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Maureen Paton takes a cab ride round West London with Simply Red singer Mick Hucknall (Rock's Backpages Audio, 2009)
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Features and interviews
June Harris talks success with the Tremeloes' Brian Poole (Disc, 1963)
Richard Green takes a transatlantic phone call from the Yardbirds (Record Mirror, 1965)
Mike Grant talks to the Troggs (Rave, 1966)
IT brings us up to date with the Rolling Stones' drug bust (International Times, 1967)
Geoffrey Cannon gets to the very heart of Van Morrison (Melody Maker, 1971)
Caroline Boucher befriends the Garfunkel-free Paul Simon (Disc, 1973)
Part 2 of Boucher's Paul Simon chinwag (Disc, 1973)
Robin Katz in conversation with Judy Collins (Sounds, 1975)
Brian Case meets writer, photographer and all-round national treasure Valerie Wilmer (New Musical Express, 1977)
Continuing his search for the N.W.O.B.H.M., Geoff Barton heads to Sheffield to interview Def Leppard (Sounds, 1979)
Geoffrey Himes hears the frustrations of Beach Boy gone solo Carl Wilson (Baltimore Sun, 1981)
Annene Kaye supplies 10 reasons to like power-pop soap star Rick Springfield (New Musical Express, 1983)
Richard Cromelin quizzes Sid Griffin of neo-country-rockers the Long Ryders (Los Angeles Times, 1985)
Less goth, more ROCK: Howard Johnson in conversation with the Cult (Kerrang!, 1987)
Wayne Robins meets Barry Manilow (Newsday, 1989)
Jim Sullivan hears the struggles of Howard "KC" Casey (and the Sunshine Band) (Boston Globe, The, 1991)
Mal Peachey somehow links together the respective "mythologies" of Harry Connick Jr. and the Velvet Underground (Mail On Sunday, 1993)
Neil Kulkarni puts his questions to Public Enemy's Chuck D (Melody Maker, 1995)
Paul Elliott hears from the Offspring's Dexter Holland (Kerrang!, 1997)
Ben Myers meets chief Foo Fighter Dave Grohl (Kerrang!, 1999)
John Lewis on video location in the Mojave desert with former Boyzone boy Ronan Keating (Observer, The, 2001)
Jon Wilde pays tribute to departed country giant Johnny Cash (Uncut, 2003)
Everett True talks to "radical adults" Sonic Youth (Plan B, 2005)
Robert Sandall pays tribute to writer, editor and jazz specialist Richard Cook (Sunday Times, The, 2007)
James Medd talks to musical director and multi-instrumentalist Greg Kurstin (Word, The, 2009)
Maura Johnston reports on the return of feminist festival Lilith Fair (Village Voice, The, 2010)
John Lewis in conversation with musician/cartoonist/graphic novelist and DJ Kid Koala (Metro, 2011)
Dave Thompson relives groundbreaking 1972 avant-garde festival the International Carnival Of Experimental Sound ('June 1st, 1974', 2013)
Dave Simpson discusses rock 'n' retirement with Suzi Quatro and members of Saxon, Magnum and Uriah Heep (Guardian, The, 2015)
Geoffrey Cannon looks back on his role in the rise of the Kinks' 50-year-old opus Arthur (the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) (Rock's Backpages, 2019)
Tony Burke pays tribute to southern soul songwriter and "Alabama Leaning Man" Donnie Fritts (Record Collector, 2019)
Album & Live Reviews
IT hears "God of Hellfire" Arthur Brown, live at London's UFO (International Times, 1967)
Penny Valentine reviews Canned Heat's 'Going Up The Country' and Dusty Springfield's 'Son Of A Preacher Man' (Disc and Music Echo, 1968)
Peter Jones reviews a batch of brand new albums, including Sly's Stand! and Quicksilver's Happy Trails (Record Mirror, 1969)
Chris Welch idiot-dances to proto-progsters the Nice, live at London's Festival Hall (Melody Maker, 1970)
Rosalind Russell is bored silly by the Grateful Dead's Europe 72 (Disc, 1972)
Richard Cromelin is deeply unimpressed by Hot Tuna, live at the Santa Monica Civic (Los Angeles Times, 1974)
Averse to live albums, Harry Doherty can't even abide one by his beloved Lynyrd Skynyrd (Melody Maker, 1976)
Dave DiMartino delights in the Carla Bley Band, live in Ypsilanti (Michigan State News, 1978)
Phil Sutcliffe dismisses Rufus & Chaka Khan's Masterjam (Sounds, 1980)
Geoffrey Himes is transfixed by Rosanne Cash, live at Baltimore's Wax Museum (Baltimore Sun, 1982)
Don Watson is somewhat bewildered by the acoustic Johnny Thunders (New Musical Express, 1984)
Betty Page enjoys late-period Ultravox, live at Glasgow's Barrowlands (Record Mirror, 1986)
Jon Wilde passes judgement on Felt's Pictorial Jackson Review (Melody Maker, 1988)
Adam Sweeting drifts through a set by Daniel Lanois, live at London's Festival Hall (Guardian, The, 1990)
Angus Batey is ultimately unfunked by Ultramagnetic MCs' Funk Your Head Up (New Musical Express, 1992)
Caitlin Moran is blown away by the Boo Radleys, live in Dublin (Melody Maker, 1994)
Chuck Eddy declines to worship at Cypress Hill's III (Temples of Boom) (Spin, 1996)
Marc Weingarten catches electronic pioneers Kraftwerk, live at the Hollywood Palladium (Los Angeles Times, 1998)
Devon Powers considers a "palatable" compilation of '90s alt.rock tracks (PopMatters, 2002)
Mick Houghton talks about Indians Cowboys Horses Dogs with proto-Americana singer-songwriter Tom Russell (Uncut, 2004)
Sylvie Simmons declares her approval of Neil Young's "metal-folk" protest album Living With War (MOJO, 2006)
Bud Scoppa likes Steve Winwood's '60s-style Nine Lives (Uncut, 2008)
John Swenson grooves to Little Feat's Rooster Rag (Offbeat, 2012)
Jamie Atkins enjoys Marissa Nadler's July (Record Collector, 2014)
Andrew Mueller is more than okay with Band Of Horses' Why Are You OK (Uncut, 2016)
Andy Gill rates the political rage of Eminem's Revival (Independent, The, 2017)
Rick Pearson experiences the marital love-fest that is Beyoncé and Jay-Z, live at the London Stadium (Evening Standard, The, 2018)
