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…
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Beverly Craven/Judie Tzuke/Julia Fordham/Rumer Interview
A five-way, covid-era Zoom chat was arranged to herald the augmentation of Woman To Woman with the arrival of Rumer in 2022. I’ve followed the work of these four singer/songwriters…
Tori Amos Interview
My interest in Tori Amos stretches back to 1991 when EastWest were launching her in the UK. A friend at school said to me, “You know, you and I ARE…
Charlie Dore Interview
Charlie Dore, the British singer/songwriter who had a big US hit with her first single in the late 1970s (‘Pilot Of The Airwaves) and went on to write for Sheena…
Bridget St John Interview
I first read about Wimbledon-raised Bridget St John at some point in the mid-1990s, when I was at Exeter University. The See For Miles label was reissuing some of her…
Carly Simon: A Personal Reflection on Spy (Elektra, 1979)
RnR Magazine allowed me the indulgence of writing about the way a particular piece of music entwined itself around my adolescent life as part of its ‘It Started With A…
Jennifer Warnes Interview
An hour of conversation with Jennifer Warnes for RnR Magazine; both enjoyable and profound. We touched on everything from bereavement to music industry ups and downs, and her first album…
Janey Street Interview
One of the immensely interesting singer/songwriters of whom you may not have heard is Janey Street, whose career goes back to the classic folk and singer/songwriter movement in 1960s Greenwich…
Rufus Wainwright Interview
As he prepared for some summer dates in the UK (with a tour celebrating Poses to follow), I spoke to Rufus Wainwright for RnR Magazine, Vol 2, Issue 69.
Mary Chapin Carpenter Interivew
Originally in Vol. 2, Issue 69 of RnR Magazine, here’s my interview with the feted and much-loved singer/songwriter, Mary Chapin Carpenter. I started taking an interest in her work back…