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Joey Dee & the Starliters: The Peppermint Boys Have A Great Chance

Profile by June Harris, Disc, 17 March 1962

IT IS SURPRISING that Joey Dee and the Starliters, next to Chubby Checker the most famous "twisters" in America, have not yet made it here ...

Angel Haze: Gorilla, Manchester

Live Review by Dave Simpson, The Guardian, 9 March 2014

"I KNOW I haven't done a bunch of shows, so thanks y'all for coming out to see me eventually," says Angel Haze, reflecting on her ...

Loyle Carner: Shepherd's Bush Empire, London

Live Review by Lisa Verrico, The Times, 20 February 2017

The south Londoner's heartfelt rapping had the crowd on their feet and singing from start to finish ...

The Webb Brothers

Interview by Rob Hughes, Uncut, April 2001

'I'll make it through the show!' ...

King Crimson: Zoom Club, Frankfurt

Live Review by Richard Williams, Melody Maker, 24 April 1971

AFTER MORE than a year off the road, King Crimson slid quietly back into public performance last week with a hush-hush four-day stint in Germany. ...

David Cassidy: Madison Square Garden, New York NY

Live Review by Lillian Roxon, Sydney Morning Herald, the, 19 March 1972

David Cassidy was a roaring success ...

Four Tops, The, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, Supremes, The: Tamla's Miracles Break Through At Last!

Report by Norman Jopling, Record Mirror, 20 January 1968

THE FIRST of the Tamla Motown groups, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, have finally made it big in the British charts with their runaway transatlantic ...

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 ...

Chick Corea, Return to Forever: Chick Corea: Return To Forever (ECM)

Review by Ed Jones, Cracker, February 1974

WITH THE demise of the Mahavishnu Orchestra, other record companies are looking for their own spacey, super-excellent, speedy-riffing jazz-rock group to grab some of the ...

Charli XCX: Concorde 2, Brighton

Live Review by Caroline Sullivan, The Guardian, 25 March 2015

"BRIGHTON, put your fucking middle fingers up!" are Charli XCX's first words as she launches her first UK tour as headliner. Brighton needs no encouragement: ...

Alabama Shakes: Boys & Girls

Review by Martin Aston, bbc.co.uk, 10 April 2012

This Alabama outfit might be the feel-good hit of the summer festival circuit. ...

Patti Smith: Patti Cracks Noggin, Raps On Regardless

Interview by Vivien Goldman, Sounds, 5 February 1977

Patti sounds plaintive, fragile, over the transatlantic wire. If you can imagine a voice sounding wan, you're near the mark. Reason being — "A swan ...

Pink Floyd: They're all in the PINK!

Profile and Interview by Penny Valentine, Disc and Music Echo, 8 April 1967

THE PINK Floyd burst on to the London club scene in a kaleidoscope of colours some months ago. Literally, because colour, shapes and light gave ...

Paul Simon, Simon & Garfunkel: Paul Simon: 'I Thought I Was a Has-Been at 19'

Interview by David Griffiths, Record Mirror, 30 April 1966

PAUL SIMON is the composer of 21 songs, most of which have been put to work for him very profitably. ...

Jason & The Scorchers: Jason and the Scorchers: Can't Be Real If It Ain't Got That Feel

Profile and Interview by Anthony DeCurtis, Record, January 1984

SWEAT-SOAKED and sprawled on a couch in the dressing room of Atlanta hot-spot 688 club, Scorcher guitarist Warner Hodges pulls on a cold one and ...

Why does everyone ignore "Jump Up" jungle?

Interview by Bethan Cole, Mixmag, January 1997

Even Goldie has been dissing "jump up". But wasn't it the ragga stuff that put jungle back in the frame in the first place? ...

Kurt Cobain, Nirvana: Washington's State

Report and Interview by Barbara Ellen, New Musical Express, 8 April 1995

If Cobain's death shook the rock world, its impact on his hometown went off the scales. BARBARA ELLEN visited Seattle to find out how much ...

Kraftwerk: Exceller-8, Radio-Activity

Review by Miles, NME, 31 January 1976

EXCELLER 8 IS a 'best of album taken from the three Vertigo albums that Kraftwerk have released in this country and it's a good selection ...

The Everly Brothers: Songs Our Daddy Taught Us

Review by Mick Farren, NME, 6 March 1976

IN A QUIET sort of way, 1975 saw an Everly Brothers revival of sorts. Warner Brothers released their magnificent Walk Right Back With The Everlys, ...

Elvis Costello: My Aim Is True (Columbia)

Review by Jeffrey Morgan, Stage Life, February 1978

LIKE IT OR NOT, you’d better watch out 'cause talent will out, which is exactly why you’re hearing so much about Elvis Costello these days. ...