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Being Human – Karl Bartos interview
Classically trained musician Karl Bartos was a member of Kraftwerk on a staggering run of albums from Radio-Activity to Electric Café. Having previously stayed silent about his former band, his…
Clare Grogan interview: ‟I didn’t want people to think that this was a nostalgia trip”
Back with their first new studio album in almost 40 years – and with the estimable Bernard Butler on board, too – Clare Grogan tells us how Altered Images’ Mascara…
Johnny Marr: Call The Comet interview
In 2019, Johnny Marr talked to Classic Pop about his then-latest album Call The Comet… A warehouse on an industrial estate just outside of Manchester isn’t the most obvious location…
The B-52s interview: “We were this unique band, and we had no idea it was going to do what it did”
The B-52s announced in April 2022 that they would embark on a ‘farewell’ tour, contradicting their claims in 2019 that THAT tour would be their final goodbye. That year, we…
Mick Hucknall interview: “I feel politically homeless at the moment”
In 2019 Mick Hucknall (and Simply Red) released his 12th studio album, Blue Eyed Soul. We spoke to him about how, for a time at least, he was giving firebrand…
Gloria Estefan interview: “We stuck to our guns!”
In 2019, the musical On Your Feet!, about the life and career of Gloria Estefan, arrived in the UK. That year, we talked to the singer about how she became…
Paul Young interview: “I was taking on the responsibility of being a pop star”
In 2018, Paul Young celebrated 35 years of his debut album No Parlez. We chatted to him about this blue-eyed soul classic… Of all the good-time bands on the circuit…
Johnny Hates Jazz interview
Johnny Hates Jazz burst onto the scene with their hugely successful debut album, but an impatient frontman led to a parting of the ways. In 2018 they reunited and we…
Stephen Hague interview: The Hague summit
His productions are some of the defining moments from the last four decades of pop which launched – and relaunched – the careers of some of our most treasured…
Midge Ure interview: This means everything to me
In 2018, as Midge Ure hit 65, we talked to the sometime Ultravox frontman… Asked which song casts a shadow over Midge Ure’s life, most people would probably guess at…