It’s here! Record Collector Presents… Stevie Wonder
The latest in the ongoing RC Presents… series has arrived. These lovely titles use a rotating cast of editors. Last year, I took on RC Presents… Rolling Stones 1970-1979. Rather…
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Rita Jean Bodine Speaks!
I know I’m not alone in absolutely adoring the far-too-few albums by American singer/songwriter, Rita Jean Bodine, who cut such a memorable dash in the mid-1970s with her flamboyant sense…
Bobbie Gentry Feature
One of this year’s most exciting reissues was the double-CD (and/or double-vinyl) presentation of Bobbie Gentry’s second album, The Delta Sweete (originally Capitol, 1968). When you see the name Andrew…
Blinky Interview
Blinky Williams (born Sondra Williams) was and is Motown’s most unjustly overlooked star – and if there were any doubts about that, they were scotched when the terrific Blinky anthology,…
Ruth Copeland Interview
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…
Maxayn Reloaded Liner Notes (2017)
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…
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…
Chi Coltrane – BGO Liner Notes – Chi Coltrane/Let It Ride/Silk & Steel
I spoke at length to American singer/songwriter, Chi Coltrane, for the long-awaited 2017 remastered reissue of her three CBS albums. Here follows…
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…