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Barney Hoskyns is greatly entertained by the egghead humour of Steely Dan's Walter Becker and Donald Fagen (Rock's Backpages audio, 2003)
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Features and interviews
Ian Dove profiles yé-yé chanteuse Françoise Hardy (New Musical Express, 1965)
Mike Oberman meets Howard University student (and Stax Records star) Carla Thomas (Evening Star, The (Washington DC), 1967)
"John likely to go bald!" Caroline Boucher meets Leslie Cavendish, the Beatles' hairdresser (Disc and Music Echo, 1969)
Danny Holloway hears from Plastic Ono Band drummer Alan White (Sounds, 1971)
Judith Sims meets Canada's "singing sweetheart" Anne Murray (Rolling Stone, 1973)
Jonathan Morrish profiles piano man Billy Joel (Let It Rock, 1975)
Mere months after the King's death, John Morthland compiles an oral history of Elvis Presley's life and career (Country Music, 1977)
Backstage at Harlem's Apollo, Lloyd Bradley hears about George Clinton's purported retirement from live performance (Blues & Soul, 1979)
Richard Harrington clambers aboard REO Speedwagon (The Washington Post, 1981)
Helen FitzGerald surveys the "lunatic world" of Swiss legends Yello (Melody Maker, 1983)
Cath Carroll grabs a chat with Style Council acolyte Dee C. Lee (New Musical Express, 1985)
David Nathan checks in with Labelle legend Nona Hendryx (Blues & Soul, 1987)
Jon Wilde talks to Doors biographer and recovering junkie Danny Sugerman (Melody Maker, 1989)
Sylvia Patterson spends a day at the seaside with Blur (Smash Hits, 1991)
Martin Horsfield grabs a chat with "hotly-tipped" Oxford band Radiohead (Brig, 1993)
Siân Pattenden puts her questions to Suede's new boy Richard Oakes (Select, 1995)
Dele Fadele beats a path to the Jungle Brothers (New Musical Express, 1997)
In the wake of the Columbine shootings, Everett True asks the question: was Marilyn Manson responsible? (Melody Maker, 1999)
Ned Raggett looks back on the best bands of the '90s (Freaky Trigger, 2001)
Ben Thompson nominates pop's ten greatest publicity stunts (Observer Music Monthly, 2003)
Amy Linden learns about Tommy Lee's favourite hip hop tracks (XXL, 2005)
David Cavanagh meets the Doors' Ray Manzarek (Uncut, 2007)
Steven Wells states his case against Los Campesinos! and other exemplars of tweeness (The Quietus, 2008)
Gary Lucas looks back at his experiences of playing with Captain Beefheart (The Wire, 2011)
Carol Cooper calls out the obsolescence of the term "World Music" (The Village Voice, 2013)
Michael A. Gonzales on the creation of Cree Sumer's Street Faërie (soulhead, 2015)
Graeme Thomson roams around First Aid Kit's Ruins (Uncut, 2018)
Laura Barton "duels" with a particularly belligerent Van Morrison (The Guardian, 2019)
Jim Farber reflects on the troubled life of Rolling Stone Brian Jones (The Independent, 2023)
Album & Live Reviews
Robert Shelton reviews folk's "diamond in the rough" Phil Ochs, live at Carnegie Hall (The New York Times, 1966)
Keith Altham hears the eponymous debut album by "king of the buskers" Don Partridge (New Musical Express, 1968)
Roy Carr attends the Zeppelin-headlined Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music (New Musical Express, 1970)
John Abbey has mixed feelings about Betty Wright's I Love The Way You Love (Blues & Soul, 1972)
Chris Charlesworth catches Fanny, live at New York's Town Hall (Melody Maker, 1974)
James Wolcott enters Eno's Another Green World (Creem, 1976)
Phil Sutcliffe raves about local lads Punishment Of Luxury, live in Newcastle (Sounds, 1978)
Mark Ellen is bathed in the Soft Boys' Underwater Moonlight (New Music News, 1980)
A bemused J. Kordosh catches AC/DC, live at Detroit's Cobo Arena (Creem, 1982)
Single of the Week: Cath Carroll is arrested by Smiley Culture's 'Police Officer' (New Musical Express, 1984)
Jeff Tamarkin sees Steve Winwood, live at New York's Pier 84 (Billboard, 1986)
Gillian G. Gaar listens to the grungey box-set of EPs that is Sub Pop 200 (The Rocket, 1988)
Damon Wise itches and scratches to Public Enemy et al., live at Wembley's DMC Mixing Championships (Sounds, 1990)
John Robb is delighted by Pavement's Slanted and Enchanted (Select, 1992)
Dave Simpson sees Inspiral Carpets et al. at Glasgow's Sound City Preview (Melody Maker, 1994)
Alan Light reviews Curtis Mayfield's New World Order (Vibe, 1996)
Paul Sexton is knocked out by rising country star Trisha Yearwood, live at London's Labatt's Apollo (The Times, 1998)
Barbara Ellen bites into the solo debut that is Heather Small's Proud (The Times, 2000)
Stevie Chick raves about the Bellrays, live at London's Notting Hill Arts Club (Kerrang!, 2002)
Rob Fitzpatrick feels enervated by Death In Vegas' Back To Mine compilation (New Musical Express, 2004)
Everett True sees American oddities Old Time Relijun, live at Brighton's Prince Albert (Plan B, 2008)
Jude Rogers joins the "little monsters" in the audience at Lady Gaga's O2 Arena show in London (New Statesman, 2010)
Evelyn McDonnell catches a consciousness-raising set by Bruce Springsteen, live at L.A.'s Memorial Sports Arena (Los Angeles Times, 2012)
Ned Raggett enjoys the self-titled comeback album that is Inspiral Carpets (The Quietus, 2014)
Stephen Dalton is disappointed by Stewart Lee's All Tomorrow's Parties in Prestatyn (The Times, 2016)
Jasper Murison-Bowie sees saxophonist-turned-flautist Shabaka live at the Barbican (Rock's Backpages, 2024)