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‘Those stoner days were hugely liberating’: Kiwi musicians reflect on a counterculture like no other
Cut off from the ‘swinging’ innovations of 60s London, a generation of New Zealand musicians forged an underground scene that propelled the nation’s modern identity
Garth Cartwright
24, Jan, 2023 @8:00 AM
Fred White obituary
Rock-solid drummer with Earth, Wind & Fire who played on their biggest hits including Boogie Wonderland and September
Garth Cartwright
15, Jan, 2023 @11:28 AM
Gospel trailblazers the Staples Jr Singers: ‘We were singing about all the hardship and hurt’
Nearly 50 years since their only album was recorded, the group are achieving international acclaim thanks to a renewed interest in a music that speaks to something more than just a love of the Lord
Garth Cartwright
11, Nov, 2022 @12:00 PM
Joyce Sims obituary
Singer and songwriter whose hits All and All and Come Into My Life brought an exciting new sound to pop and became club classics
Garth Cartwright
24, Oct, 2022 @1:07 PM
Anita Kerr obituary
Singer, composer and producer with a prodigious output, once releasing six albums in a year
Garth Cartwright
19, Oct, 2022 @5:06 PM
‘We carried pistols to defend ourselves’: the Four Tops and the Temptations on six decades of soul
As they tour the UK together, Motown icons Duke Fakir and Otis Williams reflect on meeting the Beatles, facing down white supremacists, and the collaborators they’ve lost along the way
Garth Cartwright
07, Oct, 2022 @12:14 PM
Angeline Morrison: ‘I can count on one hand the times I’ve been in a folk club with other people of colour’
On her haunting new album, the Birmingham-born Morrison sings of the Black British experience that folk music has overlooked. She talks about collective memory, making the genre more inclusive and working with Eliza Carthy
Garth Cartwright
07, Oct, 2022 @9:00 AM
Inez Foxx obituary
Soul singer who with her brother Charlie was best known for their much-covered hit Mockingbird
Garth Cartwright
02, Oct, 2022 @4:03 PM
Ramsey Lewis obituary
American jazz pianist whose influence stretched from Britfunk groups in the 1970s to modern performers such as Mariah Carey
Garth Cartwright
28, Sep, 2022 @4:26 PM
Gris-gris enigma: can a new posthumous release shed light on the elusive genius of Dr John?
How did a middle-class white kid break into New Orleans’ feverish 1950s R&B scene and enjoy a wildly eclectic six-decade career? As a new release puts it: things happen that way
Garth Cartwright
21, Sep, 2022 @11:00 AM
Jazz impresario Creed Taylor was one of the last of a dying breed of ‘record men’
Armed with just a passion for jazz, Taylor became a producer and the owner of the world’s most successful jazz label, working with everyone from John Coltrane to Nina Simone
Garth Cartwright
29, Aug, 2022 @12:36 PM
‘I’m a roads scholar!’ Marty Stuart’s five decades at the country university
Since joining his first band aged 12, Stuart has played with the likes of Johnny Cash and the Byrds and is now building a country music museum. He explains the roots of his lifelong passion
Garth Cartwright
23, Aug, 2022 @7:01 AM
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