By mixing elements of jazz, R&B and soul, a new wave of artist emerged during the mid-80s, bringing with them a certain cultured elegance to the charts. Here is our…
Happy Mondays interview
In this Happy Mondays interview from 2017, we speak to charismatic frontman Shaun Ryder, plus fellow survivors Mark Day and Rowetta… Every decade gets the double bill of bands it…
Making Dexys Midnight Runners: Searching For The Young Soul Rebels
In 1980 Dexys Midnight Runners arrived with their debut LP, Searching For The Young Soul Rebels, an album that reinvented American soul through a gritty British lens… By Gary Tipp…
Making Pet Shop Boys: Behaviour
With Pet Shop Boys: Behaviour, Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe created a melancholy classic informed by death and infidelity… Neil Tennant remembers the moment clearly: it was September 1988 when…
Belinda Carlisle interview
In this Belinda Carlisle interview, the erstwhile Go-Go looks back at 1986’s Belinda, 1991’s Live Your Life Be Free and 1996’s A Woman & A Man Belinda Carlisle had offers…
Boy George interview
In this Boy George interview, the Culture Club singer reflects on his recent 60th birthday when he released 60 new songs to mark the occasion as his “creative Diwali festival”.…
Making Tears For Fears: The Hurting
In 1983 Tears For Fears’ The Hurting introduced the world to a band that blended bleak musings on the long-term effects of childhood trauma with a razor-sharp synth-pop instinct. The…
Making a-ha: Hunting High And Low
a-ha: Hunting High And Low is one of the finest synth-pop albums of all time, and one of the most successful debuts ever. Here Classic Pop speaks to the band’s…
National Album Day celebrates women in music
National Album Day returns for its fourth edition on Saturday 16 October, and this year will spotlight women artists and their huge contribution to music and culture through the art of…
The Bristol Sound – How The West Was Won
The Bristol Sound is a melting pot of genres that reflects the city’s varied cultural cornerstones – and in the 90s, it became a world-beating brand… Music journalists and cultural…