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…
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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…
June Millington (Fanny) Interview
For many years, I’ve admired the work of the Millington sisters (June and Jean), Alice De Buhr and Nickey Barclay, who, as Fanny, made four brilliant albums for Reprise in…
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…
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…
Chi Coltrane – It’s Arrived!
I’m delighted to report that copies of Chi Coltrane – Chi Coltrane/Let It Ride/Silk & Steel – have landed! Right here on the rug in my sitting room, as a…
Recent Television
Click the image to play any of four recent TV spots… Cannes Film Festival Sundance Film Festival MTV Music Awards Carole King/Stevie Wonder – Hyde Park
Playing Cards With Madonna And Charles Manson…
Read about Miranda Donovan’s new exhibition, The Hand You Are Dealt, running now at Stephen Webster’s gallery in Beverly Hills, here… [Image of Miranda Donovan: Desislava Pashova]
Carole King–Beyond Tapestry
Carole King’s Hyde Park gig on Sunday 3rd July – her first in the UK since 1989 – was like balm to a wounded city. She united 65,000 people and…
TRT World: Showcase
I was delighted to appear on TRT World’s Showcase to discuss Carole King, Stevie Wonder and Louise Goffin and the Hyde Park BST Festival. Click the still to play the…