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Ira Robbins talks foxcore, Nirvana and Hey Babe with Juliana Hatfield (Rock's Backpages Audio, 1992)
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Features and interviews
Jean Carol banters with back-from-Hamburg combo the Beatles (Disc, 1962)
Peter Jones introduces latest London raves the Pretty Things (Record Mirror, 1964)
Jean-Marie meets Brit popstrel Twinkle (Rave, 1965)
Mike Gormley offers a warm Canadian welcome to the Bee Gees (Ottawa Journal, The, 1967)
Geoffrey Cannon profiles Pop from the Beginning author Nik Cohn (Harper's Bazaar, 1969)
Alan Smith discusses nymphomania with Errol and Tony of Hot Chocolate (New Musical Express, 1971)
Joel Selvin learns some hard truths about the music business from producer/manager David Rubinson (San Francisco Chronicle, 1973)
A certain "Steve Morrissey" writes in defence of the New York Dolls (Sounds, 1975)
Richard Cromelin talks orchestration with ELO's Jeff Lynne (Los Angeles Times, 1977)
Tim Lott hears from singer Liz Mitchell about fissures within Boney M (Smash Hits, 1979)
Dave Schulps introduces U.S. readers to the sartorial splendours of Spandau Ballet (Musician, 1981)
Paul Sexton chats with early Prince acolyte André Cymone (Record Mirror, 1983)
Ben Fong-Torres discusses the Miami Vice soundtrack with Jan Hammer (San Francisco Chronicle, 1985)
Dele Fadele meets Madchester front-runners Happy Mondays (New Musical Express, 1987)
Ted Drozdowski talks guitars with a rigidly opinionated Robert Fripp (Musician, 1989)
Max Bell meets American Music Club's arch-miserablist Mark Eitzel (Vox, 1991)
David Bennun meets ambient-dance trio One Dove (Melody Maker, 1993)
Frank Broughton hangs out with New Jersey's Naughty By Nature (Hip-Hop Connection, 1995)
Joel Selvin quizzes Lindsey Buckingham on the umpteenth Fleetwood Mac reunion (San Francisco Chronicle, 1997)
Chris Roberts in conversation with David Sylvian (Uncut, 1999)
Ted Kessler reads out readers' fan letters to Oasis' Alan White and Liam Gallagher (New Musical Express, 2000)
Marc Weingarten goes in search of the Neptunes and N*E*R*D (Los Angeles Times, 2002)
Tim Cooper talks about Zeppelin and more with Mr. Jimmy Page (Independent, The, 2004)
Rob Hughes revisits Van Dyke Parks' "beautiful, brazen, budget-blowing" Song Cycle (Uncut, 2008)
Jaan Uhelszki on the making of the Blue Öyster Cult's mighty '(Don't Fear) The Reaper' (Uncut, 2010)
James Medd discusses Asperger's and other matters with Pip "Ladyhawke" Brown (Word, The, 2012)
Robert Dean Lurie considers the retreat into domesticity of the Woodstock-era Bob Dylan (American Conservative, The, 2014)
Richard Williams remembers southern soul/R&B/country producer Lincoln "Chips" Moman (Guardian, The, 2016)
Pete Paphides reports on Prefab Sprout's one-off 'America' (Guardian, The, 2017)
Paul Sexton heads Down the Road Wherever with Mark Knopfler (Sunday Times, 2018)
Album & Live Reviews
There's a rock'n'roll riot goin' on as Chris Welch witnesses Chuck Berry at London's Saville Theatre (Melody Maker, 1967)
Lon Goddard reviews the Rolling Stones' Let It Bleed (Record Mirror, 1969)
John Mendelsohn sees a much-improved Terry Reid, live at the Whisky a Go Go (Los Angeles Times, 1970)
Tony Stewart isn't buying Free's Free For All (New Musical Express, 1972)
Chris Charlesworth enjoys Liza Minnelli on Broadway (Melody Maker, 1974)
Robert Duncan is true to Todd Rundgren's Faithful (Creem, 1976)
Brian Case catches a "disastrous" Lyceum set by Annette Peacock (New Musical Express, 1978)
Richard Cromelin greets Steely Dan's glacial Gaucho (Los Angeles Times, 1980)
Jim Sullivan sees a hometown gig by Bostonians the Cars (Boston Globe, The, 1982)
Sean O'Hagan skanks himself silly to new dub albums by Jah Shaka and the Mad Professor (New Musical Express, 1984)
Helen Fitzgerald is surprised by the quality of Curiosity Killed The Cat, live at London's Heaven (Melody Maker, 1986)
Adam Sweeting is thrilled by Prince's "in-concert" film Sign O' The Times (Guardian, The, 1988)
Tony Burke champions Champion Jack Dupree's mid-'40s Joe Davis Sessions (Blues & Rhythm, 1990)
Angus Batey witnesses a righteous London show by Boogie Down Productions (New Musical Express, 1992)
Dave DiMartino mulls over Beck's Mellow Gold (Musician, 1994)
Caroline Sullivan sees BRIT-winners Supergrass, live at the Oxford Apollo (Guardian, The, 1996)
Tom Doyle welcomes the Beastie Boys' Hello Nasty (Q, 1998)
Keith Cameron raves about Joy Division's Les Bains Douches live album (MOJO, 2001)
Simon Price sees sk8er gal Avril Lavigne, live at Brixton Academy (Independent on Sunday, 2003)
Sean O'Hagan talks up Tricksta, Nik Cohn's "illuminating and unnerving" journey into New Orleans rap (Observer, The, 2005)
Dan Gennoe grugdingly accepts the success of "U.S. rap sensation" Soulja Boy Tell’em (dotmusic.co.uk, 2007)
David Hepworth listens to a Little Feat box set (Word, The, 2011)
