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Dave Gahan, Depeche Mode: Dave Gahan: New life

Interview by Dave Simpson, The Guardian, 26 May 2002

In the early days of Depeche Mode, cider was Dave Gahan's worst vice. Then came speed, smack and a trip to hospital. Now, he tells ...

Bob Dylan: The Man Behind the Image

Interview by David Hancock, Evening News, London, 13 May 1978

BOB DYLAN will be pocketing over £500,000 for the six shows he'll perform before more than 90,000 people at Earls Court next month. ...

N-Joi: I'm To Essexy for the Charts

Interview by Stephen Dalton, New Musical Express, 29 February 1992

Burn all your bootlegs, your boxed sets and Live At The Budokan deletions, and embrace Live In Manchester — a Techno record by N-JOI with ...

Silver Convention, James Brown: Disco: "Who's that on the jukebox?" "Who cares?"

Overview by Roger St. Pierre, New Musical Express, 10 January 1976

ROGER ST. PIERRE considers what the disco boom has done for soul, and reviews forthcoming action on the soul scene. ...

Rickie Lee Jones

Interview by Carl Wiser, Songfacts, 27 February 2017

Rickie Lee Jones on songwriting, social media, and how she's handling Trump. ...

Beck, Verve, The: The Verve, Beck: Haigh Hall, Wigan

Live Review by Dave Simpson, Melody Maker, May 1998

HAIGH DUDE! ...

Funkadelic, Parliament: Parliament/Funkadelic: A Parliafunkadelicment Thang

Profile and Interview by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, 14 May 1971

RARELY DOES an R&B act cause any controversy or speculation prior to making a British tour. But the one exception in recent years is Funkadelic, ...

Major Lance

Profile and Interview by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, 16 June 1972

IF WE had to nominate the most asked after Soul artist who is outside of the super league of the Hayes/Mayfield/James Brown/Motown and ilk, it ...

Betty Wright

Interview by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, 3 March 1972

WHEN ATLANTIC recommences battle in this country following the switch from Polydor to Kinney's distribution, one of the records that will receive maximum support is ...

Stevie Wonder: Man Of Today And Tomorrow

Interview by David Nathan, Blues & Soul, 16 February 1973

ONE OF THE most rewarding and exciting aspects of taking any serious interest in any field of music is observing the artistic development and progress ...

Rolling Stones, The: White Men Sing The Blues: The Rolling Stones and Black Culture

Essay by James Maycock, The Independent, 4 June 1999

A bitchy look at how the Rolling Stones’ career is excessively/artfully indebted to black American culture. ...

Sniff 'N' The Tears: A Change Of Art

Interview by David Hepworth, Sounds, 10 March 1979

SNIFF 'N' THE TEARS, not a band to be sneezed at says DAVID HEPWORTH ...

Elvis Presley: Rock first rolled here

Guide by Steve Turner, The Independent, 13 April 1991

Thousands of worshippers still flock to Memphis, birthplace of Elvis. They should bypass Graceland. Rock first rolled here. ...

Suede: All That Glitters

Interview by Steven Daly, Rolling Stone, 27 May 1993

England's new Band of the Century hits a glam slam ...

Senseless Things — Sense And Sensibility

Interview by Stephen Dalton, Vox, April 1993

BEST KNOWN FOR RAUCOUS POP NUGGETS such as 'Too Much Kissing', young guns Senseless Things have toughened up, toting a beefed-up sound and an uncompromising ...

Fatboy Slim, Housemartins, The: Fatboy Slim: The Norman Conquest

Interview by Andy Crysell, New Musical Express, 19 April 1997

In the beginning, he was a Housemartin. In between, he's been Pizzaman and a Mighty Kat. Now he's FATBOY SLIM. But no matter what NORMAN ...

Beyoncé: The Solid Gold, Super Fly Destiny of Beyoncé

Profile and Interview by Nicholas Jennings, Inside Entertainment, February 2004

SHE'S YOUNG, GIFTED and black. She's also devout, hard-working and extremely fly. ...

T'Pau: "I was always a bit of a Tragedy-Drawers"

Interview by Sylvia Patterson, Smash Hits, 13 January 1988

How can this possibly be? Carol Decker from T'Pau is renowned for her "feistiness", being sick in her cowboy boots etc., and yet she's "terrified ...

Byrds, The: Some of the Byrds Fly the Musical Coop

Interview by Pete Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 21 April 1968

THE BUFFALO Springfield replaced Bruce Palmer with Jim Messina. Grace Slick joined the Jefferson Airplane when Signe Anderson left. Paul Revere has had 27 Raiders. ...

Fairport Convention: Fairport Convention, What We Did On Our Holidays, Unhalfbricking

Review by Jim Irvin, The Word, April 2003

Three reissued albums find Fairport Convention on the edge of greatness ...