Minnie Riperton

Minnie Riperton: S'Wonderlove

Interview by David Rensin, Rolling Stone, October 1974

LOS ANGELES – Along with many of the stars and hopefuls at Chicago's 1971 Black Expo, Minnie Riperton waited patiently backstage to approach the blind ...

Minnie Riperton

Interview by Chris Charlesworth, Melody Maker, April 1975

MINNIE RIPERTON is as fizzy as a soda bottle shaken on a hot summer day. Life, it is reassuring to know, can be enjoyed even ...

Feminism Is, Uh, Like Skinning Cats...

Interview by Cliff White, NME, June 1977

...or something like that, so it says here, in this double-date interview with Mss MINNIE RIPPERTON and MILLIE JACKSON ...

'Minnie Bird': The 5 - Octave Soprano Is Back

Report and Interview by David Nathan, Blues & Soul, August 1977

MINNIE RIPERTON'S press bio reads: "The lady with the five and a half-octave coloratura soprano voice is a star". Without taking away from her talent ...

Minnie Riperton

Interview by David Nathan, Blues & Soul, June 1979

2008 introduction:This interview was David's second face-to-face conversation with Minnie; at the time, she was dealing with health challenges – in 1976, she had been ...

How Minnie's Cooking Tempted Stevie Wonder

Profile and Interview by David Nathan, Blues & Soul, June 1979

MINNIE RIPERTON has a new album out and it marks her debut set for Capitol Records. She's feeling justifiably pleased with it and has good ...

Minnie Riperton: Minnie (Capitol) ****

Review by Paul Sexton, Record Mirror, August 1979

THIS WAS going to be a happy, triumphant comeback album... ...