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Jaz Coleman has a brand new album out – the wondrous Magna Invocatio recorded with the St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra – put simply it is his…
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Alejandro Escovedo is a songwriter’s songwriter – people like Elvis Costello, Lucinda Williams and Bob Dylan reference him among their favourites – not…
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Steve Gunn, American guitar wizard – one of many exciting talents currently cutting their own path away from the early influence of John Fahey – says…
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Tony Levin is perhaps best known for his work with Peter Gabriel and King Crimson but he has appeared on over 500 albums. He has worked with Lou Reed…
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Aaron Neville is 76 years old. He is – in so many ways – a giant of American music. Aaron Neville is the owner of a distinctive voice – one that soars…
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I have John Waters on the line, cult film-maker, writer, visual artist, collector and curator, journalist, raconteur and lifelong music fan. His voice…
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Interview 1: It was going to be so easy. I was chatting with Meat Loaf. He had a new album to talk about, sure, and we would do that. But surely we'd…
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The Mummies don’t want to do interviews. They don’t want to update their Facebook page – or Twitter account. They don’t hashtag #every #fucking #thing…
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I’ve interviewed Jaz Coleman once before. So when it comes to the worlds of this Killing Joke frontman, industrial music pioneer, post-punk godfather…
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Joan Baez is on the line, time off in Brisbane – she’s just walked around the “beautiful botanical gardens, on a gorgeous day” – and after her…
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Sharon Van Etten tells me she feels “blessed” to have a career; she’s “incredibly lucky” by her reckoning. And the last year, the last two years even…
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Jason Webley is a talented musician – he plays a bunch of instruments, he writes songs that aren’t quite folk or punk but could be either. He has the…
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