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Jim Sullivan learns about Laurie Anderson and Set the Twilight Reeling from Lou Reed (Rock's Backpages audio, 1996)
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Features and interviews
Ronnie Oberman talks to Lennon and McCartney about the "yeah, yeah, yeah"s on in the Beatles' 'She Loves You' (Evening Star, The (Washington DC), 1964)
Alan Smith talks to Mary Wilson about the Supremes' disastrous UK tour (New Musical Express, 1965)
Yet another part of Paul Nelson's sprawling interview with the Who's Pete Townshend (Hullabaloo, 1968)
Ann Moses checks in with Derek & the Dominos' Bobby Whitlock (New Musical Express, 1970)
Val Mabbs is given a sermon about Mormons from brother Wayne Osmond (Record Mirror, 1972)
John Swenson hears about the Beatles from Harry Nilsson (Crawdaddy!, 1974)
Tom Vickers reports on the Harold Melvin/Teddy Pendergrass split (Rolling Stone, 1976)
Mark Bliesener talks to Tom Waits (Rocket, 1978)
John Morthland discusses Hank Williams and Willie Nelson with country veteran Ray Price (Country Music, 1980)
Richard Harrington has a harmolodic chat with James "Blood" Ulmer (The Washington Post, 1982)
John Abbey is rocked tonight by R&B loverboy Freddie Jackson (Blues & Soul, 1986)
Chris Heath flies to New York City with excited popsters Bros (Smash Hits, 1988)
Damon Wise receives a lesson in gang warfare from the Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E.'s Godfather (Sounds, 1990)
John Morthland in conversation with the rather wonderful Jimmie Dale Gilmore (Country Music, 1992)
Part 2 of Tom Doyle's (and Suede producer Ed Buller's) interview with Bowie producer Tony Visconti (Melody Maker, 1994)
Siân Pattenden on the deeply surrealist set of a video by Stereolab (Select, 1996)
Sylvia Patterson attempts unsuccessfully to wind up Madonna (New Musical Express, 1998)
Neil Mason meets Wales' proudest exports Tom Jones and Stereophonics (Melody Maker, 2000)
Ben Myers in passionately political discussion with Desaparecidos' Conor Oberst (Kerrang!, 2002)
Stevie Chick charts the rise of "degenerate mucker" Wolfman (New Musical Express, 2004)
Amy Linden has a chat with versatile R&B singer Kelis (XXL, 2006)
Andrew Mueller hangs out with Ryan Adams in Greenwich Village (Uncut, 2007)
Neil Kulkarni makes the case for contemporary hip hop (Plan B, 2008)
Ned Raggett interviews Dead Can Dance's Lisa Gerrard (Pitchfork, 2012)
Julian Marszalek meets Zep's guitar overlord Jimmy Page (The Quietus, 2014)
Michael A. Gonzales shines a light on the forgotten Randy & the Gypsys (soulhead, 2016)
Stevie Chick meets "sui generis polymaths" Young Fathers (Uncut, 2018)
Kate Mossman discusses fame, greenwashing and the matriarchy with Björk and Greta Thunberg (New Statesman, 2022)
Album & Live Reviews
Pete Johnson catches B.B. King, live at Gazzarri's on the Sunset Strip (Los Angeles Times, 1967)
Richard C. Walls reviews the MC5's Kick Out The Jams (Creem, 1969)
Martin Hayman sees the Strawbs, live at London's Shaw Theatre (Sounds, 1971)
Daniel Goldberg has a "thang goin' on" for 360 Degrees of Billy Paul (Rolling Stone, 1973)
Paul Nelson is astonished by Bruce Springsteen, live at NYC's Bottom Line (The Village Voice, 1975)
Joe Nick Patoski gives a warm Texas welcome to the eponymous debut album that is Joe Ely (Country Music, 1977)
Lloyd Bradley sees Brit funksters Central Line, live at London's Dingwalls (Blues & Soul, 1979)
Mick Sinclair burrows deep into the Residents' Mark Of The Mole (Sounds, 1981)
Betty Page sees Spandau Ballet, live in Bournemouth (Record Mirror, 1983)
J.D. Considine plays the George Russell Orchestra's African Game (Musician, 1985)
Abby Weissman on the "crap shoot" that is seeing Johnny Thunders live (East Coast Rocker, 1987)
John Robb praises postpunk veterans Television Personalities, live in Manchester (Sounds, 1987)
Howard Johnson is hit by the Dan Reed Network's Slam (Kerrang!, 1989)
David Bennun reviews the Railway Children and That Petrol Emotion at Brighton's Heineken Big Top festival (Melody Maker, 1991)
Keith Cameron guzzles Swervedriver's Mezcal Head (New Musical Express, 1993)
Steffan Chirazi sees Slayer, live at L.A.'s Shrine Auditorium (Kerrang!, 1995)
David Stubbs is unhappily trapped by Puff Daddy's No Way Out (Melody Maker, 1997)
Steven Wells is galvanised by Garbage, live at Wembley Arena (New Musical Express, 1999)
Eric Weisbard sees Elastica, live at NYC's Bowery Ballroom (Spin, 2001)
Craig McLean tackles Travis' 12 Memories (The Word, 2003)
Ben Myers is beguiled by System of a Down's Hypnotize (Kerrang!, 2005)
The late Neil Slaven reviews two books about the early British blues scene (Blues & Rhythm, 2009)
Pete Paphides looks ahead to the coming year in pop (The Times, 2010)
Stevie Chick checks out Gallows' Desolation Sounds (MOJO, 2015)
Neil Kulkarni is unsettled by Moor Mother's Motionless Present (The Wire, 2017)
Ian Gittins gets a dose of noughties nostalgia from Sugababes, live at London's O2 (Financial Times, 2023)