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Adam Sweeting discusses covers album Kojak Variety with Elvis Costello (Rock's Backpages Audio, 1995)
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Features and interviews
Melody Maker solicits the thoughts of Rolling Stone Brian Jones (Melody Maker, 1966)
Keith Altham larks about in Chiswick Park with the Small Faces (New Musical Express, 1967)
Lillian Roxon offers her fellow Australians a definition of "soul" (Sydney Morning Herald, the, 1968)
Back in the Soft Machine: Richard Williams talks Proms and more with Robert Wyatt (Melody Maker, 1970)
Caroline Boucher shares make-up tips with Silverhead's Michael Des Barres (Disc, 1972)
Vernon Gibbs gets backstage at the Apollo with Funkadelic's George Clinton (Village Voice, The, 1974)
Ed Jones bags a rare interview with the endlessly laid-back J.J. Cale (Melody Maker, 1976)
The straight life: Roy Carr discusses drugs and jazz with legendary alto saxophonist Art Pepper (New Musical Express, 1978)
Ronnie Gurr delights in the company of Ms. Grace Jones (Record Mirror, 1980)
Bill Bentley wishes a merry Christmas (baby) to Charles Brown (LA Weekly, 1982)
Deanne Pearson discusses British reggae with Aswad (No. 1, 1984)
Paul Sexton is musically seduced by smooth soul siren Anita Baker (Record Mirror, 1986)
Chris Heath gleans the intimate secrets of Debbie Gibson's daily life (Smash Hits, 1988)
World in motion: Stuart Maconie on the training ground with New Order and Liverpool legend John Barnes (New Musical Express, 1990)
Caitlin Moran survives "a steamy Friday all-nighter" in London (Times, The, 1992)
Tom Doyle hears from producers Paul Q. Kolderie and Sean Slade about recording rock guitar (Melody Maker, 1994)
Susan Corrigan discusses sleeve design with 4AD's Vaughan Oliver (Guardian, The, 1996)
Michael A. Gonzales is educated by Lauryn Hill (Source, The, 1998)
Caroline Sullivan is charmed by former soap star Jason Donovan (Guardian, The, 2000)
Alan Clayson remembers 'Morning Dew' man Tim Rose (Guardian, The, 2002)
Adam Sweeting pays tribute to session star and soul hitmaker Doris Troy (Guardian, The, 2004)
Ben Thompson talks to agrarian post-punk trio Young Knives (Daily Telegraph, 2006)
Sheryl Garratt visits Dido in her adopted West Hollywood (Daily Telegraph, 2008)
Ahead of his thespian debut, John Lewis meets former Libertine Carl Barât (Times, The, 2010)
Alan Light discusses Chess Records and Chicago blues with Buddy Guy (MSN.com, 2012)
Jim Sullivan on the blower to Lynyrd Skynyrd's Rickey Medlocke (Cape Cod Times, 2014)
Simon Reynolds charts a course through parody in popular music (Pitchfork, 2016)
David Burke looks back with Level 42's bass deity Mark King (Classic Pop, 2018)
Larry LeBlanc discusses radio with East Coast radio legend and Beatles buddy Cousin Bruce Morrow (Celebrity Access, 2020)
Album & Live Reviews
A "wonderful pied piper of jazz": Philip Elwood sees the Ramsey Lewis Trio, live at SF's Basin Street West (San Francisco Chronicle, 1965)
Gary Lucas is elevated by the eponymous Led Zeppelin (Cogito, 1969)
Richard Cromelin is a little disappointed by Big Mama Thornton, live at L.A.'s Ash Grove (Los Angeles Times, 1971)
Dan Nooger applauds the Average White Band's Show Your Hand (Phonograph Record, 1973)
Vernon Gibbs catches a bland set by Booker T. Jones, live at NYC's Bottom Line (Village Voice, The, 1975)
Cliff White considers new albums by the Blackbyrds and Earth, Wind & Fire (New Musical Express, 1977)
Ian Ravendale is stunned by Motorhead, live at Newcastle's City Hall (Sounds, 1979)
Mark Cooper makes a habit of Carlene Carter's Blue Nun (Record Mirror, 1981)
Don Waller witnesses the L.A. live debut of Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble (Los Angeles Times, 1983)
Mat Snow mocks Modern Romance's Burn it! (New Musical Express, 1985)
Richard Cook is quietly impressed by a-ha, live at the Hammersmith Odeon (Sounds, 1987)
Ian Gittins chronicles Simple Minds' Street Fighting Years (Melody Maker, 1989)
RJ Smith catches a post-incarceration comeback show by James Brown (LA Weekly, 1991)
Stephen Dalton on the messy compromise that is One Dove's debut album (New Musical Express, 1993)
David Sinclair sees the rather marvellous McAlmont & Butler, live at London's Hanover Grand (Times, The, 1995)
Ben Myers praises the eponymous sophomore album by trip hop deities Portishead (Melody Maker, 1997)
Barbara Ellen reviews R.E.M., live in Lisbon (Observer, The, 1999)
Edwin Pouncey listens to Bill Laswell's "mix translations" of two solo albums by Carlos Santana (Wire, The, 2001)
David Stubbs feels the spirit on Spiritualized's Amazing Space (Uncut, 2003)
Stephen Dalton sees sleepy-eyed showman Snoop Dogg, throwing a party at Cardiff's International Arena (Times, The, 2005)
Adam Sweeting sees a relatively intimate gig by the Eagles, live at London's Indigo2 (Daily Telegraph, 2007)
Bud Scoppa (ap)praises indie-alt-country super-trio Monsters of Folk (Uncut, 2009)
John Calvert revisits the musical "clenched fist" that was Smashing Pumpkins' Siamese Dream (Quietus, The, 2011)
Ben Thompson listens closely to Laura Mvula's Sing to the Moon (Daily Telegraph, 2013)
Ian Penman digs deep into D'Angelo's Black Messiah (Wire, The, 2015)
Jamie Atkins greatly enjoys the complete Fantasy recordings of Merl Saunders and Jerry Garcia (Record Collector, 2017)
Peter Ross raves about a live Glasgow show by reunited local heroes Texas (Times, The, 2019)
