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Maureen Paton enjoys a rendezvous with the 'Umbrella'-toting Rihanna (Rock's Backpages Audio, 2007)
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Features and interviews
June Harris watches Del Shannon at work in the studio (Disc, 1963)
They've found that lovin' feeling: the Beat profiles the brothers Righteous (KRLA Beat, 1965)
As 'River Deep' climbs the UK charts, Norman Jopling profiles Phil Spector and his charges Ike & Tina Turner (Record Mirror, 1966)
Max Jones grabs a chat with jazz eminence Duke Ellington (Melody Maker, 1967)
Holed up in jail, MC5 manager John Sinclair explains America's harsh "dope conviction process" (Los Angeles Free Press, 1969)
Geoffrey Cannon witnesses a slew of rock bands, live at the Montreux Festival (Guardian, The, 1970)
Roy Carr meets Windy City soulsters the Chi-Lites, backstage at Harlem's legendary Apollo Theatre (New Musical Express, 1972)
The Maker catches up with Readers' Poll winners Sparks (Melody Maker, 1974)
Tony Stewart witnesses the notorious Victoria Station return of David Bowie (New Musical Express, 1976)
Robert Duncan befriends Bruce Springsteen in New Orleans (Creem, 1978)
Jim Sullivan hears about "the real Lou Reed" from, er, Lou Reed (Boston Globe, The, 1980)
Richard Cook enjoys a post-gig tipple with Nick Lowe (New Musical Express, 1982)
Colin Irwin is charmed by the Melody Makers, a.k.a. Bob Marley's offspring (Melody Maker, 1984)
Richard Cromelin talks DIY with hubbo-and-wife duo Timbuk3 (Los Angeles Times, 1986)
Remembering Cliff Burton: Howard Johnson on the blower to Metallica's Lars Ulrich (Kerrang!, 1988)
Tony Scherman pays tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughan in the Texan guitar master's own words (Musician, 1990)
David Nathan meets smooth soul man Will Downing (Blues & Soul, 1992)
Caroline Sullivan's top tips on how to get backstage (Guardian, The, 1994)
Andy Crysell hears from Chicago's House honcho Larry "Mr. Fingers" Heard (New Musical Express, 1996)
Barbara Ellen grabs a chat with Boyzone's Ronan Keating (Observer, The, 1998)
Tom Cox braces himself for the return of Phil Collins (Guardian, The, 2000)
Johnny Black revisits the recording of the Clash's 'Train in Vain' (Blender, 2002)
Robert Sandall conducts the last interview John Peel ever gave (Sunday Times, 2004)
Stevie Chick heads to America with rising Brit R&B star Corinne Bailey Rae (MOJO, 2006)
Jude Rogers talks to Torontonian enigma Mary Margaret O'Hara (Guardian, The, 2008)
Lois Wilson visits Chicago to interview "blue-eyed-soul belter" Eli "Paperboy" Reed (MOJO, 2010)
Dorian Lynskey looks back on a tumultuous 2012 for "clever, committed and courageous" agit-punks Pussy Riot (Guardian, The, 2012)
Bob Ruggiero meets Meat Loaf (Houston Press, 2014)
Graham Reid looks back at Wendy James' unlikely 1993 album of Elvis Costello songs (New Zealand Herald, The, 2015)
Angus Batey talks us through "ten of the best" tracks by Memphis marvel Al Green (Guardian, The, 2016)
Henry Yates hears the blues confessions of Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood (Classic Rock, 2018)
Tony Burke pays tribute to surf-guitar king Dick Dale (Record Collector, 2019)
Album & Live Reviews
His best yet? The Maker salutes Scott Walker's Scott 2 (Melody Maker, 1968)
"The freaky clothes have been worn thin": a jaundiced take on a Winterland triple bill of Led Zeppelin, Isaac Hayes and Rahsaan Roland Kirk (Berkeley Barb, The, 1969)
Mike Saunders is lukewarm about the Rolling Stones' Sticky Fingers (Rag, The, 1971)
Richard Cromelin sees a bluesy Bonnie Raitt, live at West Hollywood's Troubadour (Los Angeles Times, 1973)
Jonh Ingham positively loathes Loggins & Messina's So Fine (Sounds, 1975)
Paul Rambali catches John Cale, live at London's Roundhouse (New Musical Express, 1977)
David Hepworth is distinctly snooty about Sister Sledge's We Are Family (Sounds, 1979)
Jim Sullivan sees the Dead Kennedys, live at Boston's Channel (Boston Globe, The, 1981)
Don Waller is deeply impressed by Epic's 24-track compilation The Jackie Wilson Story (Los Angeles Times, 1983)
Richard Williams approves of Sade Adu, live at London's Royal Albert Hall (Times, The, 1985)
Airbrushed soul: Lucy O'Brien is underwhelmed by Whitney Houston's Whitney (New Musical Express, 1987)
Adam Sweeting is entertained by the vulgarities of Mr. Tom Jones, live at the Albert Hall (Guardian, The, 1989)
Max Bell wallows in the Chickasaw Mudd Puppies' 8 Track Stomp (Vox, 1991)
Cathi Unsworth digs Gallon Drunk and headliner PJ Harvey, live at Bristol University (Melody Maker, 1993)
Martin Aston evaluates Guided By Voices' Alien Lanes (Q, 1995)
Marc Weingarten is disappointed by Cornershop, live at the Hollywood Athletic Club (Los Angeles Times, 1997)
Ian Gittins accepts the Chemical Brothers' Surrender (Q, 1999)
Dan Gennoe isn't entirely convinced by nu-soulstress Angie Stone's Mahogany Soul (Q, 2001)
Robert Sandall considers the "scrupulous candour" of Sting's autobiography (Sunday Times, 2003)
Tim Cooper enjoys the "distinctive folk voice" that is James Yorkston, live at London's Luminaire (Independent, The, 2005)
Chris Roberts revisits the Flaming Lips' stupendous Soft Bulletin (Uncut, 2007)
David Stubbs is defeated by Guns N' Roses' "long-promised, finally delivered" Chinese Democracy (Uncut, 2009)
Kate Mossman hails four decades of blues, bluegrass and folk on Rounder Records (Word, The, 2011)
John Lewis traces the trajectory of Everything Everything's Arc (Metro, 2013)
Jim Irvin tells the "story" of 10cc (MOJO, 2017)
