Chic Were the Zenith of Disco
The first three years of the Chic Organization have been spruced up at Abbey Road and housed in a sleek box.
Charles Donovan
Charles Donovan is a writer and journalist from London who has contributed to The Sunday Telegraph, The Evening Standard, What’s On In London, The Independent, RnR Magazine, Woman & Home, Shindig!, Essentials and The Sunday Times Magazine. As an arts commentator, he has appeared regularly on TRT World’s Showcase.
Karen Alexander, Star-in-waiting at Asylum Records
Asylum Records was famously home to the finest singer/songwriters of the '70s, including Joni Mitchell and Judee Sill. But, as a Japanese reissue of another woman's work proves, some of its biggest talents went unnoticed. Charles Donovan talks to Karen Alexander.
Louise Goffin Says Goodbye to Self-Doubt on ‘All These Hellos’
Made with musicians from almost every rock era, All These Hellos is Louise Goffin's most ingratiating album yet.
Terry Callier’s Debut Turns 50
Terry Callier's beginnings as a folk interpreter get a stunning birthday present from Craft Recordings' 50th anniversary edition of The New Folk Sound of Terry Callier.
Lindsey Buckingham Gets Anthologised By Rhino
Coinciding with Lindsey Buckingham's sudden exile from Fleetwood Mac comes this three-disc round-up, Solo Anthology: The Best of Lindsey Buckingham.
On the Frontline with Yoko Ono’s ‘Warzone’
Yoko Ono has re-recorded sociopolitical songs from her past for new album Warzone, in which the questions it asks need to be asked.
Suede’s Second Coming Continues with ‘The Blue Hour’
Suede were never really part of the oafish Britpop scene and their dark, dramatic new album makes this more apparent than ever.
Pentangle’s ‘Sweet Child’ Turns 50
Reissued on vinyl by Real Gone Music, British folk-rock band Pentangle's second album Sweet Child is as good as ever.
Joni Mitchell at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970
Murray Lerner's documentary of this historic event shows Joni Mitchell braving a restless and angry audience at Britain's answer to Woodstock.
Swing Out Sister: Album by Album Guide
Swing Out Sister's Corinne Drewery guides us through 30 years of the enduring, poly-genre duo's work.
Bobby Darin at Motown
A new compilation has unearthed experiments in soul music made by pop legend Bobby Darin at his final recording home. Charles Donovan talks to its compilers/producers, Joe Marchese and Andrew Skurow.
Boz Scaggs Goes Into and ‘Out of the Blues’
Out of the Blues is the final part in a trilogy of genre albums that have seen Boz Scaggs take a step back as a songwriter, contributing just a song or two to each release.