The new posthumous Prince album Originals is the clearest insight so far into just how varied his mind was, able to write for musicians from Kenny Rogers to The Bangles…
Godfathers of Pop: Kirk Brandon
Kirk Brandon rose to fame as the frontman of post-punk rockers Theatre Of Hate, who enjoyed their biggest hit with Do You Believe In The Westworld in 1982. He went…
Godmothers of Pop: Kiki Dee
Kiki Dee – born Pauline Matthews, in Bradford – began her recording career on Fontana as a 16-year-old in 1963. She went on to become the first female British artist…
Godfathers of Pop: Dr Robert
Bruce Robert Howard was nicknamed Dr Robert, after the Beatles song of that title, while he was still at school in King‘s Lynn. After emigrating to Australia with his family…
Godfathers of Pop: Junior Giscombe
Junior Giscombe cut his teeth as a backing vocalist with Linx before enjoying success as a solo artist with Mama Used To Say, a 1982 hit on both sides of…
Hall & Oates: The self-proclaimed jackasses tell all…
Back to make your dreams come true with an arena tour, Daryl Hall & John Oates made selling 40 million albums look and sound effortless. So why are they refusing…
The Daly Record: Gary Daly Interview
CHINA CRISIS’ LEAD SINGER GARY DALY HAS JUST RELEASED HIS DEBUT SOLO ALBUM, GONE FROM HERE, AND IT MIGHT JUST BE THE BEST THING YOU’LL HEAR THIS YEAR. ANDY JONES…
Stephen Duffy Interview: ‘I appreciate the past but I’ve never been nostalgic’
He left Duran Duran before they hit big and only ever achieved two Top 20 hits in his career. But why is the man formerly known as Stephen ‘Tin Tin’…
Godfather of Pop interview: Dr Robert
Bruce Robert Howard was nicknamed Dr Robert, after the Beatles song of that title, while he was still at school in King‘s Lynn. After emigrating to Australia with his family…
Godfather of Pop interview: Junior Giscombe
Junior Giscombe cut his teeth as a backing vocalist with Linx before enjoying success as a solo artist with Mama Used To Say, a 1982 hit on both sides of…