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Lois Wilson

Lois Wilson

Lois Wilson (pictured with Paul Weller in 2002) worked in record and book shops and lectured in politics, philosophy and sociology before writing about music for MOJO from 1999. Soon after she became deputy editor on the late MOJO Collections and has also been published in Record Collector, for whom she does their monthly soul column, The Quietus, Planet Rock, Classic Rock Blues and more. Her fiction has been published in the Punk Fiction collection published by Portico. She has compiled CD selections for Motown, Chess and Trojan and overseen Paul Weller’s back catalogue and a series of soul related titles for the Future Noise label. She also heads People Powered concerts and is the founder of the NHS1000Musicians social media campaign. She collects Motown and Trojan 45s and 60s EPs and picture sleeves.

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Millie Jackson: An Interview

Interview by Lois Wilson, Record Collector, November 2004

Lois Wilson meets the queen of X-rated soul ...

The Velvelettes: Standing in the Shadows of Motown

Retrospective and Interview by Lois Wilson, Record Collector, March 2005

Lois Wilson salutes the Velvelettes, a great but neglected Motown act who are finally getting their due. ...

Kiki Dee: Dee Liberation

Interview by Lois Wilson, Record Collector, December 2005

Kiki Dee on working with Motown, Elton John and Boots The Chemist. ...

Kim Weston: Go Weston

Retrospective and Interview by Lois Wilson, Record Collector, January 2006

Lois Wilson celebrates the career of Motown diva Kim Weston ...

The Dells: Stay In My Corner

Retrospective and Interview by Lois Wilson, Record Collector, July 2006

From doo wop to R&B, from deep soul to Northern Soul, they are the most enduring story in vocal group history. Lois Wilson celebrates 50-plus ...

Reg King: Reg King (Circle)

Review by Lois Wilson, MOJO, November 2006

Eagerly awaited re-release of the ex-Action lead singer's sole 1971 solo outing. ...

Screamin' Jay Hawkins: The Whamee 1953-55 (Rev-Ola)

Review by Lois Wilson, MOJO, November 2006

Born bad: early recordings for Grand, Mercury, Wing, Timely and Gotham. ...

Jill Scott: The Real Thing – Words and Sounds vol. 3

Review by Lois Wilson, MOJO, January 2008

Scott chronicles her marriage break-up. More Let's Get It On than Here, My Dear, though, says Lois Wilson. ...

The Godfathers: Welcome Back: The Godfathers

Interview by Lois Wilson, MOJO, February 2008

Cult Rock'n'roll Enforcers Return To Take Care Of Unfinished Business ...

Duffy: Rockferry

Review by Lois Wilson, MOJO, April 2008

Escapist soulful pop from Bernard Butler protégé, who hails from north Wales ...

The Special AKA, The Specials: The Specials: Original Gangsters

Retrospective and Interview by Lois Wilson, MOJO, May 2008

Out of the inner-city misery and post-punk experiment of the late '70s came a group of black and white Coventry kids called the Specials who ...

Goldfrapp: Alison Goldfrapp

Interview by Lois Wilson, MOJO, June 2008

The eldritch folk siren, in her own words and by her own hand ...

The Cribs, Johnny Marr: The Cribs and Johnny Marr

Report and Interview by Lois Wilson, MOJO, June 2008

The Smiths and Modest Mouse guitar man blows minds with Wakefield's finest. ...

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 ...

Jah Wobble: The Bass Leviathan, In His Own Words

Interview by Lois Wilson, MOJO, October 2009

How would you describe yourself... ...

The Cribs, Johnny Marr: The Cribs: State of Independence

Retrospective and Interview by Lois Wilson, MOJO, October 2009

Yorkshire siblings the Cribs have spent seven years spurning rock star indulgences for DIY indie sufferance, winning over everyone from Franz Ferdinand to Sonic Youth ...

Air

Interview by Lois Wilson, MOJO, November 2009

France's Melancholic Melodists, In Their Own Words ...

The Raincoats

Interview by Lois Wilson, MOJO, November 2009

Post-punk's dissonant game changers return to inspire again. ...

Eli "Paperboy" Reed: The Soul Evangelist

Profile and Interview by Lois Wilson, MOJO, January 2010

THE MOST FEROCIOUS BLUE-EYED-SOUL BELTER OF HIS GENERATION FORGED HIS EXULTANT VOCAL STYLE IN A BLACK CHURCH ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CHICAGO. ELI "PAPERBOY" ...

Dusty Springfield: Southern Harmony

Retrospective and Interview by Lois Wilson, MOJO, April 2011

She was one of the greatest vocalists of all time at the height of her powers but for Dusty Springfield the making of Dusty in ...

Terry Callier, 1945-2012

Obituary by Lois Wilson, MOJO, January 2013

The inspirational folk-jazz-soul singer songwriter died last month. Lois Wilson salutes him. ...

Etta James

Retrospective by Lois Wilson, MOJO, February 2013

Abandoned as a child, addicted as an adult, Etta James lived a life punctuated by self-destruction and "wrong-headed men". Then came redemption. As the first ...

The Strypes: The Big Beat Reborn!

Interview by Lois Wilson, MOJO, February 2013

You CAN judge a band by looking at their covers! Lois Wilson speaks to The Strypes, Paul Weller and Jeff Beck's favourite new band... ...

Mud Morganfield: Blues scion stands up at last

Interview by Lois Wilson, MOJO, April 2013

"LIFE WAS ROUGH," says Mud Morganfield, the 57-year-old blues singer and son of Muddy Waters. "Pop left us when I was seven, we were poor, ...

Valerie June: Dingwalls, London

Live Review by Lois Wilson, MOJO, August 2013

Memphis singer follows the gravelled road to Camden Lock. ...

Leadbelly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection

Review by Lois Wilson, MOJO, May 2015

The last word on the convicted killer and extraordinary musician who shaped the future of white music. ...

Georgie Fame: Look Sharp

Retrospective and Interview by Lois Wilson, MOJO, November 2015

IT'S DECEMBER 1962, three sharp dressed GIs are hefting a Hammond organ down the icy steps of the Flamingo, a tiny jazz club on Wardour ...

Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham: Do Right Men: Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham

Retrospective and Interview by Lois Wilson, MOJO, January 2016

DAN PENN AND Spooner Oldham still remember the day everything changed. "I was in American Studios in Memphis working on the Box Tops," recalls Penn. ...

Aretha Franklin: The Good, The Bad & The Queen

Retrospective by Lois Wilson, MOJO, February 2017

IT'S THE EVENING of January 24, 1967, downtown Florence, Alabama. Rick Hall, the owner of Fame Studios in nearby Muscle Shoals, is stood in the ...

Dave Davies: Rock'n'roll Confidential: Dave Davies

Interview by Lois Wilson, MOJO, July 2017

A pioneer of the molten guitar riff on drinks, Kinks, and the nature of time. ...

Robert Finley

Retrospective and Interview by Lois Wilson, MOJO, January 2018

"IT NEVER FELT like it was going to be a life-changing moment," says Robert Finley. "It was just an ordinary Saturday morning, and I was ...

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