Nona Hendryx

17 articles
Audio interviews
Interview by Ian Ravendale, Rock's Backpages audio, 1979
Ms Hendryx looks back at the formation, encouraged by Vicki Wickham, of LaBelle from the ashes of the Bluebelles; their new image, stage show, and groove. She also talks about going solo and her first album.
File format: mp3; file size: 9mb, interview length: 19' 42" sound quality: *****
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Labelle: Lady Songwriter Thinks She's God
Interview by David Hancock, National RockStar, 6 November 1976
MORE THAN any other vocal group, CBS's Labelle have thrived on that old cosmic image. They deal with grand themes as deftly as if they ...
Peter Gabriel, Nona Hendrix: City Hall, Newcastle
Live Review by Phil Sutcliffe, Sounds, 24 September 1977
PETER GABRIEL used to the the guy behind the make-up, behind the monster-mask, behind the smokescreen; an original performer, a one-man spectacular. I admired but ...
Peter Gabriel/Nona Hendryx: Live in Sheffield
Live Review by Andy Gill, New Musical Express, 24 September 1977
NONA HENDRYX possesses all the lumps and bumps, (in abundance), in all the right places, and flaunts her curvacity in a performance which promises sexuality ...
Nona's Found Her Piece Of The Rock
Profile and Interview by David Nathan, Blues & Soul, 27 September 1977
Nona Hendryx talks about her first solo album since the break-up of Labelle ...
LaBelle's Nona Hendryx (1979) [transcript]
Audio transcript of interview by Ian Ravendale, Rock's Backpages transcripts, 1979
This is a transcript of Ian's audio interview with Nona. Listen to the audio of this interview. ...
Nona Hendryx: Labelle-d By The Funk
Interview by Paolo Hewitt, Melody Maker, 16 January 1982
Paolo Hewitt sees eye-to-eye with NONA HENDRYX ...
The Bar-Kays, Nona Hendryx, Gladys Knight: Veteran Hitmakers Span The Generations
Interview by Vernon Gibbs, Billboard, 4 June 1983
IN A BUSINESS where the term "veteran" can be applied to acts that have been consistent chartmakers for at least five years, it is a ...
Profile by Julie Panebianco, Boston Rock, 5 July 1983
"SEXY." WBZ-TV's Joyce Kulhawik purses her lips together and pouts: "Provocative. Hot." Nona Hendryx shifts uncomfortably in her seat as the Live on Four camera ...
Review by Roy Trakin, Creem, August 1983
YOU KNOW Nona. Along with Patti LaBelle and Sarah Dash, she was part of LaBelle. ...
Nona Hendryx, 9.9, Five Star: Palace Theatre, Los Angeles CA
Live Review by Richard Cromelin, Los Angeles Times, 29 August 1985
RCA RECORDS SHOWCASES THREE ACTS ...
Review by Frank Owen, Melody Maker, 5 October 1985
FROM HER early days with Labelle doing cover versions of the likes of 'Won't Get Fooled Again', to her collaborations with Talking Heads, Bill Laswell ...
Review by Rob Tannenbaum, Rolling Stone, 7 November 1985
NONA HENDRYX emerged from post-LaBelle limbo as a member of Talking Heads' big Remain in Light band. On The Heat, her fourth solo album, she ...
David Bowie, Nona Hendryx: Feyenoord Stadium, Rotterdam, Holland
Live Review by Lucy O'Brien, New Musical Express, 6 June 1987
CACKY ACTOR ...
Nona Hendryx: Let's get metaphysical
Interview by Lucy O'Brien, New Musical Express, 20 June 1987
NONA HENDRYX, ex of Labelle, has called her new LP Female Trouble — but LUCY O'BRIEN finds she's now a "big gun" having "big fun", ...
Overview by Michael A. Gonzales, Ebony, 12 August 2013
BEGINNING IN THE early 1970s, a small army of female funk-rock performers that included Chaka Khan, Betty Davis, Labelle, Mother's Finest, Brides of Funkenstein, Parlet, ...
How Nona Hendryx Captured the World of Captain Beefheart
Interview by Carol Cooper, The Village Voice, 9 November 2017
Drawn together: Gary Lucas and Nona Hendryx channel Captain Beefheart on their new album. ...
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