Ruth Copeland Interview
Few singers have had such interesting career and life trajectories as Ruth Copeland. For years, I’ve wanted to write about her and was both thrilled and disappointed when Mojo got…
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Maxayn Reloaded Liner Notes (2017)
A project I took great pleasure in helping to create in 2017 was a long overdue collection, anthologising in their entirety the three groundbreaking funk-rock albums of Maxayn, the group…
Lalomie Washburn Feature
With one exception, the Cherry Red/Robinsongs reissue of Lalomie Washburn’s wonderful 1977 album, My Music Is Hot, got tremendous reviews. And rightly so. It really is a sexy, ebullient album…
Lalomie Washburn – My Music Is Hot – Expanded Edition
Here’s a labour of true love. Lalomie Washburn, the terrific, underappreciated singer/songwriter, made her first solo album, My Music Is Hot, in 1977, for Russ Regan’s Parachute label (part of…
Review: Wilson Pickett – The Complete Atlantic Albums Collection
Originally published in Shindig! Issue 75
Maxayn – Shindig! Interview In Full
Originally published in Shindig! Issue 74, here’s my chat with Maxayn Lewis, whose wonderful group, Maxayn, were experimental pioneers who bequeathed the world a remarkable trilogy of albums in the…
Maxayn Reloaded – Available Now!
Click the image below to watch the promotional video for Cherry Red’s new, landmark release of Maxayn Reloaded – The Complete Recordings. This clamshell box, available today, features all three…
Maxayn Reloaded – The Countdown…
In just over a month, the Maxayn trilogy (Maxayn, Mindful, Bail Out For Fun!) is released by Cherry Red/Soul Music Records in a luxurious boxed package. This is the first…
Maxayn – Reloaded (The Complete Recordings)
Maxayn Reloaded – The Music of Maxayn Makes A Comeback