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Eurythmics: Annie Lennox interview
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Top 15 Sophisti-Pop Albums
By mixing elements of jazz, R&B and soul, a new wave of artist emerged during the mid-80s, bringing with them a certain cultured elegance to the charts. Here is our…
Happy Mondays interview
In this Happy Mondays interview from 2017, we speak to charismatic frontman Shaun Ryder, plus fellow survivors Mark Day and Rowetta… Every decade gets the double bill of bands it…
Making Pet Shop Boys: Behaviour
With Pet Shop Boys: Behaviour, Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe created a melancholy classic informed by death and infidelity… Neil Tennant remembers the moment clearly: it was September 1988 when…
Belinda Carlisle interview
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Boy George interview
In this Boy George interview, the Culture Club singer reflects on his recent 60th birthday when he released 60 new songs to mark the occasion as his “creative Diwali festival”.…
The Bristol Sound – How The West Was Won
The Bristol Sound is a melting pot of genres that reflects the city’s varied cultural cornerstones – and in the 90s, it became a world-beating brand… Music journalists and cultural…
Dead Or Alive: Pete Burns – his final interview
As the lead singer of Dead Or Alive, Pete Burns was one of pop’s most arresting figures. In 2016, on the eve of the release of a Dead Or Alive…
S’Express: Mark Moore interview
As the leader of S’Express, Mark Moore was one of the biggest names in dance music in the late 80s and early 90s. In this exclusive interview, he explains the…