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Adam Sweeting discusses Us, WOMAD, therapy and Otis Redding with Peter Gabriel (Rock's Backpages audio, 1992)
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Features and interviews
Ronnie Oberman calls the Chess office in Chicago to talk to Fontella Bass (Evening Star, The (Washington DC), 1965)
David Hughes interviews Pink Floyd co-manager Peter Jenner (Disc and Music Echo, 1967)
Royston Eldridge puts his questions to Paul Simon (Melody Maker, 1969)
Val Mabbs meets perennial support act Heads, Hands & Feet (Record Mirror, 1971)
Lillian Roxon compares and contrasts the Kinks' Ray Davies with the Stooges' Iggy Pop (New York Sunday News, 1973)
Jon Tiven catches up with rock's classical composer/arranger David Bedford (Circus Raves, 1975)
David Nathan has a natter with Philly jazz-funkster Dexter Wansel (Blues & Soul, 1977)
On the chief Blockhead's first visit to America, Radio Pete interviews Ian Dury (Rock's Backpages transcripts, 1978)
Wayne Robins hears from Paul Kantner about the reconstructed Jefferson Starship (Newsday, 1979)
Meanwhile, back at the Rum Runner... Dave McCullough befriends Duran Duran (Sounds, 1981)
Michael Goldberg talks guitar with the Police's Andy Summers (Downbeat, 1983)
David A. Keeps hears about Desperately Seeking Susan from aspiring superstar Madonna (Rock's Backpages transcripts, 1984)
Cath Carroll goes in search of Marc Almond's soul (New Musical Express, 1985)
John Abbey meets the "somebody else's gal" that is soul star Jocelyn Brown (Blues & Soul, 1987)
Damon Wise talks to producer Todd Terry and the hottest acts on New York's Sleeping Bag label (Sounds, 1989)
Siân Pattenden pays a visit to Manchester's Eastern Bloc record store (Smash Hits, 1991)
David Sinclair meets the "unknown hero" that is Canadian superstar Bryan Adams (The Times, 1993)
Nick Coleman attends the Mercury Music Prize awards (The Independent, 1995)
Sylvia Patterson gets into a row about religion with female British R&B quartet Eternal (New Musical Express, 1995)
Max Bell meets Blur's Damon Albarn (The Evening Standard, 1997)
Toby Manning meets Sheffield dance merchants the All Seeing I (Jockey Slut, 1999)
Andria Lisle meets the "unlikely pairing" that is DJ Shadow and Mississippi rapper David Banner (Memphis Flyer, 2005)
Carl Magnus Palm's liner notes for the deluxe edition of ABBA – The Album (Polar Music, 2007)
Nick Hasted hears from director Julien Temple ahead of his documentary about Dr. Feelgood (The Independent, 2009)
Scott McLennan communes with Def Leppard's Phil Collen (Rip It Up (Australia), 2011)
Barney Hoskyns' sleevenotes for 5-CD glam-rock box Oh Yes We Can Love (Universal Records, 2013)
Jaan Uhelszki interviews the Civil Wars' Joy Williams (Cuepoint, 2015)
Mitchell Cohen explains how Kris Kristofferson saved Nashville (Music Aficionado, 2017)
Sophie Heawood hears about badgers and Brexit from Jarvis Cocker (The Observer, 2019)
Sean O'Hagan learns about Lightning Striking and the history of rock 'n' roll from Lenny Kaye (The Observer, 2021)
Spencer Leigh's obituary for Merseybeat innovator Kingsize Taylor (The Guardian, 2023)
Album & Live Reviews
Penny Valentine considers new singles by Cream, the Who and the Walker Brothers (Disc and Music Echo, 1966)
Philip Elwood reviews Roland Kirk, live at San Francisco's Jazz Workshop (The San Francisco Examiner, 1968)
Dave Marsh hails the Grateful Dead's Live/Dead (Creem, 1970)
Roger St. Pierre witnesses the mighty Muddy Waters, live at London's 100 Club (New Musical Express, 1972)
Chris Welch tries to work out Steely Dan's Pretzel Logic (Melody Maker, 1974)
Giovanni Dadomo catches Frankie Miller's Full House, live at Weybridge's College of Food & Technology (Sounds, 1976)
Ariel Swartley is blinded by the Emotions' Sunbeam (Rolling Stone, 1978)
Mark Cooper loves Lene Lovich, live in San Francisco (Record Mirror, 1980)
Charles Shaar Murray is impressed by Elvis Costello, live at London's Rainbow (New Musical Express, 1980)
Paul Nelson tackles Rod Stewart's Tonight I'm Yours (Rolling Stone, 1982)
Lynden Barber sees New Order, live at London's Festival Hall (Melody Maker, 1984)
Clinton Walker considers Aussie electro duo Severed Heads' Since the Accident (Rolling Stone (Australia), 1984)
Sylvia Patterson is slightly sickened by Alex Cox's biopic Sid and Nancy (Smash Hits, 1986)
Stuart Maconie sees the Primitives, live in Manchester (New Musical Express, 1988)
Jon Wilde is completely convinced by Victoria Williams' Swing The Statue! (Melody Maker, 1990)
Keith Cameron takes off with the Blue Aeroplanes, live at London's Town & Country Club (New Musical Express, 1992)
Eric Weisbard considers the "70 minutes of Chinese puzzle boxes" that is Frank Black's Teenager of the Year (Spin, 1994)
Andy Crysell catches De La Soul, live at London's Subterania (New Musical Express, 1996)
Richard Cromelin ambles along the Woody Guthrie songs on Billy Bragg & Wilco's Mermaid Avenue (Los Angeles Times, 1998)
Mac Randall is pleasantly surprised by ex-Suede guitarist Bernard Butler's People Move On (Rolling Stone, 1998)
Jeff Calvin revels in the Complete Savoy Recordings of Johnny Otis (Blues Revue, 2000)
Dave Simpson sees Preston School of Industry, live at Sheffield's Barfly (The Guardian, 2001)
Ian Winwood sees comedy rockers Tenacious D (Kerrang!, 2002)
Todd L. Burns wearies of Moby's interminable 18 (Stylus, 2003)
Charles Shaar Murray retreats into the pop fantasia of Nik Cohn and Guy Peellaeart's reissued Rock Dreams (The Observer, 2004)
Lisa Verrico sees Placebo, live at Birmingham Academy (The Times, 2006)
Martin Aston revisits Home's The Alchemist (MOJO, 2008)
Laura Barton hears Holy Fuck's Latin (bbc.co.uk, 2010)
Holly Gleason visits Chrissie Hynde's Stockholm (Paste, 2014)
John L. Walters is wowed by the jazz collective that is Liberation Music Orchestra, live at London's Cadogan Hall (London Jazz News, 2016)
Alfred Soto considers the Breeders' All Nerve (Spin, 2018)
Jacob Paul Nielsen catches Melvins live at El Club, Detroit (Magnet, 2022)
