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Interview by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, 18 December 1979

CURRENTLY ENJOYING their first major taste of success with 'I Don't Want To Be A Freak' is Dynasty, two young ladies and a young man ...

America: Are America too good to be true?

Interview by Rosalind Russell, Disc, 1 April 1972

AMERICA ARE young, average age 19. They have only a few months of strong, regular professional experience behind them in Britain, plus one hit single ...

Happy Mondays: Renting and raving

Interview by James Brown, New Musical Express, 26 October 1991

SHAUN RYDER Is suing News Of The World after they alleged he was a rent boy before he was a singer. JAMES BROWN hears the ...

Mott The Hoople: Mott — Give The People Rock

Interview by Keith Altham, Record Mirror, 7 August 1971

MOTT THE Hoople have never had a single or an album in the charts but they rank in the top five of Britain's best paid ...

Bob Dylan, Brian Eno, Peter Gabriel, Daniel Lanois, Neville Brothers, The, U2: Daniel Lanois: Let the music speak

Interview by David Toop, The Times, 2 February 1990

David Toop meets Daniel Lanois, the hit producer of albums for U2, Peter Gabriel and Bob Dylan, now a performer himself on record and visiting ...

Hinds, The (formerly The Deers), Deers, The: New band of the week: The Deers

Interview by Paul Lester, The Guardian, 12 September 2014

This all-female Spanish band capture the sound and spirit of C86 via Spector and the Velvets. ...

Tower of Power: Confessions of an East Bay greaser

Interview by Giovanni Dadomo, Record Mirror, 15 February 1975

Tower of Power vocalist spills the beans on those big bad boys from Oakland. ...

Steve Goodman: After A Bout Of Leukemia, Steve Goodman Hits The Road

Interview by David Gans, Record, July 1983

LOS ANGELES — Red Pajamas Records is a one-act label with a one-title catalogue. But Steve Goodman, proprietor and Red Pajamas recording artist, doesn't mind ...

Manfred Mann: Manfreds Bounce Czechs

Interview by Nick Jones, Melody Maker, 23 October 1965

BEAT GOES EAST AND FINDS NO RED SQUARES ...

Beatles, The, George Martin, Prodigy, The: The backroom boys who wield a big stick

Interview by Paul Sexton, The Times, 20 March 1998

Sir George Martin talks to Paul Sexton about the power of the producer ...

Mott The Hoople: America's druggies scared Mott to death

Interview by Roy Carr, New Musical Express, 27 March 1971

"IF PEOPLE want revolution then they should join an organised party en block instead of sitting on their backsides bemoaning their fate. It's absolutely no ...

K.T. Oslin: Making Smart Moves

Interview by John Morthland, Country Music, March 1992

The independent singer/songwriter has to wear many hats in her career. While she finds life on the road difficult, she's aware of its pitfalls and ...

Duane Eddy: The Guitar Man Twangs Back

Interview by Chris Charlesworth, Melody Maker, 6 October 1973

THE FIRST REAL guitar superstar of the rock and roll age sits in an office no larger than a bathroom on North Vine off the ...

A Flock Of Seagulls: Hair Apparent

Interview by John Mendelsohn, Creem, October 1983

SINCE MOVING into it in the autumn of 1982, A Flock Of Seagulls lead singer Mike Score has scarcely seen his new flat in Liverpool ...

Altered Images: Clare Grogan's Altered Images: Thank Heaven For Little Girls

Interview by Iman Lababedi, Creem, January 1983

"I just wanted to get to know her, really. She was just kind of fascinating."— Director Bill Forsyth, explaining why he cast Clare Grogan in ...

Bryan Ferry, Madonna: Pat Leonard: The Madonna Method

Interview by Alan di Perna, Musician, May 1988

PRODUCING BRYAN FERRY AND ARRANGING MADONNA IN THE WORLD OF HIGH-STAKES HIGH-TECH ...

Jimmie Dale Gilmore: And The Beat Goes On

Interview by John Morthland, Country Music, November 1992

Jimmie Dale's been singing country music tied together with blues, pop and folk for decades. His melodies and lyrics have always appealed to a wide-ranging, ...

Mike Oldfield: Tom Newman: The Man Who Taped the Tubular Bells

Interview by Fred Dellar, NME, 8 February 1975

WHEN IT COMES to tape, who better to talk to than the guy who did the 2,000 over-dubs on Tubular Bells, engineer Tom Newman? ...

Leiber and Stoller: Jerry Leiber And Mike Stoller: By Royal Appointment

Interview by Roger St. Pierre, NME, 15 February 1975

THE SCENE IS the Dorchester Hotel, one of the last vestiges of Britain's Imperial splendour and we've just been refused admission to the restaurant for ...

David Bedford

Interview by Max Bell, NME, 27 September 1975

"THE THING ABOUT concept albums is that they're never done successfully except mine of course," So speaks modest avant garde composer David Bedford, Virgin luminary ...