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Audio Interview
Ira Robbins hears about 'Creep' and more when he telephones Radiohead's Thom Yorke and Colin Greenwood (Rock's Backpages Audio, 1993)
Jim Sullivan hears about OK Computer and more from Radiohead drummer Phil Selway (Rock's Backpages Audio, 1997)
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Features and interviews
Kevin Swift gets the lowdown on Brummie "prodigy" Stevie Winwood (Beat Instrumental, 1966)
Maureen O'Grady learns about the spending habits of Marmalade's Dean Ford (Rave, 1968)
Caroline Boucher buttonholes session guitarist turned solo star Joe South (Disc and Music Echo, 1969)
Roy Carr "on the razzle" with Led Zeppelin drummer John "Bonzo" Bonham (New Musical Express, 1970)
Pete Wingfield hears from Holland-Dozier-Holland's "new Supremes", a.k.a. Honey Cone (Record Mirror, 1972)
Loraine Alterman discusses songs (and poems) with Dory Previn (Rolling Stone, 1974)
John Sinclair heads down to New Orleans for Mardi Gras (The Ann Arbor Sun, 1976)
Fred Schruers celebrates Easter with the Patti Smith Group (Circus, 1978)
Betsy Sherman never minds the Buzzcocks in an interview with Pete Shelley (Boston Rock, 1982)
Michael Goldberg meets 'Ghostbusters' hitmaker Ray Parker Jr. (Rolling Stone, 1984)
Cath Carroll discusses "NOISE" with Sonic Youth (New Musical Express, 1986)
Vernon Gibbs on the crucial importance of hip hop's indie labels (Billboard, 1988)
Max Bell hears tales of chaos and intoxication from the House of Love's Guy Chadwick (Vox, 1990)
Frank Broughton talks to House music legend Todd Terry (Mixmag, 1992)
Paul Sexton in conversation with backing singer turned hit singer-songwriter Sheryl Crow (The Times, 1994)
Not what it says on the tin: Ira Robbins introduces the Queers (Rolling Stone, 1996)
Emma Warren meets drum'n'bass boys Ed Rush & Optical (Jockey Slut, 1998)
Joel Selvin discusses Dig with Boz Scaggs (San Francisco Chronicle, 2001)
Todd Everett interviews Warner-Reprise exec and Exploding author Stan Cornyn (Hits, 2002)
James Hunter hears about the new N.E.R.D. album from Pharrell Williams (L.A. Weekly, 2004)
Simon Price meets electropop Scouse foursome Ladytron (The Independent, 2005)
Pete Paphides meets Malian duo Amadou & Mariam (The Times, 2006)
Stevie Chick meets "chemical brothers" Fall Out Boy (The Guardian, 2008)
Alan Clayson on '60s British artists who released records in Germany (Record Collector, 2011)
Alan Light discusses Baz Luhrmann's The Get Down with consultant Grandmaster Flash (Mother Jones, 2016)
Miles Marshall Lewis meets Nigerian-German chanteuse Ayo (Essence, 2018)
Album & Live Reviews
Maureen Cleave reviews the self-explanatorily-titled Beatles For Sale (The Evening Standard, 1964)
Pete Johnson witnesses the Impressions, live at the Whisky a Go Go (Los Angeles Times, 1967)
Roy Carr goes track-by-track through David Crosby's If I Could Only Remember My Name (New Musical Express, 1971)
Philip Elwood enjoys Neil Young and support act Linda Ronstadt, live at Winterland (The San Francisco Examiner, 1973)
Yes, folks, Jon Tiven prefers Mick Ronson's Play Don't Worry to Dylan's Blood on the Tracks (Circus Raves, 1975)
Barry Cain deeply dislikes Johnny "Guitar" Watson's A Real Mother for Ya (Record Mirror, 1977)
Garry Bushell attends South London gigs by U2 and Splodgenessabounds (Sounds, 1979)
Dave Marsh hitches a ride with Donna Summer's The Wanderer (Rolling Stone, 1981)
Mark Cooper takes a dim view of Rip Rig and Panic, live at Brixton's Ace (Record Mirror, 1983)
RJ Smith is hungry for eponymous hip hop album Fat Boys (High Fidelity, 1985)
Jeff Tamarkin swings to the Charlie Watts Orchestra, live at New York City's Ritz (Billboard, 1987)
Andy Gill is underwhelmed by 808 State's 90 (The Independent, 1989)
Max Bell sees poacher-turned-gamekeeper Cath Carroll, live at Ronnie Scott's (The Evening Standard, 1991)
Amy Linden heads Into the Labyrinth with Dead Can Dance (The New York Times, 1993)
Caroline Sullivan sees the Rolling Stones in Sheffield (The Guardian, 1995)
David Bennun loves the eponymous fifth offering from Blur (Melody Maker, 1997)
Paul Sexton is pleasantly astonished by the Backstreet Boys, live at Earl's Court (The Times, 1999)
Pete Paphides listens to Los Lobos's Tin Can Trust (The Times, 2010)
John L. Walters contemplates Kip Hanrahan's version of 'Love is Like a Cigarette' (Perfect Sound Forever, 2010)
Simon Morrison sees Ringo & his "All Starr" band, live in Manchester (City Life, 2011)
John Doran listens to folk and pop sounds from Iraq on the Choubi Choubi! compilation (The Quietus, 2013)
Holly Gleason reviews Joy Williams' Venus (Paste, 2015)
Hugh Fielder hears ex-Uriah Heep frontman David Byron's Baby Faced Killer (Classic Rock, 2017)
