Dan Gennoe
Dan Gennoe is a London-based freelance journalist & author. He's written features, interviews and reviews for the likes of Esquire, GQ, Arena, FHM, Q Magazine, Mojo, Red, Time Out, The Independent and The Mail On Sunday. Dan also writes books, both fiction and non-fiction, and has ghost written the odd celebrity biography.
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Review by Dan Gennoe, dotmusic.co.uk, 2003
THE GRIEF and shock that gripped the R&B fraternity after Aaliyah Houghton's death in a plane crash in 2001 was more than just sorrow for ...
Review by Dan Gennoe, Q, 2002
DITCHING THE TEEN seduction of her 1999 debut, Christina Aguilera’s second album attempts to speedup the aging process and shake off her wannabe Britney Spears ...
Interview by Dan Gennoe, Flipside, 1999
The girl who was discovered singing on a tube station at the age of 15, picked up 2 MOBOs and 1 Brit award, and scored ...
Victoria Beckham: Victoria Beckham
Review by Dan Gennoe, Q, 2001
It's vocoder-a-go-go as Posh Spice gets personal ...
Natasha Bedingfield: Unwritten
Review by Dan Gennoe, dotmusic.co.uk, September 2004
SO IT'S OFFICIAL. Natasha Bedingfield is no longer just Daniel's little sister. That 'These Words' going to No.1 made chart history – making her and ...
Busta Rhymes: A Drink With Busta Rhymes
Interview by Dan Gennoe, Esquire, 2003
ESQUIRE: What's your poison? ...
Review by Dan Gennoe, dotmusic.co.uk, November 2007
IN THE ABSENCE of an identity of his own, 16-year-old Chris Brown borrowed Usher's for his self-titled 2005 debut. ...
Review by Dan Gennoe, dotmusic.co.uk, July 2005
IT'S SAID THAT American's do everything bigger and better than everyone else. While, in most instances the second part of the claim is a matter ...
Coldcut: Ninja Tune: Way Of The Ninja
Profile and Interview by Dan Gennoe, 7, 2000
TEN YEARS AGO COLDCUT DECIDED THEY'D HAD ENOUGH OF TOP OF THE POPS AND SET-UP UP NINJA TUNE. XENCUTS, THE ORGY OF FREE-THINKING DECKS, BEATS ...
Dashboard Confessional: The Places You Have Come To Fear The Most
Review by Dan Gennoe, Q, 2002
IF THE "EMO" fraternity need a hero, Florida's Christopher Carrabba, aka Dashboard Confessional, is their man. Hurling a barrage of poetic abuse and violently chugging ...
Interview by Dan Gennoe, Front, 2000
With The Artful Dodger and a cry of "Re-e-wind, the crowd say bo selecta!" Craig David boinked his way up the Christmas charts. Only God, ...
Decemberists, The: The Decemberists: The Crane Wife
Review by Dan Gennoe, dotmusic.co.uk, January 2007
THE DECEMBERISTS are the brainchild of Portland-based songwriter Colin Meloy. Meloy's interests include eighth century poetry, singing in a North American-oldie-worldie-British-accent and prog rock. If ...
Faith Evans: The First Lady (Capitol/EMI)
Review by Dan Gennoe, dotmusic.co.uk, 2005
UNFORTUNATELY FOR Faith Evans, no matter what she does nor how well she does it, her career will never be able to hold a candle ...
Review by Dan Gennoe, Q, 2002
AS THIS COLLECTION of reworked tracks from last year's Outrospective album makes all too clear, Faithless don't wear remixes well. So reliant are their songs ...
Faithless, John Martyn, Sister Bliss: Sister Bliss & John Martyn
Interview by Dan Gennoe, 7, February 2001
SHE'S THE FIRST LADY OF HOUSE, HE'S A LIVING FOLK LEGEND. SHE LIKES GOSPEL, HE LIKES JUNGLE. THEY ARE THE ODD COUPLE AND THEY'RE TAKING ...
Fergie: The Dutchess (Polydor)
Review by Dan Gennoe, dotmusic.co.uk, October 2006
IN THE case of the miraculous rebirth of the Black Eyed Peas, the question of just who reinvented who is one of chicken and egg ...
Goldie Lookin' Chain: Safe As Fuck (Atlantic)
Review by Dan Gennoe, dotmusic.co.uk, September 2005
THE PROBLEM WITH jokes is that they're only really funny the first time round. Nowhere is this truer than in music. ...
CeeLo Green: CeeLo Green And His Perfect Imperfections
Review by Dan Gennoe, Q, 2002
Goodie Mob star scores another homerun for the Atlanta hip hop massive ...
Review by Dan Gennoe, Q, 2001
JAMIROQUAI/JAY KAY has shrugged off many a jibe about his disco-funk devotion – not to mention hats, dancing... But if 16 million album sales haven't ...
Jamiroquai: Jay Kay: The Esquire Interview
Interview by Dan Gennoe, Esquire, 2001
THERE ARE DOGS and there are dogs. The two German Shepherds growling and baring teeth on the drive of Jay Kay's Buckinghamshire estate, are the ...
Jay-Z: The Life And Times Of Jay-Z: An Interview
Interview by Dan Gennoe, Flipside (UK), 1999
REMIND SHAWN CARTER, aka Jay-Z, that his last long player, Vol.2...Hard Knock Life, which spawned the Annie-sampling single of the same name, sold 5 million ...
Joan as Policewoman: Joan As Police Woman: Real Life
Review by Dan Gennoe, Q, 2007
FOR JOAN WASSER, having to defer her debut due to viola playing commitments with Antony And The Johnsons, Rufus Wainwright and Scissor Sisters was probably ...
Review by Dan Gennoe, dotmusic.co.uk, November 2008
AROUND THE RELEASE of last album, 2007's Graduation, something changed with Kanye West. The most infectious and commercially astute voice in hip hop added to ...
Review by Dan Gennoe, dotmusic.co.uk, November 2007
THERE HAS to be a point where the wheels come off Alicia Keys' wagon. No one can be that good at everything. ...
Review by Dan Gennoe, Q, 2002
A 17-YEAR-OLD skate chick with the face of a rebellious angel and attitude to match, singer-songwriter Avril Lavigne should be the answer to every record ...
Lil' Kim: The Naked Truth (Atlantic)
Review by Dan Gennoe, dotmusic.co.uk, September 2005
IF TIMING IS everything, Lil' Kim's couldn't be much worse. ...
Jennifer Lopez: This Is Me…Then (Epic)
Review by Dan Gennoe, Q, 2002
Actress/diva switches on the autopilot ...
Review by Dan Gennoe, dotmusic.co.uk, 2001
R&B’s ALL THE rage, yet memorable tunes like Sisqo's 'Thong Song' are few and far between. First single, 'Love Don't Cost A Thing', with its ...
Retrospective by Dan Gennoe, Q Icons, Fall 2004
THE EXECUTIVES at MTV must have thought God himself was shining a light on them. In 1984, for the first Video Music Awards, they needed ...
Review by Dan Gennoe, dotmusic.co.uk, September 2004
ANYONE WHO bought Guns 'N' Roses' Use Your Illusion I and II knows that an artist releasing two albums at the same time is rarely ...
Nirvana, Foo Fighters: Monster of Rock: Dave Grohl
Profile and Interview by Dan Gennoe, Mail On Sunday, September 2007
DAVE GROHL IS TIRED. Pulling a back-crunching, jaw-cranking comedy stretch, he twists, grits his immaculate white teeth and let's out a little squeak. Finished, he ...
Review by Dan Gennoe, Q, 2006
ANYONE FEARING that the Day-Glo brilliance of 2003's triple Grammy winner, Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, might have marked the height of the Atlanta duo's R&B powers ...
Review by Dan Gennoe, dotmusic.co.uk, June 2004
WHEN FRENCH POP did the unthinkable and became cool, Phoenix found themselves on the ones to watch list. Disappointingly they never got off it. The ...
Review by Dan Gennoe, Q, Spring 2006
AFTER INSTIGATING the '80s rock revival currently sweeping the hit factories of US pop, it's only fair that Pink should now get to be its ...
Interview by Dan Gennoe, 7, Summer 2000
HIS SUN-BLESSED DEBUT, MAVERICK A STRIKE, ESTABLISHED HIM AS A UNIQUELY GIFTED DUB-POP GENIUS. THE SUCCESS THAT FOLLOWED REPORTEDLY DROVE HIM TO THERAPY. WITH ANOTHER ...
Interview by Dan Gennoe, Independent, The, February 2004
In 2000, Sia was hailed as the best thing to come out of Australia since Kylie. It proved a lot to live up to, she ...
Review by Dan Gennoe, dotmusic.co.uk, May 2007
IT'S A TESTAMENT to the immense songwriting genius of Elliott Smith that even his decade old cast-offs are worth hearing. It's also a massive relief. ...
Review by Dan Gennoe, Q, 2001
The all-American girl shows what she's really made of ...
Stereophonics: The Stereophonics Interview
Interview by Dan Gennoe, Making Music, 1998
THE MINDS OF the Stereophonics are obviously somewhere else. As they're ushered through the rain from the tent where they've been signing autographs since finishing ...
Joss Stone: Joss Stick: Joss Stone
Interview by Dan Gennoe, Mail On Sunday, 2008
JOSS STONE is smoking a fag. Crouched on the pavement outside the BBC's Maida Vale studio, a grey cardigan pulled around her, a skinny roll-up ...
Robin Thicke : Robin Thicke: The Evolution Of Robin Thicke (Star Trak/Interscope)
Review by Dan Gennoe, dotmusic.co.uk, July 2007
WHATEVER ELSE Robin Thicke is, he's not the "next Justin Timberlake". Nor is he "going to change music", as claimed by his current mentor and ...
Interview by Dan Gennoe, GQ, July 2004
MARTINA TOPLEY-BIRD'S debut album, Quixotic, has been a long time coming. So long in fact, that it's become the stuff of myth, with rumours of ...
KT Tunstall: Eye To The Telescope
Review by Dan Gennoe, dotmusic.co.uk, December 2004
ANYONE WHO SAW the Scottish singer's TV debut, performing 'Black Horse And The Cherry Tree' on Later... With Jools Holland can't fail to have been ...
Velvet Revolver: And Now Let's Go Over to the Leather Report: Velvet Revolver
Profile and Interview by Dan Gennoe, Mail On Sunday, March 2008
IF THERE'S A definition of a rock star, Scott Weiland is it. The ever-present Aviator sunglasses; the hip-jutting swagger; the slow croak of an LA ...
Review by Dan Gennoe, Q, 2004
BILLIE HOLIDAY crossed with ball-busting rapper Eve, Camden’s Amy Winehouse is easily the most entertaining product of the Sylvia Young stage school – admittedly she ...
Interview by Dan Gennoe, 7, May 2001
HENRY BINNS & SAM HARDAKER'S FIRST TWO EPS PEGGED THEM AS THE BRITISH AIR. THEY WERE JUST THE TIP OF A VERY ETHEREAL ICEBERG. THEIR ...
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Way Of The Ninja: Ninja Tune Records
Retrospective and Interview by Dan Gennoe, New Routes, 2003
Dan Gennoe visits the HQ of boundary pushing independent record label Ninja Tune and views their break beat blueprint for world domination. ...
Rough Trade: The Second Coming
Profile and Interview by Dan Gennoe, British Council New Routes, 2006
IN THE WORLD of independent record labels, Rough Trade is a bona fide living legend. Born in the late '70s from the West London record ...
The Second Coming of Rough Trade
Report and Interview by Dan Gennoe, British Council/New Routes, Spring 2006
IN THE WORLD of independent record labels, Rough Trade is a bona fide living legend. Born in the late '70s from the West London record ...
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