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Interview by Michael Oberman, Evening Star, The (Washington DC), 24 June 1967

"THE 'HATE march' days are over, now it's love and be loved and flower music expresses this emotion powerfully and beautifully," says Lord Tim Hudson, ...

Mugwumps, The: Top Tunes: The Mugwumps

Interview by Ronnie Oberman, Evening Star, The (Washington DC), 24 October 1964

THEY MEET with "stunned silence" when performing before someone for the first time. They have their own language. A new dance has started because of ...

Tom Paxton: A Portrait of Paxton

Interview by Karl Dallas, Melody Maker, 7 October 1967

THERE ARE just seven clear free days in the crowded schedule of Tom Paxton, who arrived in Britain this week for a three-week stay which ...

Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, Temptations, The: The Temptations: Hit Was Written in a Car

Interview by Ronnie Oberman, Evening Star, The (Washington DC), 6 March 1964

IT TOOK the help of a "miracle" for the Temptations to come up with their first big hit, 'The Way You Do the Things You ...

Streets, The: The Streets: Fast-moving UK Garage Geezer

Interview by Ted Kessler, New Musical Express, 6 October 2001

EVERYONE KNOWS THE future of dance music always comes from the streets. ...

Lonnie Donegan, Glyn Johns: Lonnie Donegan: The first (and last) skiffler keeps one jump ahead...

Interview by Maureen Cleave, The Evening Standard, 16 June 1962

LONNIE DONEGAN was the apostle of skiffle, an ephemeral art form if ever there was one. He is its sole survivor. ...

Beach Boys, The: Top Tunes: The Beach Boys Hit Town

Interview by Ronnie Oberman, Evening Star, The (Washington DC), 26 September 1964

THE BEACH Boys, who were instrumental in starting the surfing and hot rod trends in music, are finished singing about cars and the surf and ...

Paul Weller: Sins Of The Modfather: Paul Weller Speaks About Leaving His Comfort Zone

Interview by Julian Marszalek, The Quietus, 19 April 2010

After running into Paul Weller at a Sunn O))) gig last year, The Quietus have been obsessed with finding out exactly how deep Paul Weller's ...

Usher: From Usher With Love

Interview by Ian Gittins, Q, August 2001

He was discovered at 14 by Puff Daddy, wants to move like Fred Astaire, sing like Michael Jackson and talk like the Fonz. He sold ...

Jason Donovan: If You Go Down To The Woods Today…

Interview by William Shaw, Smash Hits, 12 December 1990

You'll probably bump into this bloke staring moodily into the middle distance, resting from a gruelling Christmas TV show, contemplating having to dance with a ...

Nick Heyward: Wanted: One New Image (Wholesome Popsters Need Not Apply)

Interview by Karen Schlosberg, Creem, April 1984

ONCE UPON a time there were three English lads who thought it would be a lark to form a pop band. They recruited three other ...

Schoolly D: Schoolly-D: Slap Happy

Interview by Mat Snow, Sounds, 30 May 1987

Reformed gangster and self-made record tycoon, SCHOOLLY-D is in town to promote his new album Saturday Night. MAT SNOW admires his jewellery ...

Jimi Hendrix: The Black Elvis?

Interview by Michael Lydon, The New York Times, 25 February 1968

"WILL HE BURN it tonight?" asked a neat blonde of her boyfriend, squashed in beside her on the packed floor of the Fillmore auditorium. "He ...

Ween: The Ween Machine Wants It All

Interview by Richard Cromelin, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 1993

They look like a classic case of basement-genius novelty, but the real joke is they may turn out to be the second coming of Billy ...

Gloria Gaynor: The First Lady of Disco

Interview by David Nathan, Blues & Soul, 7 November 1978

Although she may not have been scoring as consistently on the charts in recent times, Ms. Gloria gaynor — the acknowledged "Queen of Disco" — ...

Vicki from Inkpen, Berks, may not look like a girl with power — but she's got it, lots of it

Interview by Maureen Cleave, The Evening Standard, 31 July 1965

SHE'S BACK! THE GIRL WHO REALLY KNOWS THE POP PEOPLE ...

The Moody Blues: When Is A Single Not A Single?

Interview by Keith Altham, Record Mirror, 23 May 1970

WHEN IS a single not a single? Apparently when it is the Moody Blues. The Moodies have broken into the Seventies with every indication of ...

Ziggy Marley: Marleys' Melodious Messages

Interview by Don Snowden, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 1986

REGGAE FANS may still mourn the death of Bob Marley from cancer five years ago, but the next generation of the Marley clan is already ...

Gomez: Grim North Meets Crazy South

Interview by Tom Cox, Uncut, June 1998

THE INITIAL sensation sits somewhere between inspecting the tonsils of a vast, mythical reptile from The Land That Time Forgot and stepping around the mouth ...

Lucinda Williams: Southern Comfort

Interview by Jaan Uhelszki, Harp, May 2005

LUCINDA WILLIAMS is a splendid mess, a charming and bruised beauty. ...