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Mark Sinker survives a chaotic and hilarious conversation with Texan pranksters Butthole Surfers (Rock's Backpages audio, 1988)
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Features and interviews
Ronnie Oberman has a chat with the Shangri-Las' Mary Weiss (Evening Star, The (Washington DC), 1965)
Max Jones hears from Annie Ross about the recently deceased Dave Lambert of Lambert, Hendricks and Ross (Melody Maker, 1966)
Caroline Boucher spends a day at the BBC observing Joe Cocker's preparations for an appearance on Top Of The Pops (Disc and Music Echo, 1968)
Lon Goddard hears about touring in Texas from Led Zeppelin's John Bonham (Record Mirror, 1970)
Whither soul music? John Abbey interviews the Independents' Chuck Jackson and the Blue Notes' Harold Melvin (Blues & Soul, 1972)
Robot A. Hull fails to obtain an interview with Black Sabbath in Rhode Island (Creem, 1974)
Tom Vickers discusses arms control with Ted Nugent (Rolling Stone, 1976)
Mark "Radio Pete" Bliesener on the blower to Blondie's Chris Stein (Rocky Mountain Musical Express, 1978)
Mark Ellen takes tea with Echo & the Bunnymen (New Music News, 1980)
Brian Case converses with jazz tuba specialist Bob Stewart (Melody Maker, 1982)
Richard Harrington talks race and country music with Charley Pride (The Washington Post, 1984)
Penny Kiley on the internal contradictions of the Icicle Works (Melody Maker, 1986)
Jeff Lorez grabs a chat with jet-lagged New Jack Swinger Keith Sweat (Blues & Soul, 1988)
Alan Light tags along with Public Enemy in Philadelpha (Rolling Stone, 1990)
John Morthland talks to country singer-songwriter K.T. Oslin (Country Music, 1992)
Siân Pattenden puts some personal questions to Pulp's Jarvis Cocker (Just Seventeen, 1994)
Mike Barnes plays the Invisible Jukebox to Diamanda Galás (The Wire, 1996)
Sylvia Patterson explores the "secret world" of the Manic Street Preachers (New Musical Express, 1998)
Ben Myers checks in with straight-edge metalheads Glassjaw (Kerrang!, 2000)
Amy Linden talks hip-hop with R&B queen Patti LaBelle (XXL, 2002)
Mark Ellen relives the "longest day" that was Live Aid (The Word, 2004)
Pete Paphides puts his questions to the Fab half of The Fireman, namely Paul McCartney (The Times, 2008)
Scott McLennan gathers gems from Welsh singer/songwriter Marina ("and the Diamonds") Diamandis (Rip It Up (Australia), 2010)
Stevie Chick checks in with cosmic rappers THEESatisfaction (The Quietus, 2012)
Michael A. Gonzales revisits PM Dawn's 1995 classic Jesus Wept (soulhead, 2014)
Kate Mossman unravels the enigma of American icon Ariana Grande (New Statesman, 2018)
Dorian Lynskey meets Hipgnosis' Merck Mercuriadis (The Observer, 2021)
Patrick Clarke in the studio with genre-bending Scottish trio Young Fathers (DIY, 2022)
Album & Live Reviews
Robert Shelton sees the Rascals, Erma Franklin and more, live at Madison Square Garden (The New York Times, 1967)
Dave Marsh listens to Love's Out Here (Creem, 1969)
Jerry Gilbert sees support act Loudon Wainwright III and headliner Buffy Sainte-Marie, live at Cambridge's Guildhall (Sounds, 1971)
Nick Tosches is wowed by Tammy Wynette's My Man (Country Music, 1973)
Chris Welch is won over by Leo Sayer, live at London's Imperial College (Melody Maker, 1975)
Joe McEwen is bemused by Al Green's Belle Album (The Village Voice, 1977)
Wayne Robins reviews Rickie Lee Jones, live at NYC's Carnegie Hall (Newsday, 1979)
Clinton Walker is deeply dismayed by the Kuepper-less Saints, live in Sydney (TAGG, 1980)
Writing just before the ex-Beatle's murder, Gene Sculatti dismisses John Lennon & Yoko Ono's Double Fantasy (Ampersand, 1981)
Betty Page sounds the Alarm, supporting Big Country at London's Lyceum (Record Mirror, 1983)
Mark Rowland is impressed by Alison Moyet's solo debut album (Musician, 1985)
Bill Holdship and J. Kordosh are deeply offended by the Beastie Boys, live at the Hollywood Palladium (Creem, 1987)
Daniel Weizmann is thrilled by Chris and Cosey's Trust (L.A. Weekly, 1989)
Paul Lester sees Nine Inch Nails, live at Manchester's International 2 (Melody Maker, 1991)
Dele Fadele takes issue with Buju Banton's Voice Of Jamaica (New Musical Express, 1993)
Richard Cromelin approves of Björk, live at the Hollywood Palladium (Los Angeles Times, 1995)
Geoffrey Himes flags down Clint Black's Nothin' But the Taillights (Country Music, 1997)
Max Bell is unimpressed by Shania Twain, live at London's Wembley Arena (The Evening Standard, 1999)
Julian Marszalek sees Add N to (X), live at London's Mean Fiddler (music365.com, 2001)
Holly George-Warren comes full circle with Volume 3 of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's Will The Circle Be Unbroken (Country Music, 2003)
Luke Turner evaluates Editors' In This Light And On This Evening (New Musical Express, 2009)
Mike Diver endures the Saturdays' On Your Radar (bbc.co.uk, 2011)
Dorian Lynskey bemoans the excess of collaborators on Big Boi's Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors (Q, 2013)
Chris Charlesworth hears "the best bar band in the world" on Bruce Springsteen's Live at The Agora, Cleveland 1978 (Just Backdated, 2015)
Graeme Thomson reflects on a turbulent soul man's life in Tony Fletcher's The Life and Soul of Wilson Pickett (MOJO, 2017)
Chris Roberts smells the roses on Tim Bowness' Flowers At The Scene (Prog, 2019)