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Ruth Copeland Interview

  • December 4, 2019
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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)

  • November 6, 2019
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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…
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Lalomie Washburn Feature

  • October 10, 2018
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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…
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Lalomie Washburn – My Music Is Hot – Expanded Edition

  • June 26, 2018
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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…
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Review: Wilson Pickett – The Complete Atlantic Albums Collection

  • April 12, 2018
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Originally published in Shindig! Issue 75
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Maxayn – Shindig! Interview In Full

  • April 12, 2018
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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…
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Maxayn Reloaded – Available Now!

  • October 27, 2017
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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…
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Maxayn Reloaded – The Countdown…

  • September 18, 2017
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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…
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Maxayn – Reloaded (The Complete Recordings)

  • September 8, 2017
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Maxayn Reloaded – The Music of Maxayn Makes A Comeback
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I'm a writer, journalist, sometime musician, broadcaster and commentator from London. I also compile and co-ordinate music reissues and have worked extensively in new media.
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