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Kris Nicholson

Kris Nicholson

Kris(tine) Nicholson (pictured in 1985 at Hoboken's Pier Platters store) wrote for Crawdaddy, Creem, Circus and Rolling Stone in the 1970s. She also wrote for Musician in the '80s. Notable interviewees include Ronnie Spector, Joey Ramone, Kurt Cobain, Eddie Van Halen, Phil Collins, Robert Plant, Stevie Nicks, Christine McVie for the above publications, as well as for northern New Jersey's daily paper The Record through to 2005.

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Steve Miller: The Steve Miller Band, Forest Green: Agricultural Hall, Allentown Fairgrounds, Allentown PA

Live Review by Kris Nicholson, The Morning Call, 9 December 1973

'The Joker' Plays Good Card ...

Daryl Hall & John Oates: The Odd Couple — Hall & Oates: Blue-Eyed Philadelphia Soul

Interview by Kris Nicholson, Circus, 28 September 1976

AT FIRST glance these two characters look like rock's answer to the Odd Couple. Daryl Hall is the cool picture of a detached intellectual, with ...

Daryl Hall & John Oates: Hall & Oates: Bigger Than Both Of Us (RCA)

Review by Kris Nicholson, Creem, December 1976

WOULD ROBIN Trower deny the fact that he owes a lot to Jimi Hendrix? Then why should Daryl Hall shrink at the mention of Todd ...

Jackson Browne's Two-Year Autobiography

Profile by Kris Nicholson, Circus, 14 February 1977

The Pretender Is Dreamy and Calculated ...

The Eagles: Hotel California (Asylum)

Review by Kris Nicholson, Creem, March 1977

WELCOME TO the Hotel California, land of brutally handsome, cruel dudes and terminally pretty female victims of life's ugly games. A place where no one ...

Queen: A Night at the Garden

Report and Interview by Kris Nicholson, Creem, May 1977

QUEEN'S MUSIC is like strong mouthwash. It takes my breath away but that initial rush is as temporary as it is abrupt. This probably has ...

Utopia: Todd Rundgren: From The Cradle Of Civilization

Report and Interview by Kris Nicholson, Creem, June 1977

FEBRUARY 24 — Had I remembered that it was doomsday, I'm sure I would have died of fright. As it was, traveling through blinding rain ...

Peter Frampton, The Herd, Humble Pie: Frampton's Roots: His Career Spans Two Generations of Rock

Profile and Interview by Kris Nicholson, Circus, 18 August 1977

PETER FRAMPTON'S musical career began at the tender age of eight. "My grandmother had a ukulele up in the attic for ages until one day ...

Prince & the Revolution: Spectrum, Philadelphia PA

Live Review by Kris Nicholson, The Morning Call, 24 November 1984

Prince's curious merging of the sensual and sublime ...

Anoushka Shankar: Pleasing herself, as well as Dad

Interview by Kris Nicholson, Record, 8 November 2002

Anoushka Shankar, at 21, has had a life full of music ...

Porcupine Tree by way of Spinal Tap

Interview by Kris Nicholson, Record, 8 November 2002

Fictional band made the jump to the real world ...

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