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Returning to Heaven on Earth – the Belinda Carlisle interview
I already had a decade and more than 200 live shows under my belt by the summer of 1990, yet never got to see a headline gig in the North West until that June at Manchester Apollo, out with my … Continue reading
Celebrating the Best of Times – the Glenn Tilbrook interview
Glenn Tilbrook’s clearly not one for putting his feet up at home. Barely off the plane a few days after a major US tour with Squeeze, he’s already on the road again. What’s more, he’s fielding calls from the likes of … Continue reading
The Magnetic North – Liverpool Central Library
You’ve got to love the kind of concert where the band puts a bottle of whisky at the front of the stage for their sell-out audience to share. Now that’s what I call intimate. What’s more, at around half past … Continue reading
Yes yesterdays and todays – the Alan White interview
This coming summer, drummer and songwriter Alan White will have been in the band Yes for a staggering 44 years – give or take one worked gap-year. That equates to two-thirds of his 66 years and counting, so I guess … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Price, Alan White, All Things Must Pass, County Durham, Doris Troy, Drama, Fragile, Geoff Downes, George Harrison, George Martin, Imagine, John Lennon, Jon Anderson, Newcastle, Plastic Ono Band, Rick Wakeman, Steve Howe, The Beatles, The Buggles, Trevor Horn, Trevor Rabin, Washington, Yes
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Calling out around the world – the Martha Reeves interview
It was 10.30am local time in Detroit, Michigan, when I got through to soul legend Martha Reeves, and she still had a little packing to organise before heading to the UK. Within a couple of days she’d be thrilling crowds … Continue reading
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Tagged Beat-Herder, Dancing in the Street, Detroit, Dusty Springfield, George Harrison, Heat Wave, Holland Dozier Holland, Jimmy Mack, Liverpool, Martha and the Vandellas, Martha reeves, Marvin Gaye, Motown, Northern Soul, Nowhere To Run, Stevie Wonder
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Beyond the fringe – the Roger McGuinn interview
I feel those of us who spent our teenage years watching guitar bands owe something of a debt to Roger McGuinn. My arrival on the London gig circuit properly came in the mid-’80s, amid a plethora (or a plectra, maybe?) … Continue reading
