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Martin Aston hears about the Go-Betweens' return to Australia from co-frontman Robert Forster (Rock's Backpages Audio, 1988)
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Features and interviews
Max Jones learns about the magnificent tenor-sax tone of the wondrous Ben Webster (Melody Maker, 1965)
Kevin Swift hears about Clapton comparisons from the 20-year-old Peter Green (Beat Instrumental, 1966)
Richard Green cruises down the Thames on a booze-free boat with the Nice (New Musical Express, 1968)
Karl Dallas explains how British folk-rock emerged from the music of Fairport Convention (Times, The, 1970)
Caroline Boucher meets X-rated reggae merchant Judge Dread (Disc, 1972)
Wayne Robins witnesses appalling behaviour in Paris from the New York Dolls (Village Voice, The, 1974)
Philip Elwood leaps to the defence of the 'Hard Work'-ing John Handy (San Francisco Examiner, The, 1976)
Paul Rambali meets French punk Plastic Bertrand (New Musical Express, 1978)
Ronnie Gurr takes the morning train to Manchester Square to meet Sheena Easton (Record Mirror, 1980)
On the eve of the band's split, Ian Birch speaks to Japan's David Sylvian (Smash Hits, 1982)
Deanne Pearson hears about the Anglo-Nigerian childhood of Sade (No. 1, 1984)
Chris Heath referees a bout between UB40's brothers Campbell (Smash Hits, 1986)
James Brown gets both barrels from mouthy Brit rapper Derek B (New Musical Express, 1988)
John Morthland visits Roky Erickson in his native Texas (LA Weekly, 1990)
Steffan Chirazi braves the stalls, the bands and the fans at Lollapalooza II (Kerrang!, 1992)
John Robb meets a back-from-the-dead Charlatans (Melody Maker, 1994)
Amy Linden on a brand-new batch of R&B crooners, including D'Angelo, Maxwell and Omar (New York Times, The, 1996)
Andy Crysell goes on a Brixton bender with David Holmes, Arab Strap's Aidan and Dawn of the Replicant's Paul (New Musical Express, 1998)
Dave Simpson sees a musical about London... in Leeds (Guardian, The, 2000)
John Lewis meets Jamaican dub genius Lee "Scratch" Perry (Time Out, 2002)
Adam Sweeting meets "no-nonsense redneck" country singer Gretchen Wilson (Daily Telegraph, 2004)
Laura Barton listens to Grandaddy's Jason Lytle (Guardian, The, 2006)
Michael Simmons remembers his singer-songwriting folk-legend friend John Stewart (MOJO, 2008)
Paul Elliiott revisits the buried metal treasure that is Diamond Head's 1983 album Canterbury (MOJO, 2009)
Andrew Mueller meets country's "laid-back potentate" Willie Nelson (Uncut, 2010)
John Doran's brief report on Pussy Riot's jail sentence (Quietus, The, 2012)
Alan Clayson and Joel McIver collaborate on an obituary for Cream bassist Jack Bruce (Observer, The, 2014)
Dave Laing discusses RAM (Rock Australia Magazine) with founder-editor Anthony O'Grady (I Like Your Old Stuff, 2016)
Adrian Deevoy hears about the Hollies and CSN(&Y) from Graham Nash (Mail On Sunday, 2018)
Ian Winwood talks Trump and the KKK with Public Enemy's Chuck D (Daily Telegraph, 2020)
Album & Live Reviews
Nancy Lewis sees the Supremes, live at New York's legendary Copacabana (Disc and Music Echo, 1967)
Richard Green is blown away by the eponymous Joe Cocker! (New Musical Express, 1969)
Philip Elwood is thrilled by Curtis Mayfield, live in San Francisco (San Francisco Examiner, The, 1971)
Charles Shaar Murray loves the triple whammy that is Loudon Wainwright III's Album III (New Musical Express, 1973)
Richard Cromelin sees Lynyrd Skynyrd, live at the Long Beach Arena (Los Angeles Times, 1975)
Rosalind Russell raves about Jonathan Richman's Rock 'n' Roll With The Modern Lovers (Record Mirror, 1977)
Sylvie Simmons (almost) gets the Knack, live at UCLA's Royce Hall (Sounds, 1979)
Paul Sexton likes Donald Byrd's Love Byrd (Record Mirror, 1981)
"A triumph of mediocrity": Max Bell sees Barry Manilow, live at Blenheim Palace (Times, The, 1983)
Biba Kopf hits Malcolm McLaren's Fans (New Musical Express, 1985)
Ralph Traitor is treated to a terrific show by Iggy Pop, live at London's Brixton Academy (Sounds, 1987)
Everett True on the assembly line in Screaming Trees' Buzz Factory (Melody Maker, 1989)
Caroline Sullivan sees the ridiculous Vanilla Ice, live at Wembley Arena (Guardian, The, 1991)
Amy Linden passes on a toke of Dr. Dre's The Chronic (New York Times, The, 1993)
Stephen Dalton sees "proper pop band" Pulp, iive in Bristol (New Musical Express, 1995)
Not Closer, but close: Paul Lester enjoys Monaco's Music For Pleasure (Melody Maker, 1997)
David Sinclair loves Lauryn Hill, live at the Brixton Academy (Times, The, 1999)
Eric Weisbard chews his way through Chocolate Genius' Godmusic (Spin, 2001)
Ben Thompson considers former So Solid Crew member Lisa Maffia's solo debut album (Daily Telegraph, 2003)
David Sinclair digests Johnny Rogan's "almost comically unflattering" biography of Van Morrison (Guardian, The, 2005)
Mike Diver mulls over the debut release by Danish quintet the Kissaway Trail (Drowned in Sound, 2007)
Rob Hughes sees Sinéad O'Connor, live at the Manchester International Festival (Daily Telegraph, 2011)
Mick Houghton surveys a four-CD, five-decade retrospective of the works of Stephen Stills (Record Collector, 2013)
Jamie Atkins appraises a collection of live recordings by Band man Rick Danko (Record Collector, 2015)
Dave Simpson is delighted by Jesca Hoop, live in Leeds (Guardian, The, 2017)
Stephen Dalton is scintillated by Sampa the Great, live in Bristol (Times, The, 2019)
Lisa Verrico hears the Oscar-nominated Celeste's Not Your Muse (Sunday Times, The, 2021)
