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Adam Sweeting hears about The Nightfly and the forthcoming Kamakiriad from solo Steely Dan man Donald Fagen (Rock's Backpages Audio, 1991)
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Features and interviews
Nick Jones catches up with the Searchers' Chris Curtis (Melody Maker, 1965)
Maureen O'Grady in conversation with Cat Stevens (Rave, 1967)
Chris Welch visits the luxury pad that is home to Bee Gee Barry Gibb (Melody Maker, 1969)
Nancy Lewis hangs out with Laura Nyro (and her friends Labelle) (New Musical Express, 1971)
Andrew Tyler hears about Vietnam visits and more from Oz popster Rick Springfield (Disc, 1973)
Kevin Allen learns about "the Miami sound" from George ('Rock Your Baby') McCrae (Record Mirror, 1975)
Max Jones remembers blues great Freddie King (Melody Maker, 1977)
Susin Shapiro critiques Bryan Ferry (New York Daily News, 1979)
Pete Silverton meets the dB's (Sounds, 1981)
Richard Riegel meets the Members in Cincinnati (Creem, 1983)
Paul Sexton gets a full blast of Cameo's Larry Blackmon (Record Mirror, 1985)
William Shaw discusses sin with the Pet Shop Boys (Smash Hits, 1987)
Bob Stanley meets Madchester madcaps Inspiral Carpets (Melody Maker, 1989)
James Brown gets a few home truths from Public Enemy's Chuck D (New Musical Express, 1991)
Evelyn McDonnell watches Kurt Cobain nodding out in the studio with the Melvins (LA Weekly, 1993)
David Sinclair shares his Rizlas with Tricky (Rolling Stone, 1995)
Ben Myers hears about the Christmas-dinner plans of All Saints, 3 Colours Red and Goldblade (Melody Maker, 1997)
Fred Schruers meets the offspring of the Allman Brothers Band (Rolling Stone, 1999)
Don Waller hears about drummer Gene Parsons joining (and then departing) the Byrds (MOJO, 2004)
Angus Batey meets Crunk king Lil Jon (The Times, 2005)
Kandia Crazy Horse considers the pan-Africanism of Tinariwen (San Francisco Bay Guardian, 2007)
Bob Stanley says goodbye to Brill Building songsmith Ellie Greenwich (MOJO, 2009)
Dave Laing pays tribute to deep soul/disco siren Loleatta Holloway (The Guardian, 2011)
Rob Hughes hears about life after the Smiths from Johnny Marr (Daily Telegraph, 2013)
Caroline Sullivan questions the value of "critics' choice" awards (The Guardian, 2015)
Bob Ruggiero talks to the Sonics' Rob Lind (Houston Press, 2017)
David Burke discusses family matters with Five Star's Denise Pearson (Classic Pop, 2019)
Ian Winwood hears about the tainted life of Marc Almond (Daily Telegraph, 2020)
Album & Live Reviews
Philip Elwood sees the Velvets and the Mothers, live at the Fillmore (The San Francisco Examiner, 1966)
"One of the five great albums of 1968": Disc raves about the Grateful Dead's Anthem of the Sun (Disc and Music Echo, 1968)
Mike Jahn sees the classic Bitches Brew-era Miles Davis, live at the Fillmore East (The New York Times, 1970)
Mark Leviton is illuminated by Captain Beefheart's Clear Spot (Redbrick, 1972)
Dan Nooger is somewhat puzzled by David Bowie, live at Madison Square Garden (The Village Voice, 1974)
Ras Tafari! Colin Irwin listens to Ras Michael & the Sons Of Negus' Tribute To The Emperor (Melody Maker, 1976)
Metalphobe Tim Lott rather admires Blue Öyster Cult, live at Glasgow's Apollo (Record Mirror, 1978)
Ian Penman is unconvinced by the Flying Lizards' eponymous debut album (New Musical Express, 1980)
Don Waller witnesses Chicago blues wailer James Cotton, live in Marina Del Rey (Los Angeles Times, 1982)
Simon Witter stares into Rick James' Reflections (New Musical Express, 1984)
Betty Page gets hot under the collar as she watches Sigue Sigue Sputnik, live at Kilburn's National Ballroom (Record Mirror, 1986)
Stuart Maconie tunes in to Billy Bragg's Workers Playtime (New Musical Express, 1988)
David Toop reviews Malian master Ali Farka Touré, live at Ronnie Scott's (The Times, 1990)
Andrew Smith admires the "maverick talent" displayed on Baby Ford's BFORD9 (Melody Maker, 1992)
Ian Fortnam sees grizzled metal veterans Black Sabbath, live at the Hammersmith Apollo (New Musical Express, 1994)
David Sinclair succumbs to the power of Screaming Trees' Dust (The Times, 1996)
Stevie Chick sees the Jungle Brothers, live in Cork (Melody Maker, 1998)
Dave Simpson catches Coldplay, live in Leeds (The Guardian, 2000)
Yancey Strickler is scathing about the Breeders' Title TK (Flak Magazine, 2002)
Max Bell reviews Music In A Foreign Language and talks to its maker, lugubrious troubadour Lloyd Cole (Uncut, 2003)
Lois Wilson evaluates the "escapist soulful pop" of Duffy's Rockferry (MOJO, 2008)
Pete Paphides submits to Christina Aguilera's X-rated Bionic (The Times, 2010)
Stevie Chick blasts off to the sound of Sun Ra's Space is the Place (bbc.co.uk, 2012)
Jamie Atkins consumes Carrie Brownstein's memoir Hunger Makes Me A Modern Girl (Record Collector, 2016)
Rick Pearson reviews Lily Allen, live at London's Roundhouse (The Evening Standard, 2018)
David Bennun passes judgement on Junglepussy's JP4 (Metro, 2020)
