Lotti Golden Interview
Motor-Cycle (1969), Lotti Golden’s first album, made when she was still in her teens, doesn’t sound like anything else. But only the canniest people caught on to it at the…
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William Lyall – Solo Casting
I was so deterred by the loss of two years of content that I hadn’t had the heart to pick up where I left off in terms of highlighting interesting…
The Guardian G2: A Moment That Changed Me
I wrote an entry in the G2 series, A Moment That Changed Me, reflecting on how some tenderly-spoken words (and their implication) in a hospital room sent me on an…
Janis Ian Interview
Here I go, gradually replenishing the site with content that was lost during an update (roughly mid-2020 to late 2023 – ugh). I don’t think I can face trying to…
Maria Mckee Interview
I spoke to singer/songwriter, Maria Mckee, for the March 2020 issue of Record Collector (you can read a sneak preview here). When I first heard that Maria was returning to…
Janis Ian Interview
Earlier this year, Sony UK reissued five Janis Ian titles on vinyl; the first time these albums have re-emerged on that particular format for quite a long time. To mark…
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.
Review: John Howard – Incidents Crowded With Life
Originally published in Shindig!, here is my review of singer/songwriter John Howard’s memoir, in which he describes his colourful life from infancy through to 1976.
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…