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Cliff White – and others – in conversation with supernatural soul soprano Minnie Riperton (Rock's Backpages Audio, 1977)
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Features and interviews
Peter Jones hears about wobbleboards and didgeridoos from Rolf Harris (Record Mirror, 1962)
"Masquerading" as a book reviewer, Geoffrey Cannon ruminates on the state of pop music (New Society, 1964)
Dawn James discusses the Spencer Davis Group's new direction (Rave, 1966)
Nick Jones in conversation with Eric and Jack of "the" Cream (Melody Maker, 1967)
Richard Green banters with Reparata & the Delrons (New Musical Express, 1968)
Michael Watts reports on the opening night of the Rolling Stones' UK tour (Melody Maker, 1971)
Ian MacDonald receives a lesson in theology from brother Alan Osmond (New Musical Express, 1973)
Tony Cummings discusses the reggae/soul crossover with Johnny Nash (Black Music, 1975)
Toby Goldstein witnesses special guest Bruce Springsteen answering questions at Bob Spitz's New School music class (Creem, 1977)
Dave McCullough discusses DIY with Scritti Politti (Sounds, 1979)
Richard Cromelin in conversation with Beach Boy-gone-solo Carl Wilson (Los Angeles Times, 1981)
Charles Shaar Murray bids farewell to blues titan Muddy Waters (New Musical Express, 1983)
Geoffrey Himes talks to David Byrne about Talking Heads doc Stop Making Sense (Baltimore Sun, 1985)
Caroline Sullivan visits "Sarf" London to interview UK hip-hoppers Cookie Crew and the Three Wise Men (Melody Maker, 1987)
Mark Rowland discusses Disney tribute album Stay Awake with producer Hal Willner (and his collaborators) (Musician, 1989)
Simon Reynolds meets the painfully hip Soho (Observer, The, 1991)
Jeff Lorez chats with Baltimore's own Ultra Naté (Blues & Soul, 1993)
A long and fascinating Barbara Ellen interview with lady Madonna (New Musical Express, 1995)
Through a cloud of spliff smoke, Ian Gittins befriends Faithless (Melody Maker, 1997)
Tom Cox goes down the boozer in the company of Gomez (Guardian, The, 1999)
Tim Footman pens a retrospective love letter to Pete Wylie (Tangents, 2002)
Max Bell wonders what life would be like if Elvis had never existed (Independent, The, 2004)
Kieron Tyler converses with L.A. proto-singer-songwriter Jackie DeShannon (MOJO, 2006)
Nick Hasted revisits the making of Magazine's 'Shot by Both Sides' (Uncut, 2008)
John Doran looks back on the birth of Black Metal with Venom's Conrad "Cronos" Lunt (Quietus, The, 2010)
Simon Reynolds looks back with electronic-music pioneer Laurie Spiegel (Pitchfork, 2012)
Bob Fisher's sleevenotes for Sequel's reissue of Candi Staton's 1982 album Nitelites (Sequel Records, 2014)
Bob Ruggiero hears about new album Paging Mr. Proust from the Jayhawks' Gary Louris (Houston Press, 2016)
Nicholas Jennings remembers soul monarch Aretha Franklin (Hello!, 2018)
Tony Burke pays tribute to soul singer and sessioneer Clydie King (Record Collector, 2019)
Album & Live Reviews
Nick Jones sees a stonking set by the Who, live at the Manor House club (Melody Maker, 1965)
Chris Welch considers Dr. John's second album Babylon (Melody Maker, 1969)
John Mendelssohn is disappointed by Fairport Convention, live at L.A.'s Troubadour (Los Angeles Times, 1970)
Richard Williams raves about Isaac Hayes' Black Moses (Melody Maker, 1972)
Chris Salewicz enjoys a day out in the park listening to Roger McGuinn, Toots & the Maytals and more (New Musical Express, 1974)
Robert Duncan passes the machismo test that is Ted Nugent's Free-For-All (Creem, 1976)
Paul Sexton endures Randy Edelman, live at Croydon's Fairfield Halls (Record Mirror, 1978)
Richard Cromelin rides a Day-Glo spaceship to the B-52s' Wild Planet (Los Angeles Times, 1980)
Richard Grabel braves the wastes of Rutherford, N.J., to see the Police and support act Black Uhuru (New Musical Express, 1982)
Fred Schruers extends a big "Hello!" to Elvis Costello & the Attractions' Goodbye Cruel World (Musician, 1984)
Jack Barron sees absurd electro-futurists Sigue Sigue Sputnik, live at Abbey Road (Sounds, 1986)
Andrew Smith loathes Level 42's Staring At The Sun (Melody Maker, 1988)
Stephen Dalton enjoys the "country rock and stadium folk" of Camper Van Beethoven, live at London's Electric Ballroom (New Musical Express, 1990)
Richard Cromelin applauds R.E.M.'s Automatic for the People (Los Angeles Times, 1992)
Simon Warner is somewhat appalled by Soul Asylum, live in Leeds (Guardian, The, 1994)
Tom Doyle is faintly tickled by an unauthorised biography of Sting (Q, 1996)
Tony Scherman admires folk-blues maverick Geoff Muldaur's The Secret Handshake (New York Times, The, 1998)
Adam Sweeting reviews In Their Own Write, Paul Gorman's "word-of-mouth saga" of the rock press' heyday (Guardian, The, 2001)
Lisa Verrico sees a "non-stop bloc party" thrown by Jurassic 5 live at London's Brixton Academy (Times, The, 2003)
Stevie Chick dislikes Julian Cope but commends Comets On Fire, live at London's Festival Hall (Plan B, 2005)
Rob Hughes glowingly reviews Richard Swift's reissued debut Dressed Up For The Letdown (Uncut, 2007)
Chris Roberts returns to the splendours of the Psychedelic Furs' 1981 album Talk Talk Talk (Uncut, 2009)
Jim Irvin opens a 10-CD "overnight bag" of Louis Armstrong classics (Word, The, 2011)
Caroline Sullivan sees "cheery badman" Dizzee Rascal, live at London's Roundhouse (Guardian, The, 2013)
Nick Hasted sees Kate Tempest stand out at Brighton's Great Escape festival (Independent, The, 2015)
Lisa Verrico voices some reservations about Daryl Hall & John Oates, live at London's O2 (Times, The, 2017)
