Search Results

Fela Kuti: Fela Anikulapo Kuti & Africa 70: Hippodrome, Paris

Live Review by Ian Penman, New Musical Express, 28 March 1981

FELA ANIKULAPO KUTI is probably the unlikeliest of candidates to win the dubious honour of being the Great African Dance's Bob Marley – popularizer to ...

Sandie Shaw: Town & Country Club, London

Live Review by Jane Solanas, New Musical Express, 12 July 1986

SHAW? POSITIVE! ...

Badfinger: New to the Charts: Badfinger Make Apple Feel Rosy

Profile by Alan Smith, New Musical Express, 17 January 1970

IT'S BIG smiles and happy heads at Apple this week, where the once much-maligned label now has a further chart name — BADFINGER — to ...

Impressions, The: The Impressions

Report and Interview by Roger St. Pierre, New Musical Express, 15 July 1972

FOR MORE than a decade, the Impressions have been a legendary soul name, besides having produced two fine solo performers — Jerry Butler and Curtis ...

Norman Greenbaum: 'Sky' Star Hits At Showbiz Phonies

Interview by Alan Smith, New Musical Express, 18 April 1970

I'm not religious but I live a pure life says Norman Greenbaum ...

Rico Rodriguez, Eddie "Tan-Tan" Thornton, Specials, The: Rico Rocks Tout Soul

Report and Interview by Chris Salewicz, New Musical Express, 4 October 1980

Big day for JA precludes Specials occasion ...

Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs: Sam The Sham Has Sung In Opera!

Interview by Tracy Thomas, New Musical Express, 30 July 1965

Special from Tracy Thomas in Hollywood ...

KRS-One, Boogie Down Productions: KRS-1, Boogie Down Productions: By All Means Necessary (Jive US Import)

Review by Jack Barron, New Musical Express, 30 April 1988

LOVE AND BULLETS ...

Streets, The: The Streets: Fast-moving UK Garage Geezer

Interview by Ted Kessler, New Musical Express, 6 October 2001

EVERYONE KNOWS THE future of dance music always comes from the streets. ...

Frederick Knight: Freak Hit for Knight

Profile and Interview by Roger St. Pierre, New Musical Express, 17 June 1972

PROVIDED HE isn't burdened down with a surfeit of bills and tax demands, the arrival of the postman is one of the brighter moments in ...

Jimi Hendrix: Goodbye, Jimi

Obituary by Richard Green, New Musical Express, 26 September 1970

A tribute by Richard Green, who once worked with him ...

Bob Dylan: Nashville Skyline

Review by Ritchie Yorke, New Musical Express, 19 April 1969

DYLAN HAS CHANGED again. His latest album, Nashville Skyline, the 14-month-later follow-up to John Wesley Harding, presents the folk-rock star in a completely new guise. ...

Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Ravi Shankar: The Concert for Bangla Desh (Apple/Twentieth Century-Fox)

Film/DVD/TV Review by John Pidgeon, New Musical Express, 15 July 1972

A SPECIAL PREVIEW BY JOHN PIDGEON ...

Kate Bush: Hounds Of Love (EMI)

Review by Jane Solanas, New Musical Express, 21 September 1985

KRUFTS ORIGINAL! ...

Run DMC, Beastie Boys, The, LL Cool J, Public Enemy, Slayer, Tashan, Oran "Juice" Jones, Cult, The: Dawn of the Def

Overview by uncredited writer, New Musical Express, 9 May 1987

The wit and wisdom of DEF JAM as captured in the NME. From Rick Rubin as hipster to Beastie Boys as Sex Zeppelin and beyond. ...

Drifters, The: The Drifters: Drifting With An Endless Identity Crisis

Report by Roger St. Pierre, New Musical Express, 31 August 1974

"BELL RECORDS and Henry Sellers Ltd., on behalf of Faye Treadwell, manager of the Drifters, wish to make known that Charlie Thomas and the Drifters ...

Bobby Rydell's British Recording Hits The Bull's Eye!

Interview by Ian Dove, New Musical Express, 24 May 1963

BOBBY RYDELL came from America in March to appear on Sunday Night At The London Palladium. While here he said: "Just lately I haven't been ...

Doors, The, Jefferson Airplane: Jeffersons, Doors are Tops

Profile by Tracy Thomas, New Musical Express, 2 September 1967

LET ME TELL you about the two groups which are currently the most popular in America: the Doors and Jefferson Airplane. Both have been playing ...

Tune In If You Rankin': Night Of The Living Dread

Report and Interview by Vivien Goldman, New Musical Express, 24 March 1984

A ROOFTOP RENDEZVOUS WITH THE DREAD BROADCASTING CORPORATION ...

Aretha Franklin: Apollo Theater, New York NY

Live Review by Vernon Gibbs, New Musical Express, 23 March 1974

Aretha: a Queen with no dignity? ...