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Tim Rose: Meet Tim Rose, Man Who Helped To Put Jimi Hendrix On The Hit Trail

Interview by Penny Valentine, Disc and Music Echo, 24 February 1968

TIM ROSE is an American in the odd position of having been responsible for two of pop's standard classics — without actually having a hit ...

Steve Winwood, Blind Faith, Traffic, Vivian Stanshall, Spencer Davis Group: 10 Questions for Steve Winwood

Interview by Kieron Tyler, MOJO, April 2004

The blue-eyed soul voice behind the Spencer Davis Group and Traffic on jamming with Jimi Hendrix, the madness of Viv Stanshall and the problems of ...

Curtis Mayfield: The Anthology 1961-1977

Review by Joe McEwen, Rolling Stone, 4 February 1993

CURTIS MAYFIELD and the Impressions: The Anthology, a two-CD, forty-song set, is a remarkable document. Lovingly assembled by Chicago-soul authority Robert Pruter, this collection connects ...

Raspberries, The: The Raspberries' 'Go All The Way
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Retrospective and Interview by Johnny Black, Blender, July 2006

VITAL STATISTICS LABEL: Capitol PERFORMERS: Eric Carmen – vocals/piano/guitar Wally Bryson – lead guitar David Smalley – bass Jim Bonfanti – drums PRODUCER: Jimmy Ienner CHART DEBUT: 19 August 1972 HIGHEST CHART POSITION: 5 ...

Chris Whitley

Obituary by Colin Irwin, The Independent, 29 November 2005

HE WAS ALTERNATIVELY described as a rock'n'roll troubadour, a "nu blues" artist, an alt country pioneer, a slide guitar master and a trailblazing singer-songwriter who ...

Randy Newman: The Man They All Dig Doesn't Dig Himself

Interview by Royston Eldridge, Melody Maker, 25 January 1969

BEATLE PAUL McCartney phoned to say how much he likes his work; Frank Sinatra wants him to write an album but the man himself doesn't ...

Matthew Sweet: A New Girlfriend for Matthew Sweet

Profile and Interview by Michael Azerrad, Rolling Stone, 28 November 1991

Hard-edged album documents romantic turmoil ...

John Fogerty: Revival

Review by Peter Stone Brown, CounterPunch, 5 November 2007

ON REVIVAL (Fantasy Records), John Fogerty comes to terms with and maybe even makes peace with his past. In doing so he's created one of ...

Troggs, The: Reg Presley, 1941-2013

Obituary by Dave Laing, The Guardian, 5 February 2013

THE TROGGS WERE not among the most technically proficient of British pop groups of the 1960s, but they generated great affection among audiences and disc ...

Procol Harum: Beyond A Poem

Profile by uncredited writer, KRLA Beat, 29 July 1967

"BEYOND THESE things" is a blue-eyed British group who named themselves after a Siamese cat, recorded a poem, sent it to number one in England ...

Band, The, Robbie Robertson: Robbie Robertson: Testimony

Book Review by Clinton Heylin, The Spectator, 21 January 2017

THE RECENT SPATE of rock memoirs has proved one of the less rewarding sub-genres in the post-digital Gutenberg galaxy. Obeying few rules of a good ...

Don Covay, 1938-2015

Obituary by Richard Williams, The Guardian, 4 February 2015

Songwriter, singer and record producer whose compositions became hits for stars including Chubby Checker and Aretha Franklin. ...

Walter Becker: Rock'n'Roll Confidential: Walter Becker

Interview by Mat Snow, MOJO, August 2008

One half of the Steely Dan superbrain talks Dylan, psychology and the blues. ...

William Bell: The Musical River of Memphis: Deep, Wide and United

Interview by Bob Ruggiero, Houston Press, 27 September 2017

WRITTEN BY singer William Bell and keyboardist Booker T. Jones specifically for their Stax Records labelmate Albert King to record, 'Born Under a Bad Sign' ...

Chuck Berry was not always a nice man, but his music stood the test of time

Comment by Nick Hasted, The Independent, 19 March 2017

He helped shake the world into looser, better ways, and explained the first real teenagers to themselves. ...

Ray Padgett: Cover Me – The Stories Behind the Greatest Cover Songs of All Time

Book Review by Bob Ruggiero, Houston Press, 10 November 2017

Songs get a second chance of life with cover versions. ...

Joni Mitchell: Isle of Wight Festival, Afton Down

Live Review by Geoffrey Cannon, unpublished, 5 September 1970

Update, 2019. LIKE SO many who were there, my sense of life's possibilities was changed forever by the Isle of Wight five-day open-air festivals created ...

Prince: How Prince's Androgynous Genius Changed the Way We Think About Music and Gender

Essay by Simon Reynolds, Pitchfork, 22 April 2016

His clothes, songwriting, and production prowess all played a part in breaking through any and every type of convention. ...

The Impressions, The Staple Singers, Stephen Stills, Tom Rush: Stephen Stills, The Impressions, The Staple Singers, Tom Rush albums

Review by Loraine Alterman, New York Times, 10 September 1972

Stephen Stills: Manassas (Atlantic); The Impressions: Times Have Changed (Curtom); The Staple Singers: Be Altitude: Respect Yourself (Stax); Tom Rush: Merrimack County (Columbia) ...

Kevin Ayers, 1944-2013

Obituary by Sean O'Hagan, The Guardian, 20 February 2013

Founder member of Soft Machine and a key figure in British psychedelic rock. ...

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