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Classic Pop Q&A
Born in London to a family that ran the Rossi’s Ice Cream parlour chain, Francis Rossi swapped gelato for rock’n’roll as founder, lead singer and lead guitarist of Status Quo……
Q+A: Tracey Thorn
Tracey Thorn has been making pop music in various guises since she was a teenager… While still in Marine Girls – a lo-fi post-punk outfit cited by Kurt Cobain as…
Q+A: Terri Nunn
The Berlin singer tells Paul Kirkley about reuniting with her former bandmates and teases the group’s first new music in 35 years… It’s 40 years since singer Terri Nunn joined…
Q+A: Ian Broudie
Jollification, the third album by the Lightning Seeds, was released in September 1994 and spawned such indie disco essentials as Lucky You, Marvellous and Perfect. Here Ian Broudie, who manned the…
Q+A: Daniele Davoli
As rave culture landed in 1989, this pivotal year in pop’s evolution was dominated by Italian house trio Black Box’s huge No.1 hit Ride On Time. However, alongside the success…
Q+A: TLC
Forget The Pointer Sisters, Destiny’s Child, or even The Supremes – the best-selling US girl group of all time is TLC. Formed in Atlanta in 1990, Tionne ’T-Boz’ Watkins, Rozonda…
Q+A: Cerrone
Marc Cerrone won worldwide acclaim with the single Love In C Minor in 1976, and its follow-up, Supernature, which became his biggest British hit, reaching No.8 on the UK charts…
Q+A: Jean-Paul ‘Bluey’ Maunick
The Incognito bandleader talks music, magic and dreams with Paul Kirkley… Formed in 1979 by Jean-Paul ‘Bluey’ Maunick – who, aged nine, had arrived in the UK from his native…
Q+A: Cat Glover
The choreographer, dancer and singer talks to Calum Waddell about working with Prince during his most purple of purple periods… Cat Glover was at the side of Prince as a…
Q+A: Mark Rogers
What has the lead singer of Hollywood Beyond been up to these past three decades? Will Simpson finds out… One of the most memorable one-off hits of the mid-1980s, What’s…