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Luther Vandross: Let's Start with Pacman

Interview by David Toop, The Face, March 1987

LUTHER VANDROSS SPRAWLS UNTIDILY ACROSS THE COUCH AND SHOOTS THAT LOOK. "MS PACMAN," HE CORRECTS. ...

Interview by Lucy O'Brien, New Musical Express, 20 June 1987

NONA HENDRYX, ex of Labelle, has called her new LP Female Trouble — but LUCY O'BRIEN finds she's now a "big gun" having "big fun", ...

Terence Trent D'Arby: The Great Contender

Interview by Colin Irwin, Melody Maker, 1 August 1987

TERENCE TRENT D'ARBY isn't modest. But, as he's quick to point out, he has very little to be modest about. Two hit singles, a number ...

Terence Trent D'Arby: Hammersmith Odeon, London

Live Review by Hugh Fielder, Sounds, 1 August 1987

LIP UP, TERRY! ...

Michael Jackson: Touchdown!

Report by Lloyd Bradley, Q, September 1988

On July 12, Michael Jackson arrived in the UK for his first ever solo appearances here. It was to become the largest and most lucrative ...

Luther Vandross (1989) [transcript]

Audio transcript of interview by Barney Hoskyns, Rock's Backpages transcripts, March 1989

This is a transcript of Barney's audio interview with Luther. Listen to the audio of this interview. ...

David Sanborn: Blowing out of hand

Interview by Richard Cook, The Wire, August 1991

David Sanborn — is he or isn't he? Richard Cook is on the spot as the wild man of funk-pop goes (almost) straight-ahead! ...

Lewis Taylor: Ronnie Scott's, London

Live Review by Paul Sexton, The Times, 19 March 1997

Saving our soul ...

Sly & the Family Stone: On The Record: Sly & the Family Stone

Book Excerpt by Joel Selvin, Simon & Schuster, July 1997

Introduction & Voices ...

Michael Jackson: The Starman Who Fell To Earth: Michael Jackson: Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield *****

Live Review by Paul Lester, Uncut, September 1997

THE MOST FAMOUS performer on Earth has just been introduced, as per protocol, as "the King Of Pop", by the Chief Barker of the Variety ...

Shuggie Otis: The Resurrection of Shuggie Otis

Retrospective and Interview by Joel Selvin, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 June 2001

INSPIRATION INFORMATION disappeared shortly after its 1974 release, and the world soon forgot about Shuggie Otis, the promising young rock musician who made the record. ...

Erykah Badu: Apollo, Manchester

Live Review by Dave Simpson, The Guardian, 18 July 2001

I HAVE SEEN Bowie atop a giant glass spider and U2 stuck inside a lemon, but I cannot recall an entrance like Erykah Badu's. ...

Robert Palmer, 1949-2003

Obituary by Richard Williams, The Guardian, 27 September 2003

BORN IN BATLEY, Yorkshire, and raised in Malta (his father was a naval officer), Palmer had a voice that could be suave and gritty by ...

Prince: Return of the prodigal

Retrospective by Simon Price, Independent on Sunday, 17 April 2004

Prince enjoyed a purple reign during the 1980s, but messy wranglings with record companies led to bizarre personal behaviour, and the 1990s were spent in ...

Soul II Soul's Jazzie B (2005) [transcript]

Audio transcript of interview by Bill Brewster, Frank Broughton, Rock's Backpages transcripts, 2 February 2005

This is a transcript of Bill and Frank's audio interview with Jazzie B. Listen to the audio of this interview. ...

Lewis Taylor: Soul Enigma: Lewis Taylor Comes to America

Report and Interview by Mark Anthony Neal, PopMatters, 8 February 2006

FOR MUCH OF THE LAST DECADE, arguably the most brilliant R&B artist of this generation has toiled in relative obscurity in Britain. ...

Linda Lewis: Turning Bitter Into Sweet

Retrospective and Interview by Terry Staunton, Record Collector, March 2006

Disco diva, Northern Soul icon, hippie singer-songwriter, reluctant stage show brat. Linda Lewis has been all of these and more. Terry Staunton hears tales of ...

John Legend: Mr. Legend Comes to Town

Profile and Interview by Nicholas Jennings, Inside Entertainment, September 2006

IT'S A MUGGY day and John Legend is trying his best to stay cool. The gifted American soul singer is in a Toronto Baptist church ...

David Bowie: Blue-and-green-eyed soul

Essay by Daryl Easlea, Record Collector, January 2007

Young Americans is David Bowie's most underrated album, but its bold cross-cultural concept deserves reappraisal, says Daryl Easlea ...

Craig David: A Star Called David

Profile and Interview by Paul Lester, The Jewish Chronicle, 31 January 2008

He is a black soul singer with a reputation as a ladies' man. So how come Craig David seems like such a nice Jewish boy? ...