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Over tea in Soho, Adam Sweeting discusses songwriting, sobriety and Jackson Browne with Warren Zevon (Rock's Backpages Audio, 2000)
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Features and interviews
June Harris finds herself backstage with an ebullient Billy J. Kramer (Disc, 1963)
Ivor Davis watches Hollywood go psychedelic in Roger Corman's The Trip (Daily Express, 1967)
Karl Dallas braces Britain for the "electric" Judy Collins (Melody Maker, 1968)
Phil Symes gets the lowdown on being Britain's newest hitmaker from Elton John (Disc and Music Echo, 1971)
Chris Welch gets the grisly details of the Mahavishnu Orchestra break-up from Billy Cobham (Melody Maker, 1974)
Mick Brown reports on the filth 'n' fury surrounding the rise of punk rock in Britain (Rolling Stone, 1977)
Jim Sullivan interviews draft-dodging singer-songwriter Jesse Winchester (Boston Globe, The, 1982)
Caroline Sullivan discusses Hitler and Dietrich with cabaret noir veteran Agnes Bernelle (Melody Maker, 1985)
Adam Sweeting pays heartfelt tribute to the late great Roy Orbison (Guardian, The, 1988)
Keith Cameron fails to self-isolate from Anthrax (New Musical Express, 1993)
Amy Linden heads to Queensbridge to interview rapper Nas (New York Daily News, 1996)
Peter Silverton interviews Elvis's first great love (Observer, The, 1997)
Simon Reynolds rediscovers the social, political and religious dimensions of roots reggae (Wire, The, 2000)
The biggest British girl group since the Spice Girls? Caroline Sullivan hails Girls Aloud (Guardian, The, 2002)
Terry Staunton talks to pained Police men Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland (Record Collector, 2006)
Paul Zollo puts a lot of great questions to singer-songwriter poster boy James Taylor (Record Collector, 2008)
Andrew Mueller discusses satire and Neil Young with Devo (Uncut, 2010)
John Lewis talks to Paul Weller about London's beloved 100 Club (Metro, 2012)
Laura Barton charts the rise of the poet and performer Kate Tempest (Guardian, The, 2014)
David Burke discusses Jamaica with Brit jazz-soul singer Zara McFarlane (All About Jazz, 2018)
Tony Burke's obituary for deep-soul singer Doris Duke (Blues & Rhythm, 2020)
Album & Live Reviews
Max Jones struggles with a dumb crowd and bad sound when he sees O.C. Smith, live at London's Revolution club (Melody Maker, 1968)
Mike Gormley checks out the first Cotillion album by rockin' Ronnie Hawkins (Detroit Free Press, 1970)
James Johnson witnesses the last gasp of Thin Lizzy Mk.1, live at Gravesend's Civic Hall (New Musical Express, 1973)
Tony Cummings testifies to the gospel greatness of the Rance Allen Group's Sanctified (Black Music, 1975)
David Hancock is less than enthralled by Genesis, live at the Hammersmith Odeon (Evening News, London, 1980)
Mark Rowland is mellowed out by Ray Parker, Jr.'s Woman Out Of Control (Musician, 1984)
Richard Cromelin is rocked tonight by smooth-soul lover man Freddie Jackson, live at L.A.'s Universal Amphitheatre (Los Angeles Times, 1987)
Adam Sweeting embraces Neil Young & Crazy Horse's aptly-named Ragged Glory (Guardian, The, 1990)
Richard Cromelin is bored silly by Brit soulstress Des'ree, live at L.A.'s House of Blues (Los Angeles Times, 1995)
Lisa Verrico reviews Californian hard-rockers Papa Roach, live at London's Astoria (Times, The, 2001)
Daryl Easlea reviews (and chats to Kevin Rowland about) a "very best of" Dexy's Midnight Runners (Record Collector, 2003)
Robert Sandall salutes Julia Blackburn's biography of Billie Holiday (Sunday Times, The, 2005)
Terry Staunton talks up the 1975 Sound City sessions by country-rockers Clover (Record Collector, 2009)
Wayne Robins holds forth on Bruce Springsteen's The Promise (Wayne's Words blog, 2011)
Keith Cameron warms to Johnny Marr's The Messenger (MOJO, 2013)
Jamie Atkins unravels (or at least views the DVD of) The Enigma Of Nic Jones (Record Collector, 2015)
Pip Williams muses on the unflinching and unapologetic debut by MUNA (Line of Best Fit, The, 2017)
Kieron Tyler on the deluxe reissue of Gene Clark's incomparable No Other (Arts Desk, The, 2019)
