Chi Coltrane Interview
One of the more fascinating characters to emerge during the original singer/songwriter era was Chi Coltrane, whose career began with the explosive ‘Thunder And Lightning’ and a pair of thrilling…
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June 2018
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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…
Beth Nielsen Chapman Interview
I’ve admired Beth Nielsen Chapman’s work since 1990 (at the time, I was unaware that she’d actually recorded a whole decade prior to that – check out her 1980 album,…
Gay Rights: Life Under Section 28 – Newsnight, BBC 2
I was very happy to participate in any way, however slight, in Matthew Todd’s Newsnight film about Section 28. He spoke to a few people who’d been adolescents at the time…