June Millington (Fanny) Interview
For many years, I've admired the work of the Millington sisters (June and Jean), Alice De Buhr and Nickey Barclay, who, as Fanny, made four brilliant albums for Reprise in…
Lalomie Washburn Feature
With one exception, the Cherry Red/Robinsongs reissue of Lalomie Washburn's wonderful 1977 album, My Music Is Hot, got tremendous reviews. And rightly so. It really is a sexy, ebullient album…
Rupert Holmes Interview
What a great pleasure it was to talk to singer/songwriter (and author, playwright, writer of musicals, novelist) Rupert Holmes for a wonderful project anthologising his entire CBS/Epic output (1974-1976), Songs That…
Janey Street Interview
One of the immensely interesting singer/songwriters of whom you may not have heard is Janey Street, whose career goes back to the classic folk and singer/songwriter movement in 1960s Greenwich…
Renee Armand Interview
Sigh… there's so much I could say about a brilliant album, in some ways typical of the first singer/songwriter era and in some ways quite different – The Rain Book…
Mary Chapin Carpenter Interivew
Originally in Vol. 2, Issue 69 of RnR Magazine, here's my interview with the feted and much-loved singer/songwriter, Mary Chapin Carpenter. I started taking an interest in her work back…
Chi Coltrane Mini Feature
A Chi Coltrane feature-ette, originally published in Issue 66 (Vol 2) of RnR Magazine.