Kevin Allen

Martha Reeves & The Vandellas: Martha Reeves: Our Martha Aims Higher And Higher

Interview by Kevin Allen, Record Mirror, December 1975

"IF I won any fans over here on my first trip I still have them. They're so much more devoted than the people back home, ...

Temptations, The: The Temptations: Moving With The Times

Interview by Kevin Allen, Record Mirror, October 1975

IT'S SURE tough work being a Temptation. Before replacing Damon Harris in soul music's top fivesome, Glenn Leonard not only had to learn the group's ...

Thom Bell, Dionne Warwick: Dionne Rings The Changes

Report and Interview by Kevin Allen, Record Mirror, January 1976

SINCE IT was the arranging/production and inspiration of Thom Bell which took Dionne Warwick (no final "e" these days) back into the charts after a ...

Johnny Guitar Watson: Beware The Guitar Gangster

Profile and Interview by Kevin Allen, Record Mirror, January 1976

SUPERSTAR? MAYBE not. But despite a lack of any major hits, Johnny 'Guitar' Watson has long been acknowledged as a super-talent of the black American ...

Reggae

Overview by Kevin Allen, Record Mirror, September 1975

You either love it or hate it. It's either boring, and all the same, or the most exciting thing you've ever heard. No other current ...

The Future Of Rock 'N' Soul

Comment by Kevin Allen, Record Mirror, February 1976

JUST ONE glance at the pop charts over the past decade is sufficient to indicate the domination of black music in general and soul music ...