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Bobby Womack: 10 Questions for Bobby Womack

Interview by Ben Edmonds, MOJO, July 1998

What were you up to in the studio last night? ...

Dru Hill: Heart Doctors

Interview by James Hunter, Vibe, February 1999

YOUNG, GIFTED, AND MACK, BALTIMORE SOUL SLINGERS DRU HILL SING SONGS THAT MAKE MEN MOODY, BUT MAKE THE LADIES SCREAM. ...

Tracy Chapman: Hardcore Troubadour

Interview by Peter Murphy (Irish), Hot Press, 3 February 1999

TRACY CHAPMAN’S eponymous debut album was one of the biggest sellers of last year – more than ten years after its release. She spoke to ...

About a Bloke: The 10 Tracks Nick Hornby Couldn't Live Without

Interview by Barney Hoskyns, Mark Pringle, Rock's Backpages, 29 March 2002

WELCOME TO a new if occasional treat: AURAL SURVIVAL, a sit-down with a much-loved CELEBRITY FAN in order to ascertain the 10 recorded performances he ...

Solomon Burke: King Solomon

Interview by Chris Bourke, Real Groove, July 2002

WHEN SOLOMON BURKE makes an entrance, it's obvious that royalty has arrived. I once witnessed the self-proclaimed King of Rock'n'Soul take the stage. It was ...

Solomon Burke

Interview by Gavin Martin, Independent on Sunday, 27 February 2005

ON A RAINY FRIDAY afternoon Solomon Burke is holding court in the living room of his San Fernando Valley home. The man who has claimed ...

Dr. John: The MOJO Interview

Interview by Paul Trynka, MOJO, April 2005

Shopped by Zappa, hooked on heroin and chased by the Feds, Dr. John dodged death and digit loss to become New Orleans' "fonk" ambassador in ...

Jim Ford, Bobby Womack: Bobby Womack on Jim Ford (2005)

Interview by Barney Hoskyns, Rock's Backpages Audio, 6 June 2005

The Last Soul Man talks about his friend and collaborator Jim Ford: being introduced by Ford to Sly Stone, such great songs as 'Harry Hippie' and 'Point Of No Return', and writing songs with the man.

File format: mp3; file size: 19.8mb, interview length: 21' 35" sound quality: * (phoner)

Barry Beckett: Soul Provider: Muscle Shoals keyboard legend Barry Beckett in His Own Words

Interview by Barney Hoskyns, Rock's Backpages, June 2009

NOTE: This is a pretty straight transcript of what the late Barry Beckett said to me in his new Warner Brothers office in Nashville in ...

Damon Albarn, Gorillaz: Monkey see, monkey do, monkey tour: the Gorillaz are back

Interview by Pete Paphides, The Times, 10 May 2010

"I SAY! They're fancy!" exclaims Jamie Hewlett when Damon Albarn strides into the pair's West London headquarters. The object of his fascination? Albarn, his sidekick ...

Damon Albarn, Blur, Bobby Womack: Damon Albarn: "I'm Sort Of English Melancholy"

Interview by Stephen Dalton, The Quietus, 27 March 2012

With an upcoming Blur show and a number of albums set for release in the coming months, Damon Albarn's 2012 looks set to be as ...

Damon Albarn

Interview by Rob Fitzpatrick, The Word, April 2012

"Music is like blood or air," Damon Albarn believes. "It's part of us. We open up to its invisible flow. My life is immersed in ...

Faces, The: The Faces

Interview by Alan Light, Relix, July 2012

"WITH THE FACES, you never know what's going to happen." It's a theme that comes up again and again in conversation with Ronnie Wood and ...

Delines, The , Richmond Fontaine: Willy Vlautin – an interview

Interview by Nick Hasted, Uncut, April 2014

A TIMELY CATCH-UP with Americana renaissance man, Willy Vlautin. Pending: a fourth novel, a first movie and a new band, too... ...