson Upholds Code
Report by Ian Dove, Billboard, 23 June 1973
NEW YORK — Support for the Billboard editorial (see last week's issue) calling for the RIAA to create a committee of industry lenders to structure a code ...
Elvis Presley: Nassau Coliseum, Long Island NY
Live Review by Ian Dove, The New York Times, 25 June 1973
Presley Mixes His Early Hits With More Recent 'Safe' Songs ...
Live Review by Ian Dove, The New York Times, 1 July 1973
B.B. King's Blues Barn Creates Echoes of Past ...
Roberta Flack, War: Shea Stadium, Queens, New York NY
Live Review by Ian Dove, The New York Times, 6 July 1973
Harmonica Turns Concert Into 'Party' ...
Live Review by Ian Dove, The New York Times, 10 July 1973
FANS SAY 'LONGER' TO SLY'S 'HIGHER' No Encore After the Glitter — Wild West Show on Bill ...
Bob Marley & The Wailers: Max's Kansas City, New York NY
Live Review by Ian Dove, The New York Times, 23 July 1973
Waiters Serve Up Genuine Reggay ...
The Moments, The Sylvers, The Whispers: The Sylvers, The Whispers, The Moments: Apollo Theater
Live Review by Ian Dove, The New York Times, 22 August 1973
TV's Soul Train Moves to Apollo ...
Live Review by Ian Dove, The New York Times, 26 August 1973
'OUR LATIN THING' PLAYS AT STADIUM 30,000 See Fania All Stars and Others at Second Base ...
The Charlie Daniels Band: Charlie Daniels: Writer Rides High on 'Uneasy Rider'
Interview by Ian Dove, The New York Times, 5 September 1973
PICKING ITS way carefully across the playlists of the music radio stations is a song titled 'Uneasy Rider', performed by its composer Charlie Daniels. The ...
The Pointer Sisters: Roseland Ballroom, New York NY
Live Review by Ian Dove, The New York Times, 13 September 1973
Upbeat Nostalgia Tones Scat-Singing Of Pointer Sisters ...
Elton John: Madison Square Garden, New York
Live Review by Ian Dove, The New York Times, 25 September 1973
Elton John Subdues "Side Issue" Tactics; Fans Provide Extras ...
New York: Pop, Rock Thrive on Concert Format
Report by Ian Dove, The New York Times, 25 September 1973
SAME FACES, new places — that's the outlook for rock in the coming months in New York. The rock industry (and it is an industry) ...
Live Review by Ian Dove, The New York Times, 21 October 1973
Solo YarrowPETER YARROW would appear to have shed all semblance of times past when he fronted an all-electric group at Max's Kansas City on Park ...
Live Review by Ian Dove, The New York Times, 2 November 1973
Pop Music: Dolls Fans Visit Waldorf for Halloween ...
Ashford & Simpson: Alice Tully Hall, New York NY
Live Review by Ian Dove, The New York Times, 16 November 1973
Pop Music: Twin Talents Of Ashford and Simpson ...
Hawkwind: Academy of Music, New York NY
Live Review by Ian Dove, The New York Times, 27 November 1973
Britain's Hawkwind Gives Earthy Rock The Cosmic Touch ...
Barry Manilow, Bette Midler: Bette Midler, Barry Manilow: Palace Theater, New York NY
Live Review by Ian Dove, The New York Times, 4 December 1973
Miss M. Divine: Bette Midler Begins Month at the Palace ...
Emerson Lake And Palmer: Emerson, Lake and Palmer: Why They Won't Bach Around The Clock
Interview by Ian Dove, The New York Times, 16 December 1973
WITH EMERSON, Lake and Palmer, apparently nothing succeeds like excess. The successful British rock trio, which is known for its appearances with symphony orchestras, is due at ...
Buck Owens Bringing Nashville North by Way of West Coast
Interview by Ian Dove, The New York Times, 11 January 1974
"THERE'S SO much prejudice in New York — I think they're afraid of it." The speaker was the country music singer Buck Owens, and the ...
Buck Owens: The Pop Life: Buck Owens Bringing Nashville North by Way of West Coast
Interview by Ian Dove, The New York Times, 11 January 1974
"THERE'S SO much prejudice in New York — I think they're afraid of it." The speaker was the country music singer Buck Owens, and the ...
Joni Mitchell, Tom Scott: Joni Mitchell: Avery Fisher Hall, New York NY
Live Review by Ian Dove, The New York Times, 9 February 1974
Folk‐Rock's Ethel Merman ...
Live Review by Ian Dove, The New York Times, 11 February 1974
Charlie Rich, Tom T. Hall Head Country Music Bill ...
Maria Muldaur, Stephen Stills: Stephen Stills, Maria Muldaur: Carnegie Hall, New York NY
Live Review by Ian Dove, The New York Times, 11 February 1974
Stephen Stills Gets Himself Together ...
Grand Funk Railroad: Knight & Funk: The Bleat Goes On
Report and Interview by Ian Dove, Rolling Stone, 11 April 1974
Lawsuits Settled ...
The Spinners, The Temptations: The Temptations, The Spinners: Apollo Theater, New York NY
Live Review by Ian Dove, The New York Times, 14 April 1974
THE ATTRACTION at the Apollo Theater is actually a confrontation between two major soul singing groups, the Temptations, the headliners, and the Spinners. This is ...
The Eagles: Capitol Theater, Passaic NJ
Live Review by Ian Dove, The New York Times, 14 May 1974
EAGLES SERVE ROCK WITH COUNTRY FLAIR ...
Live Review by Ian Dove, The New York Times, 5 July 1974
On L.I., Jazz Takes a Back Seat to Soul ...
Gil Evans, Jimi Hendrix: Gil Evans: Jazzing Up Jimi
Interview by Ian Dove, Rolling Stone, 18 July 1974
Evans gave Hendrix's music an orchestral workout. ...
Jobriath: The Bottom Line, New York NY
Live Review by Ian Dove, The New York Times, 26 July 1974
Jobriath Displays A New Rock Voice But Familiar Face ...
Jimi Hendrix: 'Black Gold': New Hendrix in Old Tapes
Interview by Ian Dove, Rolling Stone, 26 September 1974
NEW YORK — The archaeological probing of the Hendrix tapes continues. Up in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, at the Shaggy Dog Studios, Alan Douglas — producer, record ...
Joe Cocker: Academy of Music, New York NY
Live Review by Ian Dove, Rolling Stone, 24 October 1974
WELL, HE went on. Stood out there in the spotlight and sang. Out in the street the freeloaders and ticket beggars were truly frenzied, having ...
The Deadly Nightshade, Little Feat: Little Feat, Deadly Nightshade: Bottom Line, New York NY
Live Review by Ian Dove, Rolling Stone, 24 October 1974
OUT OF the West Coast but with their hearts in Dixie, rolling along, all grits'n'boogie, coasting from basic rock blues to bar-and-grill country, Little Feat ...
Mose Allison, Syreeta: Bottom Line, New York NY
Live Review by Ian Dove, Rolling Stone, 24 October 1974
SYREETA WRIGHT'S exhortations were built around Stevie Wonder, whose name was mentioned often and with reverence throughout the performance. Syreeta left no doubt that she ...
Mountain: Radio City Music Hall, New York NY
Live Review by Ian Dove, Rolling Stone, 7 November 1974
Mountain Comes to Manhattan ...
Jefferson Starship, Stardrive with Robert Mason: Radio City Music Hall, New York NY
Live Review by Ian Dove, Rolling Stone, 21 November 1974
Starship to Crew: Down to Earth ...
Robert Fripp: After King Crimson, The Apocalypse
Report and Interview by Ian Dove, Rolling Stone, 19 December 1974
NEW YORK – After five short years, King Crimson is no more and the man who began and ended the group, Robert Fripp, is already ...
Live Review by Ian Dove, The New York Times, 2 February 1975
SOUTH ROCKS AGAIN AT MUSIC ACADEMY ...
Gil Scott-Heron, Donald Byrd & the Blackbyrds: Carnegie Hall, New York NY
Live Review by Ian Dove, The New York Times, 23 February 1975
Gil Scott-Heron, Poet ...
Little Feat, Allen Toussaint: Beacon Theater, New York NY
Live Review by Ian Dove, The New York Times, 21 April 1975
LITTLE FEAT HEARD IN RELAXED BLUES ...
Eric Clapton, Santana: Nassau Coliseum, Long Island
Live Review by Ian Dove, Cash Box, 12 July 1975
ERIC CLAPTON, kicking off his new American tour, provided the perfect program for his fans — a total recycling of his old hits. Initial baying ...
The Who: Ken Russell: How Does He Feel About TOMMY
Interview by Ian Dove, Hit Parader, October 1975
BEAT THE drums. ...
Jerry Garcia: The Jerry Garcia Band: Beacon Theater, New York NY
Live Review by Ian Dove, The New York Times, 30 October 1975
OLD RIFFS DOMINATE CONCERT BY GARCIA ...
Elephant's Memory: The Other End, New York NY
Live Review by Ian Dove, The New York Times, 7 January 1976
ELEPHANT'S MEMORY IN A CHANGE OF PACE ...
Thom Bell, The Spinners: Thom Bell & The Spinners: Looking For 'Hudson Bros.' Acceptance
Interview by Ian Dove, Phonograph Record, March 1976
WHEN THE SPINNERS recently celebrated 25 years together as a group, amid all the celebrations the soul quintet were quick to point out the part ...
The Bee Gees: What Comes After Main Course: Barry Gibb & The Bee Gees on Top Again
Interview by Ian Dove, Phonograph Record, April 1976
BARRY GIBB considers Arif Mardin the main ingredient for Main Course's success. He adds: "Quite simply he's the best producer in the world for us. ...
Interview by Ian Dove, Phonograph Record, April 1977
MUDDY WATERS, the blues singer, relaxed in the kitchen of his home in the Chicago suburbs. He likes Chicago although rarely goes into the city ...
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