‘THE SINGER’S LABORER’: BARRY REYNOLDS ON WORKING WITH MARIANNE FAITHFULL, GRACE JONES & OTHERS
Songwriter and musician Barry Reynolds has lived an itinerant life. By age 15, in the mid-1960s, he’d left...
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HYMN FOR THE DUDE: INTERVIEW WITH MORGAN FISHER
Though Morgan Fisher has enjoyed an eclectic career—from soul music/Top 40 hits and rock ‘n’ roll to art-punk...
XTC’S COLIN MOULDING STILL MAKING PLANS FOR NIGEL (AND HIMSELF)
Colin Moulding and Andy Partridge formed the nucleus of XTC, the post-punk band who seemed to corner the...
IT’S THE TIME OF THE SEASON FOR COLIN BLUNSTONE & THE ZOMBIES
The Zombies were part of the first British Invasion, along with the Beatles, the Stones, et al. What...
BILLY HINSCHE HAS HAD A BLAST: FROM TEEN POP STARDOM TO THE BEACH BOYS
While attending Good Shepherd Catholic School in Beverly Hills, Billy Hinsche befriended classmates Dino Martin and Desi Arnaz...
PRIVATE SORROW: REMEMBERING PHIL MAY OF THE PRETTY THINGS
Phil May was one of the originators of the British rock sound of the 1960s: equal parts R&B,...
PAT IRWIN: SHARING JOY WITH THE B-52’S, RAYBEATS, 8 EYED SPY AND BEYOND
A founding member of The Raybeats and 8 Eyed Spy, Pat Irwin had his roots in jazz and...
TOM PETTY AND ME: AN INTERVIEW WITH JON SCOTT
Promo man extraordinaire Jon Scott has worked with The Who, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and Elton John, but he developed...
ADVENTURES WITH ROXY MUSIC, SPARKS, AND MILK ‘N’ COOKIES: AN INTERVIEW WITH SAL MAIDA
Hearing the Beatles on Ed Sullivan launched Sal Maida on a journey – to London in the Swinging Sixties,...
PETER NOONE IS THE BIGGEST SEX PISTOLS FAN EVER! AND OTHER STARTLING REVELATIONS FROM THE HEAD HERMIT
The former child TV star was part of the British Invasion that conquered America, chums with Keith Moon,...
PETER ASHER: ONWARD FROM BEATLEMANIA
Renowned producer, manager and musician Peter Asher discusses the early days of Peter and Gordon, his career as...
IVAN JULIAN: WORKING WITHOUT A NET
After surviving his bout with cancer, Ivan Julian – Voidoids guitarist, producer, studio owner and all-around good guy...
BEAUTIFUL FREAK: MARK EVERETT AND THE EELS
The eels recently released their first studio album in four years, The Deconstruction, featuring electro-synth sounds, delicate piano...
SECOND GRACE: REMEMBERING NICK DRAKE
Painfully shy, with an aesthetic that seemed to be from another time, Nick Drake’s stunning music was an...