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From her first career as a visual and performance artist to her years as John Lennon’s wife, muse and creative partner, and finally to her own lengthy career in music,…
Godfathers of Pop – Giorgio Moroder Interview
Legendary Italian producer Giorgio Moroder single- handedly invented disco when he drenched Donna Summer’s dulcet tones with a pulsating synthesiser on her Seventies hits Love To Love You Baby and…
The Lowdown – The Police
Given the anti-establishment ethos that fuelled the punk movement in the late Seventies, it’s remarkable that the big breakout act from that scene was a new-wave trio fronted by a…
Classic Album: Fantastic – WHAM!
Speedos, shuttlecocks and exuberant, life-affirming tunes – when George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley exploded onto the scene with their debut album, the pop world didn’t quite know what had hit…
Classic Pop Awards 2015
Watch out for our next issue – on sale 19th March – when we will be announcing the winners in our inaugural Classic Pop Awards. Categories include; Best Album, Best…
Godfathers of Pop – Tom Bailey Interview
He may be best known as the founder and lead singer of Thompson Twins, but the infamous trio are just one chapter in the ever-unfolding story of Tom Bailey’s musical…
Godmothers of Pop – Annie Lennox Interview
From The Tourist to the Olympics, via nine albums with Eurythmics that define the shape of pop music for more than a decade, Annie Lennox is a true Godmother of…
The Lowdown – Eurythmics
Starting out as the tourists, Dave Stewart and Annie Lennox ended up traversing the globe as international pop stars – thanks to a prolific output of classic, (mainly) synth-based pop…
Godfathers of Pop – Glenn Gregory Interview
Who could’ve guessed that when Heaven 17 sprung from the ashes of The Human League 1.0 in the early Eighties, they’d shape themselves into the archetypal electronic pop group and,…
Godfathers of Pop – Morten Harket Interview
Morten Harket, A-ha’s frontman has performed everywhere from Siberia to Santiago in support of his fifth solo album, Out Of My Hands, and in 2013, along with his former bandmates, he…