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Classic Pop Q&A
As rave culture landed in 1989, this pivotal year in pop’s evolution was dominated by Italian house trio Black Box’s huge No.1 hit Ride On Time. However, alongside the success…
Q+A: TLC
Forget The Pointer Sisters, Destiny’s Child, or even The Supremes – the best-selling US girl group of all time is TLC. Formed in Atlanta in 1990, Tionne ’T-Boz’ Watkins, Rozonda…
Q+A: Cerrone
Marc Cerrone won worldwide acclaim with the single Love In C Minor in 1976, and its follow-up, Supernature, which became his biggest British hit, reaching No.8 on the UK charts…
Q+A: Jean-Paul ‘Bluey’ Maunick
The Incognito bandleader talks music, magic and dreams with Paul Kirkley… Formed in 1979 by Jean-Paul ‘Bluey’ Maunick – who, aged nine, had arrived in the UK from his native…
Q+A: Cat Glover
The choreographer, dancer and singer talks to Calum Waddell about working with Prince during his most purple of purple periods… Cat Glover was at the side of Prince as a…
Q+A: Mark Rogers
What has the lead singer of Hollywood Beyond been up to these past three decades? Will Simpson finds out… One of the most memorable one-off hits of the mid-1980s, What’s…
Q+A: 2 Unlimited
Their songs were club mainstays in the early 90s. Now 2 Unlimited are back in the UK, as rapper Ray Slijngaard explains to Rudy Bolly… Dutch rapper Ray Slijngaard was…
Q+A: Debbie Harry
The Blondie singer talks Hollywood biopics, Extinction Rebellion, Glastonbury Festival and tramp art with Rudy Bolly… Cultural icon, feminist pin-up, Andy Warhol’s muse and, of course, Blondie singer, Debbie Harry…
Q+A: Midge Ure
John Earls talks to Midge Ure about his 2020 touring plans and new boxset that covers the former Ultravox frontman’s entire career… Midge Ure is celebrating his past with new…
Q+A: 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…