The British singer-songwriter started playing the piano at age four and hasn’t looked back… Joining an elite group of pop artists, Andrew Roachford received his MBE for service to music…
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…
Thursday Night Fever: Top Of The Pops
Top Of The Pops transformed itself into a non-stop party showcase for the 1980s pop explosion. Those who were there, including Heaven 17’s Martyn Ware and DJ Janice Long, look…
New releases and reissues: January 31
This week’s release schedule is absolutely jam-packed with amazing new pop albums and reissues. Here are just a few of Classic Pop’s favourites… Nicholas Godin – Concrete And Glass 8/10 On…
Classic Pop issue 61 on sale now!
In the latest issue, we have a must-read exclusive interview with cover star Marc Almond about his new studio album Chaos And A Dancing Star. Elsewhere, we meet Gabrielle, who…
Sawmills Studio Interview: They came, they saw, they conquered
It’s an idyllic recording space in the middle of nowhere that can only be reached by boat or foot, yet the Sawmills Studio in Cornwall has attracted everyone from XTC…
Kid Creole Interview: ‘I travel around, because it’s hard to catch a moving target’
The tropical gangster Kid Creole? Travelling showman August Darnell? Native New Yorker and former english teacher Tom Browder? The leader of Kid Creole and the Coconuts has more identities than…
INXS Interview: ‘We were all part of a brotherhood’
They were the Aussie gang who could have ended up as petrol pump attendants. Instead, INXS conquered the world and became embroiled in a saga of drugs, ghosts, undiagnosed mental…
The Human League announce reissue of ‘Octopus’
25 years ago, synth-pop legends The Human League released their seventh studio album Octopus. To commemorate the initial release of the album, the band are to reissuing it in three new…
An Evening with Debbie Harry and Chris Stein set to tour the UK
The tour is set to provide four extremely memorable and unique nights across the UK… In the mid 70s Blondie emerged onto the New York music scene and quickly became…