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Raised on the peripheries of jazz and punk, Neneh Cherry began her career with a pledge that she would always dance to the beat of her own drum. With Raw…
Kim Wilde Interview: Going Live
Kim Wilde has rarely taken a conventional approach to the business of being a pop star. But now, a mere 38 years after her chart debut, she’s finally ready to…
Godfathers of Pop: Bernard Sumner Interview
The New Order frontman Bernard Sumner talks electronic, dentists and lifetime achievement songwriting awards with Rudy Bolly… Perhaps one of pop’s most reluctant stars, Bernard Sumner has been behind some…
Classic Album: Sign O’ The Times – Prince
After disbanding The Revolution in 1986, Prince returned as a one-man-band with a double album bristling with ideas, experimentation, eclecticism and superb musicianship, which saw him cement his position as…
Album By Album: Blur
Led by the versatile songwriting of Damon Albarn and dynamic guitar skills of Graham Coxon, the Blur back catalogue is an embarrassment of riches… Leisure Released 26 Aug 1991 Label…
Q+A: Nick Lowe
Pop’s premier silver fox talks to Helen Jerome about being a reluctant producer and collaborating with Los Straitjackets… Nick Lowe turned 70 this year and remains one of the best-connected…
Album By Album: Eurythmics
The most successful male-female duo of all time, Eurythmics moved from post-punk to a soulful synth-pop sound that thrilled millions… In The Garden Released: October 1981 Label: RCA …
Adam Ant Interview: Friend Or Foe
Having toured his hits for a couple of years, Adam Ant is now ready to revisit one of his most challenging albums. Friend Or Foe marked the end of The Ants and…
Interview: Shaun Ryder
How did a scruffy school dropout from Salford write songs that came to define the Madchester era? As Faber publishes a collection of his lyrics, Shaun Ryder tells Classic Pop…
Bananarama Interview: Once You Pop, You Can’t Stop
Normal service has been resumed. After their one-time only reunion tour with Siobhan Fahey, Bananarama are back with their first studio album in 10 years. Sara Dallin and Keren Woodward…