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Tony Scherman talks (hi-)tech and more with ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons (Rock's Backpages Audio, 1990)
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Features and interviews
Peter Jones chats with Merseybeat also-rans the Fourmost (Record Mirror, 1964)
Lazy pop stars? Dawn James reveals the strains and stresses of the professional pop life (Rave, 1965)
The Maker eavesdrops on a press conference by Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood (Melody Maker, 1966)
Bill Harry brings us up to date with the Action and Sharon Tandy (Record Mirror, 1967)
Richard Williams meets venerable Atlantic arranger/producer Arif Mardin (Melody Maker, 1969)
Roy Carr bids farewell to the Doors' Jim Morrison (New Musical Express, 1971)
John Abbey meets Motown man Willie Hutch (Blues & Soul, 1973)
David Hancock lunches with absurd Teddy Boy revivalists Showaddywaddy (Record Mirror, 1975)
Bob Spitz hangs out at New York City's Town Hall with Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers (Crawdaddy!, 1977)
Penny Kiley succumbs to the Cramps (Melody Maker, 1979)
David Hepworth natters with nutty boys Madness (Smash Hits, 1981)
Ain't nobody in this piece but the Frank Chickens (New Musical Express, 1983)
Mark Rowland hears about The Knee Plays from David Byrne (Musician, 1985)
Richard Cromelin in conversation with Ry Cooder (Los Angeles Times, 1987)
A perplexed Pat Blashill on the telephone to the Stone Roses (Spin, 1989)
Steven Wells on Rock and War (Vox, 1991)
Kris Needs beckons us into the world of Axiom Records boss Bill Laswell (New Musical Express, 1993)
Lisa Verrico discusses the fairer sex with Black Grape's Sean Ryder (Vox, 1995)
Barbara Ellen questions the relevance of Bob Dylan (Observer, The, 1997)
Carl Loben meets former One Dove frontwoman Dot Allison (Melody Maker, 1999)
Tony Scherman talks to Ben Watt, Nile Rodgers et al. about the digital replacement of human musicians (New York Times, The, 2001)
Colin Irwin pays tribute to "eclectic" Texan singer-songwriter Chris Whitley (Independent, The, 2005)
David Burke befriends Irish singer-songwriter Fionn Regan (R2/Rock'n'Reel, 2007)
John Lewis chats with Kiwi synthpop queen Pip Brown, a.k.a. Ladyhawke (Hotline, 2009)
Tom Cox explains his abiding love for Novia Scotian power-pop rockers Sloan (tom-cox.com, 2011)
Graham Reid revisits Skip Spence's 1969 cult classic Oar (elsewhere.co.nz, 2012)
Dorian Lynskey obtains top quotes from "quirky, eccentric" L.A. arranger-composer Van Dyke Parks (Guardian, The, 2013)
Bob Ruggiero talks to blues guitarist Susan Tedeschi (Houston Press, 2015)
Gary Pig Gold rides the wild surf in a tribute to Jan & Dean's Jan Berry (earcandymag.com, 2017)
Geoff Barton looks back on the ascent and unravelling of blue-eyed rock'n'soul merchants Vinegar Joe (Classic Rock, 2019)
Album & Live Reviews
Norman Jopling listens to new soul singles by Aretha and Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell (Record Mirror, 1967)
Alan Walsh enjoys an evening with the (English) Spinners, live at the Queen Elizabeth Hall (Melody Maker, 1968)
Geoffrey Cannon hails the Who's Live at Leeds (unpublished, 1970)
Rosalind Russell catches Sandy Denny, live in Cambridge (Disc, 1972)
Nick Kent is unenlightened by Carlos Santana & Alice Coltrane's Illuminations (New Musical Express, 1974)
Richard Williams reviews brilliant New Orleans piano man James Booker, live at London's 100 Club (Times, The, 1976)
Mitchell Cohen feels weary after hearing Willie Nelson & Waylon Jennings' Waylon & Willie (Creem, 1978)
Mick Middles rates the "post-post-funk" of A Certain Ratio, live in their native Manchester (Sounds, 1980)
Andy Gill sets off along Sun Ra's Strange Celestial Road (New Musical Express, 1982)
Richard Cromelin sees Cyndi Lauper, live at the Beverly Theatre (Los Angeles Times, 1984)
Caroline Sullivan seeks redemption via Ozzy Osbourne's The Ultimate Sin (Melody Maker, 1986)
Better than sex! Michele Kirsch praises Prince & the Revolution, live at London's Camden Palace (New Musical Express, 1988)
John Robb is slain by Manc-hoppers the Ruthless Rap Assassins' Killer Album (Sounds, 1990)
David Bennun sees Saint Etienne, live in Brighton (Melody Maker, 1992)
Caroline Sullivan is exhausted by a brace of new albums from riot grrrls Bikini Kill (Guardian, The, 1994)
Paul Moody sees the Screaming Trees, live at Nottingham's Rock City (New Musical Express, 1996)
Marc Weingarten is defeated by Faith Evans' Keep the Faith (Los Angeles Times, 1998)
Ian Penman remains ambivalent about Pole's "nuevo dub" techno (Wire, The, 2000)
Dave Simpson catches that "bunch of pranksters" Alien Ant Farm, live in Manchester (Guardian, The, 2002)
Kit Aiken considers two volumes of off-cuts from the pen and mind of XTC's Andy Partridge (Uncut, 2003)
Lisa Verrico listens to Finnish retro-rockers the Rasmus' Dead Letters (Times, The, 2004)
Phil Sutcliffe celebrates Bruce Springsteen's Seeger Sessions (MOJO, 2006)
Rob Young reconsiders the Harvest Years of Shirley & Dolly Collins (Uncut, 2008)
Robert Sandall reviews Greil Marcus' book about listening to Van Morrison (Sunday Times, 2010)
Jamie Atkins praises super-arranger Owen Pallett's In Conflict (Record Collector, 2014)
Ian Gittins witnesses the return of garage loverboy Craig David, live at London's Brixton Academy (Guardian, The, 2016)
Jon Young enjoys the "balm" that is Belle & Sebastian's How to Solve Our Human Problems (Mother Jones, 2018)
