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Review by Lenny Kaye, Rolling Stone, 27 September 1973
THE GREENING OF MOTOWN continues apace, with performers who once flourished under the company's autocratic guidelines (the Four Tops, Gladys Knight) seeking success elsewhere while ...
Review by Roy Trakin, Creem, March 1988
THIS IS ALMOST as satisfying a return to form as Sugar Ray Leonard's victory over Marvelous Marvin Hagler and practically as much of an upset. ...
Audio interviews
Interview by David Nathan, Rock's Backpages audio, 21 March 1995
Mr Wonder talks about why he started to write socially conscious songs: the Vietnam War, inner city unrest and deprivation; being empowered by Marvin Gaye's What's Going On; his relationship with Motown; his new album Conversation Peace — its title, and key songs and on lyrics as poetry.
File format: mp3; file size: 47.8meg, interview length: 49' 47" sound quality: **½
Interview by Barney Hoskyns, Rock's Backpages audio, 26 March 2005
From 'Fingertips' to the 21st Century, and everything in between: his classic albums; Ray Charles, Marvin Gaye and Prince; race, religion and blindness; recording and technology then and now... and he sings! he preaches! he does your horoscope!
File format: mp3; file size: 105.1mb, interview length: 1h 49' 31" sound quality: ***
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Stevie Wonder: Tribute to Uncle Ray; The 12-year-old Genius Recorded Live (both Oriole)
Review by uncredited writer, Melody Maker, 21 September 1963
LITTLE STEVIE Wonder is largely unknown in Britain. The main fact about him is that he's a 12-year-old American blind Negro who has just had ...
Mr. Gordy has a formula for success — 'It is Love'
Profile and Interview by Maureen Cleave, The Evening Standard, 10 October 1964
THE BEATLES have done terrible things to the American record industry. Nobody knows what to record any longer. Should they try to reproduce what is ...
A Warning To The Tamla-Motown Visitors From Their Biggest Fan!
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 ...
America Hits Back With Tamla Motown Attack
Report by Norman Jopling, Record Mirror, 20 March 1965
IN RETALIATION to the British craze sweeping the States, America launches its biggest-ever campaign to bring back the Yanks into the British charts in the ...
Stevie Wonder: Mr Harmonica Man
Interview by Nick Jones, Melody Maker, 29 January 1966
"STEVIE'S GOT A Monster," scream the adverts in American papers. They are referring, of course, to his hit record, 'Uptight (Everything's Alright)' which looks like ...
Stevie Wonder: The In Place, London
Live Review by Nick Jones, Melody Maker, 29 January 1966
FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD Stevie Wonder is already a mature performer, and no mean raver. He has a far from diminutive voice, great charm, and a lot of ...
'Uptight' Brings Stevie Back In The Spotlight
Profile by uncredited writer, KRLA Beat, 29 January 1966
"LITTLE" STEVIE Wonder is no more — now he's just Stevie Wonder. It seems the young blind harmonica player from Michigan is growing up. ...
Stevie Credits Stones For His Hit...
Interview by Richard Green, Record Mirror, 5 February 1966
THOUGH THEY may not know it, the Rolling Stones are getting a large share of the credit for the success of Stevie Wonder's 'Uptight'. It ...
Live Review by Richard Goldstein, The Village Voice, 16 June 1966
Pop Eye: Soundblast '66 ...
The Beatles, Small Faces et al: New Singles
Review by Peter Jones, Norman Jopling, Record Mirror, 6 August 1966
Wonderful new Beatles, and 2 versions of America's 'Napoleon' hit. Very good Small Faces & old Righteous Bros & Ike and Tina. Slower Nancy and ...
Stevie Wonder Advances; No Longer Ray's 'Protege'
Interview by Mike Tuck, KRLA Beat, 22 October 1966
STEVIE WONDER, who plays five different instruments and dances as energetically and rhythmically as he sings, is probably a little more real than most people ...
Overview by Maureen O'Grady, Rave, November 1966
RAVE's Maureen O'Grady puts on parade some of the greatest and the latest singers of "soul". The sound the "in" crowd said would happen. ...
Interview by Loraine Alterman, Detroit Free Press, 17 March 1967
I CAUGHT UP with Stevie Wonder who's constantly on the run performing all over the country. A private tutor travels with him so Stevie keeps ...
"John Lennon has soul," says Stevie Wonder...
Profile by Norman Jopling, Record Mirror, 5 August 1967
FOR SOME strange reason, Tamla Motown have suddenly started calling Stevie Wonder "The Prophet Of Soul" which seems to be a somewhat corny catch-name for ...
Stevie Wonder: It's Not Such a Drag Being Blind
Interview by Nick Jones, Melody Maker, 14 October 1967
STEVIE WONDER, here for a tour of Britain, talks to NICK JONES ...
Singles from Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell, Aretha Franklin, Lee Dorsey and Stevie Wonder
Review by Norman Jopling, Record Mirror, 21 October 1967
MARVIN GAYE AND TAMMI TERRELL: 'Your Precious Love'; 'Hold Me Oh My Darling' (Tamla Motown TMG 625). What a beautiful record this is. A medium-pace, ...
The Supremes: Psychedelic Tamla!
Interview by Alan Smith, New Musical Express, 18 November 1967
Brian Holland, one of Motown's famous composing team, speaks to Alan Smith, and tells about PSYCHEDELIC TAMLA! ...
'Understanding Is Very Important' — Stevie Wonder
Interview by Eden, KRLA Beat, 2 December 1967
"I STARTED OUT when I was about nine-and-a-half or ten years old, and my first 'engagement' was on my front porch! My first professional performance ...
Review by Norman Jopling, Record Mirror, 13 January 1968
THE BIG R & B companies have a habit of LP release lists which make mouths watery with anticipation. Of course the omnipresent financial problem ...
Stevie Wonder: Grand Old Music Man — and Just 17
Profile by Mike Gormley, The Ottawa Journal, 24 May 1968
STEVIE WONDER is 'Uptight'. ...
Diana Ross and the Supremes, Stevie Wonder, Shorty Long: Forest Hills Stadium, Queens NY
Live Review by Ian Dove, Billboard, 17 August 1968
Motown Acts Draw Near-Capacity Crowd ...
Live Review by Robert Shelton, The New York Times, 2 September 1968
Top Pop Concert Draws Only 2,000 To Randalls Island ...
Two Sides of the Great Stevie Wonder
Profile by Alan Smith, New Musical Express, 8 February 1969
Stevie champions the under dogs; Musically he's only at the beginning ...
STEVIE WONDER explains the latest sound from Tamla... FUNKEDELIC!
Interview by Royston Eldridge, Melody Maker, 15 March 1969
AT THE AGE of 19, Stevie Wonder is something of a soul business veteran. But after meeting and seeing him in action, it's easy to ...
Stevie Wonder, The Foundations, The Flirtations: Hammersmith Odeon, London
Live Review by Royston Eldridge, Melody Maker, 15 March 1969
Stevie's a big star now ...
Live Review by John Mendelssohn, Los Angeles Times, 9 September 1969
Smokey Robinson Crew Performs in Inglewood ...
Motowners have Racial Problems
Report by Ann Moses, New Musical Express, 27 September 1969
SINCE SO many Motown artists are currently in the British charts, I thought I might pass on some things about them that have been circulating ...
Interview by Alan Smith, New Musical Express, 22 November 1969
IN A WORLD of darkness, sound has obviously become almost Stevie Wonder's chief guide and consolation... so I was hardly surprised to hear this week ...
Invite Me To Britain pleads "homesick" Stevie Wonder, who says he may marry in six months!
Interview by Alan Smith, New Musical Express, 2 May 1970
ALAN SMITH talks to Tamla's most consistent solo hitmaker ...
Stevie & Syreeta: A Perfect Marriage Of Musical Ideas
Interview by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, 17 July 1970
THIS YEAR, 1970, Motown are celebrating their 10th anniversary. During their ten very successful years, Stevie Wonder has been virtually an ever present. ...
Stevie Wonder, Martha & the Vandellas: Finsbury Park Astoria, London
Live Review by James Johnson, New Musical Express, 30 January 1971
THE MAGIC Motown formula, an amalgam of glamour, professionalism and good, driving music brought excitement to dark and dreary Finsbury Park last week when the ...
Stevie Wonder: Stevie Freaks Out
Interview by Mark Plummer, Melody Maker, 30 January 1971
LAST TIME Stevie Wonder was in Britain he promised that his next album would be the new-style him, with a deeper musical and lyrical feeling. ...
Stevie: British Audiences Prevented Me From Giving Up Singing
Interview by James Johnson, New Musical Express, 13 February 1971
"IN THE PAST I've occasionally thought about giving up singing," said Stevie Wonder. "But what happened at Hammersmith last week was something I'll never forget. ...
Stevie Wonder: Where I'm Coming From (Tamla Motown STML 11183)
Review by Royston Eldridge, Sounds, 31 July 1971
MOTOWN HAS always had a readily identifiable sound whether the artist be David Ruffin or the Four Tops. Until now, that is. ...
Stevie Wonder: Music Of My Mind (Tamla Motown)
Review by Penny Valentine, Sounds, 4 December 1971
THIS HAS been hailed as Stevie Wonder's final "coming of age", but I think this album is more important and will certainly have more important ...
Report by Philip Norman, The Sunday Times Magazine, 1972
STEVIE WONDER crosses the hotel lobby, resting on the elbows of two other people. That he is blind, has been blind from birth, is nonetheless ...
Audiences Will Accept New Things From Me, Says Stevie Wonder
Interview by Roger St. Pierre, New Musical Express, 22 January 1972
MUSICAL BARRIERS are tumbling down that's the reckoning of Stevie Wonder, currently on another 20-date European tour. "Audiences used to have a pre-conception of ...
Stevie Wonder: Hammersmith Odeon, London
Live Review by Danny Holloway, New Musical Express, 22 January 1972
STEVIE WONDER is the first artist to make Motown work for him rather than vice-versa. He has full control over his music and has acquired ...
Stevie Wonder: Stevie's Moog Music...
Profile and Interview by Penny Valentine, Sounds, 22 January 1972
"I never did realise it would take me so long to lose that 'Little' Stevie Wonder tag. There are times when I wish I'd only ...
Stevie Wonder: A Little Too Far Out?
Profile and Interview by David Nathan, Blues & Soul, 4 February 1972
ALL IN ALL, 1971 was not a big year for Stevie Wonder in this country, and his appearances in the chart were, in fact, few ...
Stevie Wonder, Bags Of Chips And Clapton
Report and Interview by Fred Dellar, New Musical Express, 17 February 1972
NME calls in at all-night recording session ...
John Sinclair: Free John & Yoko
Report by uncredited writer, Dave Marsh, Creem, March 1972
The new Plastic Ono Band comes to Ann Arbor to Free John Sinclair – Starring David Peel, Archie Shepp, Ed Sanders, Stevie Wonder, Commander Cody, ...
Stevie Wonder: Music Of My Mind (Tamla Motown STM A 8002)
Review by uncredited writer, Record Mirror, 13 May 1972
Stevie matures — and he did it all himself ...
Stevie Wonder: Music Of My Mind (Tamla)
Review by Vernon Gibbs, Rock, June 1972
A breakaway from restrictive formulas ...
Rolling Stones, Stevie Wonder: Winterland, San Francisco CA
Live Review by Philip Elwood, The San Francisco Examiner, 7 June 1972
Rolling, Rocking Stones Gather No Moss ...
The Rolling Stones, Stevie Wonder: Boston Garden, Boston MA
Live Review by Michael Lydon, Fusion, November 1972
THE ROLLING Stones were magnificent in Boston. We arrived at a packed Boston Garden high and hopeful for an evening of visual thrills and musical ...
Interview by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, 5 January 1973
I HONESTLY wonder how many people have listened to Syreeta's first Mowest album, entitled simply Syreeta, and compared it to the last record that this ...
Stevie Wonder: Talking Book (Tamla)
Review by Ian MacDonald, New Musical Express, 13 January 1973
LAST YEAR, Wonder achieved overdue recognition for his first solo album, Music Of My Mind — which was, simply, the most overrated album of '72. ...
Stevie Wonder: Talking Book (Motown)
Review by John Swenson, The Village Voice, 25 January 1973
STEVIE WONDER possesses a unique vision that has enabled him to encompass a wide range of influences without being controlled by any of them. Coming ...
Stevie Wonder: "Hah-the boy is getting MILITANT! You get back to 'Fingertips' now!"
Interview by Chris Welch, Melody Maker, 10 February 1973
Talking Book is already tipped as one of 73's best albums. Here Chris Welch talks to its creator ...
Stevie Wonder: Man Of Today And Tomorrow
Interview by David Nathan, Blues & Soul, 16 February 1973
ONE OF THE most rewarding and exciting aspects of taking any serious interest in any field of music is observing the artistic development and progress ...
Stevie Wonder: Carnegie Hall, New York
Live Review by Vicki Wickham, Melody Maker, 17 February 1973
GODAMN IT! You would think the President of a record company would know better — especially the President of Motown Records. ...
Stevie Wonder: The New Wonder Ingredient
Interview by Tony Norman, New Musical Express, 17 February 1973
BLACK AND PROUD, MUSIC FROM THE SOUL ...
Stevie Wonder: Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica CA
Live Review by Richard Cromelin, Los Angeles Times, 7 March 1973
THERE ARE innovative artists and there are great entertainers, but for one reason or another the twain seldom seem to meet. Stevie Wonder is remarkably ...
Review by Chris Welch, Melody Maker, 11 August 1973
WHEN APPRAISING an artist of the stature of Stevie Wonder, there seems nothing worse than to hark back to previous triumphs and make comparisons. ...
Stevie Wonder: Innervisions (Tamla)
Review by Dave Marsh, Creem, December 1973
I WASN'T very impressed when Stevie played the songs from Innervisions live at the Newport Jazz Festival in July. When, later that month, his publicists blindfolded members ...
Stevie Wonder: Rainbow Theatre, London
Live Review by David Nathan, Blues & Soul, 12 February 1974
IT'S BEEN said before but it's got to be said again: Stevie Wonder is, firstly, one of the most creative talents in the musical world ...
Stevie Wonder Returns With a Synthesized Howl
Report and Interview by Paul Gambaccini, Rolling Stone, 28 February 1974
LONDON — IT HAD been five months since his auto accident, five months since he had done a complete show onstage, and it was clear ...
Stevie Wonder: Rainbow Theatre, London
Live Review by Tony Cummings, Black Music, March 1974
THE RETURN of the magus. Stevie Wonder at the first house at London's Rainbow. Squint and you can see the aura of genius glowing from ...
Stevie Wonder: Madison Square Garden, New York NY
Live Review by Vicki Wickham, Melody Maker, 6 April 1974
Night of Wonder ...
Stevie Wonder: Madison Square Garden, New York NY
Live Review by John Swenson, The Village Voice, 11 April 1974
In synch with the shaman ...
Essay by Richard Williams, Let It Rock, July 1974
Weve got love a go-go nowLets not wonder whyLove-a, love a go-go nowTomorrow that love may die Stevie Wonder, 1966 Sing it loud for your ...
Report and Interview by Robin Katz, 19, July 1974
IT IS 1963. Beehive hairdos, and the Beach Boys are the all-American thing. In the shabby end of Brooklyn sits an old theatre called The ...
Stevie Wonder: Fulfillingness' First Finale (Motown)
Review by Wayne Robins, The Village Voice, 12 September 1974
What's the storeee, Stevie? ...
Stevie Wonder, The Commodores: Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale NY
Live Review by Vernon Gibbs, Zoo World, 24 October 1974
'S Wonderful! ...
Minnie Riperton: From a whisper to a scream
Profile by Giovanni Dadomo, Record Mirror, 26 October 1974
WHEN A RECORD company brings the release date of an album forward by almost three months it's a sure sign that the artist involved is ...
Review by John Swenson, Crawdaddy!, November 1974
Stevie & Sly: Invention and Pretension ...
Stevie Wonder: Further Fulfillingness
Interview by Wayne Robins, Melody Maker, 9 November 1974
STEVIE WONDER had to know: should he, could he, release part two of Fulfillingness' First Finale at the end of November? ...
Stevie Wonder: Forum, Los Angeles CA
Live Review by Harvey Kubernik, Melody Maker, 14 December 1974
Stevie Wonder: painting in rock ...
Stevie Wonder: Fulfillingness' First Finale (Motown)
Review by Danny Goldberg, Hit Parader, January 1975
THERE IS more of the 'Sunshine Of My Life' ballad side of Stevie Wonder on this new LP than the rocking 'Living In The City'. ...
Stevie Wonder - Blind, Gifted and Loaded
Report by Bob Woffinden, New Musical Express, 23 August 1975
THERE HAS BEEN an official silence about Stevie Wonder's plans since he publicly announced in March last year that he was to retire in 1976 ...
Hurricane II: Thunder in the Heart of Texas
Report by Joe Nick Patoski, Rolling Stone, 26 February 1976
Carter Benefit at Astrodome ...
Stevie Wonder: The Selling of Stevie
Report by Roy Carr, New Musical Express, 2 October 1976
MAYBE I'M just a cynic... but from where I'm standing it appears that, in terms of pushing as much product as humanly possible, the 13 ...
Stevie Wonder: Songs In The Key Of Life
Review by Bob Woffinden, New Musical Express, 9 October 1976
RUMOURS THAT the New Musical Express has deliberately pursued a course of hostility towards Stevie Wonder are, of course, utterly without foundation; but (even at ...
Review by Cliff White, New Musical Express, 10 December 1977
ON AUGUST 5th, 1975, Stevie Wonder signed an historic contract with Motown. Apart from the little matter of a $13 million guarantee, the deal reputedly ...
Minnie Riperton: How Minnie's cooking tempted Stevie Wonder
Interview by David Nathan, Blues & Soul, 19 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 ...
Stevie Wonder: Hotter Than July
Review by Phil Sutcliffe, Sounds, 1980
IF THIS ALBUM had been issued between Fulfillingness First Finale and Songs In The Key Of Life I think I'd still have given it four ...
Stevie Wonder: Journey Through the Secret Life of Plants (Motown)
Review by Richard C. Walls, Creem, February 1980
LET'S ASSUME that you didn't think that Songs in the Key of Life was a total bust. It was over hyped for sure, overblown in ...
Stevie Wonder: Wembley Arena, London
Live Review by David Hancock, Evening News, London, 2 September 1980
Stevie's still casting that black magic ...
Stevie Wonder: Hotter Than July (Motown)
Review by Charles Shaar Murray, New Musical Express, 1 November 1980
Blastin' back. Hello roots, bye bye geraniums ...
Stevie Wonder: Hotter Than July (Tamla)
Review by Tom Vickers, Ampersand, February 1981
THE PAST few years have seen Stevie Wonder bury his soulful fire with overblown pretention (Songs in the Key of Life) or symphonic dross (The ...
Stevie Wonder: Original Musiquarium I
Review by Lloyd Bradley, New Musical Express, 1982
FOUR MONTHS late, four sides long, only four tracks new but fortunately containing enough sterling old stuff to make it a realistic proposition (economicswise) comes ...
Stevie Wonder: Original Musiquarium I (Motown)
Review by Lloyd Bradley, New Musical Express, 15 May 1982
A WONDER DOWN MEMORY LANE ...
The Superstar: Much More Than The Just The music
Overview by Vernon Gibbs, Billboard, 5 June 1982
IT MAY be one of the most frequently misused of the music industry's accolades, since in a business full of stars there are few genuine ...
Interview by Paul Sexton, Record Mirror, 6 August 1983
TELEPATHY, THAT'S the only way of explaining the relationship between Gary Byrd and his friend Stevie Wonder. ...
Stevie Wonder: Capital Centre, Landover MD
Live Review by Geoffrey Himes, Baltimore Sun, 17 January 1984
Wonder lights up Cap Centre ...
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 ...
Live Review by Richard Williams, The Times, 2 July 1984
PERHAPS ONE DAY Stevie Wonder will recognize that inviting a British audience to sing along with him does not evoke the kind of ready response ...
Stevie Wonder: The Woman In Red (Motown)
Review by Simon Witter, New Musical Express, 15 September 1984
SO HERE'S a new Stevie Wonder album, but not THE new Stevie Wonder album, the one we've stopped holding our breath for (makes Aswad and ...
Stevie Wonder: Selections From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack: The Woman In Red (Motown)
Review by J.D. Considine, Musician, January 1985
THE NEW Stevie Wonder album has this problem: It thinks it's a soundtrack. It doesn't get violent about it, true. In fact, except for the ...
USA for Africa: Record could raise millions for hungry
Report by Michael Goldberg, Rolling Stone, 14 March 1985
"CHECK YOUR ego at the door." That was the message producer Quincy Jones sent to Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Wonder, Willie Nelson, Diana Ross ...
USA For Africa: We Are The World (Columbia)
Review by J. Kordosh, Creem, August 1985
OUCHLESS BAND-AID ...
Stevie Wonder: In Square Circle (Motown)
Review by RJ Smith, Spin, December 1985
THESE THINGS never do fall from the sky, like factor emissions and bird shirt. But if they did (If your mother had skates she'd be ...
Stevie Wonder: Ever Decreasing Circles
Interview by Gavin Martin, New Musical Express, 21 December 1985
Is STEVIE WONDER's giant talent exhausted or just sleeping? GAVIN MARTIN seeks the truth, but finds the man cocooned from the nitty gritty by an ...
Stevie Wonder: In Square Circle
Review by Roy Trakin, Creem, February 1986
IT BUBBLES, it gurgles, it coos. You were maybe expecting Fingertips Part III? In Square Circle is a seamless piece of synthetic aural gratification that ...
Stevie Wonder: The Timeless World of Wonder
Interview by Michael Goldberg, Rolling Stone, 10 April 1986
When you've sold 70 million records and persuaded Congress to make your hero's birthday a national holiday, you can afford to keep people waiting, and ...
Stevie Wonder: The Forum, Los Angeles CA
Live Review by Mark Rowland, Billboard, 26 July 1986
THIS YEAR marks the 25th anniversary of Stevie Wonder's association with Motown, and this triumphant career retrospective proved a fitting celebration. ...
Stevie Wonder: Pop Music Or Politics, He Sings Out And Speaks Up For His Beliefs
Interview by Jim Sullivan, The Boston Globe, 14 August 1986
P.W. BOTHA was on television Tuesday afternoon and Stevie Wonder was steamed Tuesday night. Wonder had been listening to the South African president on a ...
Stevie Wonder: Wembley Arena, London
Live Review by Simon Witter, New Musical Express, 12 September 1987
I WANT TO TAKE YOU HIGHER! ...
Interview by Michael Goldberg, Rolling Stone, 5 November 1987
TWENTY YEARS ago, when you were only seventeen, you had already had a Number One hit and were well on your way to becoming one ...
Review by Lloyd Bradley, Q, January 1988
THE SINGLE, 'SKELETONS', made a couple of bold statements: its earthy, chunky bass synth lines proved Stevie Wonder to have recaptured the simple approach to ...
Stevie Wonder: Breaking The Square Circle
Interview by Paolo Hewitt, New Musical Express, 22 April 1989
Perhaps the most innovative musician of the '70s, STEVIE WONDER has enjoyed mixed fortunes in the '80s, dividing his time between duets with Dionne Warwick ...
Berry Gordy: The Tracks of My Years
Interview by Michael Goldberg, New Musical Express, 18 August 1990
BERRY GORDY, the man who invented the "Sound of Young America", has seen the story of his monumentally influential Motown label told in a succession ...
Report by Lloyd Bradley, The Independent, 9 May 1991
Lloyd Bradley on the changing fortunes of the Motown label ...
Stevie Wonder: Wembley Arena, London
Live Review by Jeff Lorez, Blues & Soul, 16 June 1992
WITH NO newly released album to promote, Stevie and band, backed by The Royal Philharmonic string section could afford to wallow in musical nostalgia and ...
Review by Andy Gill, Q, September 1992
Stevie Wonder reissued: from 12-Year-Old-Genius to I Just Called To Say I Love You. ...
Stevie Wonder: Radio City Music Hall, New York
Live Review by Lloyd Bradley, MOJO, March 1995
WHEN STEVIE WONDER EASES INTO 'YOU AND I', ACCOMPANIED only by his acoustic grand piano, the whole auditorium goes quiet. Not just silent, like nobody's ...
Interview by Phil Sutcliffe, Q, April 1995
It's been a few years oh alright then, decades since "Little" Stevie Wonder was seriously big. But beyond the heavyweight collaborations, the myriad ...
Stevie Wonder: Conversation Peace (Motown)
Review by Jim Irvin, MOJO, April 1995
SO UNIQUE, SO ADVENTUROUS WAS Stevie Wonder in his 70s heyday that its especially upsetting to hear the occasionally hackneyed modern model. Not that weve ...
Stevie Wonder: Singing in the Key of Life
Overview by Craig Werner, Goldmine, 8 October 1999
IT WAS THE fall of 1974 and signs of confusion were everywhere. President Richard Nixon had fled from office in disgrace, only to receive a ...
Stevie Wonder: The Electrification Of Soul
Overview by David Stubbs, Uncut, August 2000
"THERE'S NEVER BEEN a time when Stevie Wonder hasn't been relevant," said an associate of Wonder's on Channel 4's recent Top 10 Seventies Soul run-down. ...
Stevie Wonder: The Making of 'Higher Ground'
Retrospective by Johnny Black, Blender, September 2003
Vital statistics ...
Stevie Wonder: Songs in the Key of Life (Motown, 1976)
Review by Barney Hoskyns, Uncut, 2004
BERRY GORDYS former boy genius already had a string of single-album masterpieces under his belt when he put his signature on summer 76 with this ...
Interview by Pete Paphides, MOJO, July 2004
PANNED ON ITS RELEASE, STEVIE WONDER'S JOURNEY THROUGH THE SECRET LIFE OF PLANTS MADE PREFAB SPROUT'S PADDY MCALOON A SONGWRITER. ...
Retrospective and Interview by Barney Hoskyns, Radio Times, 2005
FOR SOME PEOPLE, the terms "Soul" and "Motown" are almost synonymous. When they think of soul music, timeless sounds and images of the Supremes and ...
The Backpages Interview: Stevie Wonder
Interview by Barney Hoskyns, Rock's Backpages, March 2005
RBP: You're working these long all-night stretches in the studio. How different is it from when you worked in the early '70s? ...
Stevie Wonder (2005) [transcript]
Audio transcript of interview by Barney Hoskyns, Rock's Backpages transcripts, 26 March 2005
This is a transcript of Barney's audio interview with Stevie. Listen to the audio of this interview. ...
Profile and Interview by Barney Hoskyns, Uncut, June 2005
BY THE SMALL HOURS of Saturday morning, L.A.'s Koreatown district is hushed and still. The odd car rattles along Western Avenue, but most of the ...
Review by Alfred Soto, Stylus, 4 November 2005
LIKE BRYAN FERRY, Stevie Wonder has been worshipping at the altar of love for so long that he's forgotten that Eros likes his faithful to ...
Review by Terry Staunton, Record Collector, December 2005
Long overdue reminder of what the great man does best ...
Interview by Alan Light, MSN.com, April 2010
"EVERY TIME I hear a really attractive chord sequence, I'm on my way again," says Jeff Beck. "I think, what can I do with this?" ...
Mark Ribowsky: Signed, Sealed, and Delivered – The Soulful Journey of Stevie Wonder
Book Review by Robert Sandall, The Sunday Times, 2 May 2010
His charisma is beyond doubt but, as this valiant life reveals, Stevie Wonder is on a different wavelength from everybody else. ...
Obituary by Dave Laing, The Guardian, 18 July 2012
One of the last surviving members of the Funk Brothers, the backbone of Tamla Motown ...
Stevie Wonder: Sound and Vision
Retrospective by David Burke, Classic Pop, October 2017
STEVIE WONDER had reached the summit with the wildly ambitious 1976 double album Songs in the Key of Life. It would become the best-selling and most ...
When Pop Went Political: Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
Retrospective and Interview by David Burke, Classic Pop, June 2018
IT WAS A PARTY staged to express solidarity with the world's most famous political prisoner, while concurrently expressing vehement opposition to an overtly racist system ...
see also Tonto's Expanding Head Band
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