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Audio Interview
Amidst a litany of belches, John Tobler converses with Sex Pistols Johnny Rotten and Sid Vicious (Rock's Backpages Audio, 1977)
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Features and interviews
Norman Jopling chats with original Rebel Rouser Cliff Bennett (Record Mirror, 1963)
Jean-Marie quizzes 17-year-old Sandie Shaw (Rave, 1965)
Carol Deck reports on chaotic scenes at LAX involving the Animals and Herman's Hermits (KRLA Beat, 1966)
Royston Eldridge converses with Small Faces skinsman Kenn(e)y Jones (Melody Maker, 1968)
Mike Gormley talks to Texan blues buster Johnny Winter (Detroit Free Press, 1969)
A hitherto unpublished Geoffrey Cannon interview with the ever-enigmatic Nico (unpublished, 1970)
Nick Kent meets "original purveyor of the new rock" Lou Reed (New Musical Express, 1972)
Tony Cummings raps with 'Is It Because I'm Black?' man Syl Johnson (Black Music, 1974)
Karl Dallas gets the lowdown on Phil Collins' "side" venture Brand X (Melody Maker, 1976)
Joel Selvin recalls batty pop genius Joe Meek (San Francisco Chronicle, 1978)
From the avant garde to Brian Eno... Andy Gill's absorbing guide to Electronic Music (New Musical Express, 1980)
Geoffrey Himes hymns Luther Vandross (Baltimore Sun, 1982)
Clinton Walker crosses the Treeless Plain with the Triffids (Age, The, 1984)
Hugh Fielder reports on the return of the UK's indie labels (Sounds, 1986)
Mark Cooper on the post-Marley "musical crusade" of Bunny Wailer (Guardian, The, 1988)
Mark Rowland in lengthy conversation with Guns N' Roses guitar god Slash (Musician, 1990)
Jeff Lorez natters with producer/remixer Joey Negro (Blues & Soul, 1992)
Simon Reynolds talks ambient jungle with Goldie (Observer, The, 1994)
Tom Doyle meets the multi-talented Barry Adamson (Q, 1996)
Tom Cox in conversation with Loudon's lad Rufus Wainwright (Guardian, The, 1998)
Marc Weingarten discusses crime king Carl Hiassen and other collaborators with Warren Zevon (Los Angeles Times, 2002)
Dorian Lynskey weighs up the pros and cons of Sean Rowley's "post-cool" comp Guilty Pleasures (Word, The, 2004)
Charles Shaar Murray hails the return of "unbowed" indie-rock heroes the Wrens (MOJO, 2006)
Tim Cooper travels to northern California to discuss war and protest with Neil Young (Sunday Times, 2008)
Rob Hughes looks back with "L.A.'s McCartney": lost pop-rock wunderkind Emitt Rhodes (Uncut, 2010)
Gary Pig Gold's encomium to the greatness of Flat Duo Jets' Dexter Romweber (Rock and Roll Report, 2012)
Michael Gonzales looks back with 'Band of Gold' goddess Freda Payne (Ebony, 2014)
Stevie Chick meets "black man in a white world" Michael Kiwanuka (MOJO, 2016)
Ted Drozdowski's obituary of brooding Chicago blues man Otis Rush (Premier Guitar, 2018)
Album & Live Reviews
Max Jones on the early Apollo recordings of gospel matriarch Mahalia Jackson (Melody Maker, 1966)
Charlie Gillett is floored by Albert King, live at the Albert Hall (Record Mirror, 1969)
Geoffrey Cannon gets his hands on the Rolling Stones' Sticky Fingers (Guardian, The, 1971)
Chris Charlesworth is convinced by the Allman Brothers Band, live at the Forum in L.A. (Melody Maker, 1973)
Cliff White sidles up to Doris Duke's Woman (New Musical Express, 1975)
Richard Cromelin catches a depressing Whisky set by Gene Clark (Los Angeles Times, 1977)
Richard C. Walls receives Tom Waits' Blue Valentine (Creem, 1979)
Max Bell sees the Belle Stars, live at London's Rock Garden (New Musical Express, 1981)
Jon Young holds it together for long enough to review Soft Cell's Art of Falling Apart (Trouser Press, 1983)
Joel Selvin is spellbound by David Ritz's biography of Marvin Gaye (San Francisco Chronicle, 1985)
Frank Owen is uplifted by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, live at NYC's Limelight (New Musical Express, 1987)
Kirk Silsbee is wowed by the R&B/soul reinterpretations on the World Saxophone Quartet's Rhythm 'n Blues (Musician, 1989)
Simon Price is almost floored by Flowered Up, live in Bath (Melody Maker, 1991)
Angus Batey wakes up to Cypress Hill's Black Sunday (New Musical Express, 1993)
Caroline Sullivan marvels at Marianne Faithfull, live in London (Guardian, The, 1995)
Ian Fortnam plunges into the heart of Hanson's Middle Of Nowhere (New Musical Express, 1997)
Marc Weingarten sees Stereolab, live at L.A.'s Troubadour (Los Angeles Times, 1999)
Rick McGrath reviews the plethora of Pink Floyd covers on Roger Waters' live In The Flesh (Culture Court, 2001)
Dan Gennoe delights in the L.A. vibes of Charlatans frontman Tim Burgess' solo I Believe (dotmusic.co.uk, 2003)
Frances Morgan applauds Liam "Plush" Haynes, live at London's 12 Bar (Plan B, 2005)
Adam Sweeting gets in the ring with the National's Boxer (Uncut, 2007)
Tony Burke dives into Take Me to the River, a 3-CD box of southern soul (Blues & Rhythm, 2009)
Jude Rogers feels the air going out of Fountains of Wayne's balloon (Word, The, 2011)
Iman Lababedi revels in Marshall Crenshaw's faux Fab Four the Incredible Simulators (Rock NYC, 2013)
Mat Snow enjoys the "party bag" that is George Clinton's P-Funk Live At Metropolis (Q, 2015)
Tom Doyle spots the beauty and sadness in the xx's third album I See You (MOJO, 2017)
