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Laura Nyro: Union Chapel, Islington, London

Live Review by Rob Steen, MOJO, February 1995

WHEN LAURA PLAYED MONTEREY, nerves and rushed rehearsals saw her flounder as the hairies waited for Hendrix. Tonight there are enough baldies in the pews ...

Laurie Anderson: Big Science

Review by Chris Bohn, NME, 24 April 1982

AS A PERFORMER, Laurie Anderson is little short of phenomenal: a slight Chaplinesque figure, she's as much vaudeville as she is artist, in that she's ...

Bobby Womack: Bobby Sox It To Ya

Interview by Robin Katz, Record Mirror, 26 February 1977

"HELLO LONDON, it's Bobby Womack on the line." Hello Bobby, you friendly soul. How good to hear your voice again. ...

Jefferson Airplane Taking Off...Fast

Interview by Carol Deck, KRLA Beat, 15 April 1966

INTERVIEWING an airplane is kind of an absurd idea but interviewing the Jefferson Airplane, a fast rising group from San Francisco, verges on ridiculous. It's ...

Donna Summer: They're Gonna Put Me In The Movies

Interview by David Hancock, National RockStar, 15 January 1977

Donna Summer reveals all to David Hancock ...

David Gilmour: On An Island

Review by Pete Paphides, The Times, 3 March 2006

OUT IN CYBERSPACE reunion rumours swirl with niggling persistence, but David Gilmour's perpetual half-smile masks an unyielding nature. Asked about a putative Pink Floyd re-formation ...

Adele: Academy, Leeds

Live Review by Dave Simpson, The Guardian, 15 April 2011

EVEN IF Adele Adkins's record-breaking 11 weeks at the top of the album chart ends on Sunday – and it looks like the Foo Fighters ...

Hot House: Staying Power

Profile and Interview by Kathryn Flett, i-D, April 1987

IN THE TWO weeks between i-D's attempt to organise an interview with Hot House and actually getting to do it they became – such is ...

Stone Temple Pilots: Community service ordered for Stone Temple Pilots

Report by Jim Sullivan, The Boston Globe, 22 April 1994

IT LOOKS LIKE the Stone Temple Pilots, or at least two members of the popular alternative-rock quartet from San Diego, will be rocking Gardner High ...

Billy Bragg: SXSW: Billy Bragg plays songs from new album, plus one inspired by the Bible

Report and Interview by Geoffrey Himes, Baltimore City Paper, 15 March 2013

"THE PROBLEM with most protest songs," Billy Bragg said Wednesday afternoon, "is people spend all their time on the protest and not enough on the ...

Paul Weller mines his hot streak

Report by Jeff Slate, Examiner.com, 30 March 2012

PAUL WELLER has been getting lots of good, but not great, reviews for his latest album, Sonik Kicks. At least Stateside. Ignore them. Sonik Kicks, ...

Sound City at SXSW

Film/DVD/TV Review by Geoffrey Himes, Baltimore City Paper, 10 March 2013

THE SOUTH BY Southwest Conference got underway yesterday with SXSW Film, one leg of the tripod extravaganza that also features Interactive and Music components. Twenty-two ...

Paul Revere & The Raiders: Paul Revere & Raiders Carry Fight to British

Profile by Derek Taylor, KRLA Beat, 10 March 1965

WATCH FOR the world-wide ride of Paul Revere! ...

Sammy Davis Jr.: Sammy Davis Jnr.: No Hits For Two Years

Profile by June Harris, Disc, 7 March 1959

But he's still on top with the fans ...

The Ronettes: Wrong Phone Number Brought Success

Interview by Peter Jones, Record Mirror, 11 January 1964

TALK ABOUT a coincidence! A thundering great coincidence — a flash of fate which virtually launched the swinging Ronettes, one of the most successful girlie ...

Tammi Terrell: Tammi Terell: From Medicine To Music

Profile and Interview by uncredited writer, KRLA Beat, 19 March 1966

SOME PEOPLE fade into a crowd and some just naturally stand out. Tammi Terell is one of those who stand out. ...

Ivy League, The: The Ivy League: Songwriting Hit-Makers

Interview by David Griffiths, Record Mirror, 13 February 1965

FROM INSIDE the music publisher's office came the familiar sounds of creation, Tin Pan Alley style — tentative chords being hammered out on a piano ...

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 ...

Rolling Stones, The: Rolling Stone Magazine: Ripples from the Stone

Report by Geoffrey Cannon, The Guardian, 25 March 1969

FEW REVIEWS can make a first-rank artist doubt his ability at the height of his success. At this level, critics can rarely do more than ...

Beatles, The: Beatles Heat Flares in Court

Report by uncredited writer, Billboard, 25 January 1964

CHICAGO — The Beatles, the nation's hottest recording property today, are becoming the object of the nation's hottest lawsuits, at least as far as the ...