In 2019, 20 years after their first venture into musical theatre with Closer To Heaven, the Pet Shop Boys reunited with playwright Jonathan Harvey and actor Frances Barber for a…
Louise interview: “I’m just not prepared to be put in a safe box”
In 2019, after a life-changing couple of years, Louise rebooted her pop career with a heart-on-the-sleeve album, Heavy Love. She spoke to Classic Pop about Strictly, divorce, Fleet Street and…
Top 20 Giorgio Moroder tracks
In an unparalleled career spanning over half a century, peerless producer and music maker Giorgio Moroder has been the mastermind behind some of the most dazzling moments in pop –…
The Proclaimers interview: Baring their teeth
The Reid Brothers return with a “don’t bore us, get to the chorus” bite on their most political album to date. “The turbulence of the times are at least as…
Howard Jones talks Dialogue
The electro-pop pioneer is back on the road playing sold-out live shows and with a razor-sharp new studio album to boot – and his latest offering Dialogue says we need…
The Best Of Roxy Music – track by track with Bryan Ferry
Bryan Ferry guides us through the career-spanning compilation of the legendary art-rock innovators From the incorporation of electronic textures into a rock band format that informed the likes of Japan…
Blondie interview: “Innovation is probably our greatest strength”
Generally a band determined to look forward, even Blondie can’t help revisiting their past when faced with a long-planned, gigantic boxset marking their imperial first phase. With Debbie Harry, Chris Stein…
Making Depeche Mode’s Music For The Masses
We revisit the Mode’s game changer – an adventurous, hedonistic drive into unchartered territory that brought them both critical and commercial acclaim… There’s only so long you can play the…
Level 42 albums – the complete guide
Channelling their live prowess into hits was no easy task, but the Britfunk kingpins managed both critical acclaim and chart glory… By Matt Phillips Level 42 Released 1981 Label Polydor…
Ricky Ross interview: Walking back to happiness
When Covid derailed Deacon Blue’s 2020 plans, Ricky Ross stayed home and made a solo record, Short Stories Vol.2. But he’s also got a longer tale to tell, though, in…