Valerie Carter Feature
In the November 2022 issue of Record Collector (RC 537), I’ve contributed an extensive feature on the late singer/songwriter/backing vocalist, Valerie Carter, speaking to friends, family and collaborators and marking…
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Wendy Waldman – The Main Refrain
Ugh. What was wrong with me up until about 2013? Every cutting of mine, from my first job around 1993 until 20 years later, leaves me cringing so intensely I…
Steve Swindells Interview
The great singer/songwriter/pianist, Steve Swindells, whose 1974 RCA album, Messages, is a personal favourite, spoke to me for Record Collector, Sept 2022 (RC #535), not only about being out in…
Robert Campbell Interview
Robert Campbell’s one solo album – Living In The Shadow Of A Downtown Movie Show – really stood alone in 1977. It was a beautiful, orchestrated singer/songwriter album with both…
Peter Straker Interview
Singer, songwriter and actor, Peter Straker, and I chatted for an hour or two in Marylebone for this Record Collector feature. Straker’s second, third and fourth albums were recently reissued…
Lonette McKee
An accomplished film and stage actress, Lonette McKee is #5 in my series of stars whose music deserves far greater attention. While McKee’s acting career flourished, with high-profile roles in…
Cheryl Dilcher
The late Cheryl Dilcher left behind four albums, all of which have something to recommend them. Dilcher was an American singer/songwriter (from Pennsylvania) whose first album, the rather prosaically titled…
Laurie Styvers
Undeservedly obscure artist #2 is American singer/songwriter, Laurie Styvers, who made three albums in the UK in the early 1970s. The first appeared when she was part of folk-rock outfit,…
Review: Mick Ronson/Only After Dark
Although it came to a chaotic and financially ruinous end, the MainMan management company did produce some of the most interesting albums of the 1970s. I’ve long loved the two…