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Donovan: 'I Put Myself Into My Music'

Interview by Keith Altham, NME Summer Special, Summer 1968

Donovan is the gentle giant in the pop world. He is largely responsible for shattering the conventional image of the folk singer satirized so beautifully ...

Captain Beefheart: The Number One Weirdo Comes Back To Earth

Interview by John Morthland, Gig, February 1978

ON PAPER, IT probably sounds like just another Captain Beefheart comeback. Lord knows he's had his share. Yet for his fans, it's a most welcome ...

Denny Laine, Georgie Fame, Moody Blues, The: Denny Cordell: The Man...

Interview by Derek Boltwood, Record Mirror, 5 August 1967

...behind Procol Harum, the Move, Georgie Fame and Denny Laine talks about why he is a record producer ...

Paul Simon, Simon & Garfunkel: Paul Simon: Pop think-in

Interview by uncredited writer, Melody Maker, 30 April 1966

The biggest thing Dylan has got going for him is his mystique ...

The Bangles: Manic Impressives

Interview by Mat Snow, NME, 8 March 1986

"VICKI ALWAYS tells me that I always used to sit in, the back of the car, a big Buick station wagon, when I was three ...

R.E.M.

Interview by Blake Gumprecht, Alternative America, Winter 1983

FROM INGLORIOUS beginnings playing a birthday party, R.E.M.'s independent first single, 'Radio Free Europe', was Robert Palmer's choice as 10th best single of 1981 in ...

Geoff Muldaur: Blues Is The Basis

Interview by Karl Dallas, Melody Maker, 22 February 1975

You're probably more familiar with Maria — but Geoff Muldaur has an impressive track record of his own, taking in the legendary Blues Project, the ...

Faces, The, Ian McLagan: Ian McLagan's Top Ten

Interview by John Pidgeon, Let It Rock, December 1974

I'VE GOT sixty records on my juke box and I had a hell of a job whittling my singles collection down to them. But ten!?!... ...

Mamas and The Papas, The: Beat Exclusive: Mamas and Papas Speak Out

Interview by uncredited writer, KRLA Beat, 9 September 1967

THE GROUP that was mainly responsible for the amazing success of the Monterey Pop Festival was the Mamas and Papas. Leader John Philips, along with ...

Prince, Wendy and Lisa: Wendy & Lisa: Revolt Into Style

Interview by Paul Mathur, Melody Maker, 15 August 1987

WENDY & LISA USED TO BE PART OF PRINCE'S REVOLUTION. NOW THEY'RE STORMING THE BARRICADES WITH A SOLO CAREER. PURPLE RAIN OR JUST A DAMP ...

Monkees, The: Bob Rafelson: Man Behind The Monkees

Interview by Alan Smith, New Musical Express, 12 August 1967

Why I picked THESE four ...

Ray Parker Jr.: from sideman to lady's man

Interview by Michael Goldberg, Rolling Stone, 27 September 1984

'Ghostbusters' is his latest chartbuster ...

Lovin' Spoonful, The, Rolling Stones, The: The New Thing and the Blue Thing: An Interview with Keith Richards and John Sebastian

Interview by Jim Delehant, Hit Parader, April 1966

BY NOW, EVERYONE must be aware that records just don't sound like they did 10 years ago — 3 years ago in fact. ...

Arrows, Laura Nyro, Vodka Collins: Alan Merrill: An Interview

Interview by Carl Wiser, Songfacts, 1 August 2009

THE SON OF jazz musicians Aaron Sachs and Helen Merrill, Alan moved from New York to Japan when he was still a teenager, becoming the ...

Steely Dan: Don and Walt

Interview by Richard Cromelin, Sounds, 5 June 1976

  I have never met NapoleonBut I plan to find the time...Cause he looks so fine upon that hillThey tell me he was lonely, he's lonely ...

Saint Etienne: Cats Eyes and Legless

Interview by Johnny Cigarettes, New Musical Express, 30 April 1994

You know Saint Etienne as the flop band living within the pages of Kay's Catalogue and fronted by Emma Peel's understudy. But their pals reckon ...

The Redskins: Keeping On And On

Interview by Adam Sweeting, Melody Maker, 11 February 1984

Adam Sweeting weathers a storm of political invective from THE REDSKINS ...

The Beau Brummels: 'That's The Way We Want It'

Interview by Louise Criscione, KRLA Beat, 23 April 1966

HOLLYWOOD: Unlike last summer there are no female hikers along Benedict Canyon Drive. No long bangs – no bell bottoms – no police cars. You ...

Paul Simon, Simon & Garfunkel: Inside The Mind of Paul Simon (part 2)

Interview by Jim Delehant, Hit Parader, September 1967

Last month, Paul Simon commented on current singers, songs and his own songwriting. He gets into it again this time along with a dash of ...

Mike Bloomfield, Paul Butterfield Blues Band: The Paul Butterfield Blues Band: Mike Bloomfield Puts Down Everything (part 2)

Interview by Jim Delehant, Hit Parader, February 1967

HERE WE are back at the Cafe Au Go Go continuing the final half of our chat with Mike Bloomfield. Since last month, Mike and ...