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SILVER APPLES: Edge of Wonder
Oscillating for new generations, 60s electronic pioneer Simeon Coxe told me his remarkable story in 2013 for Record Collector. It led to writing the…
Jackie Leven & Doll By Doll: Endgame
Too dangerous for punk. Part one from Helen and I's short-lived online magazine No More Big Wheels
Memoir Out-take #2: Tim Rose's last interview
Meeting a teenage hero in 2002, then staging his return from the wilderness. Not long afterwards he would pass away. Last of a dying breed from the 60s…
Memoir out-take #1: Nick Cave's books in the late 80s
New mini-series after finding the rough drafts for my memoir, It's More Than Rock 'n' Roll add up to around a quarter million words! Some stuff has to…
Marianne Faithfull: a year on
A year since we lost her and myself a great friend when I needed one. I wrote this tribute for Vive Le Rock. It was a dream come true interviewing her…
THE YARDBIRDS: Glimpses 1963-1968
Seem to encounter this great band everywhere I turn at the moment. For the reviews archive, something I wrote for Record Collector in 2012 about this…
SCOTT WALKER SINGS JACQUES BREL:
Liner note archive; Ace's 2019 collection for which I was honoured to write Brel's bits. A fan after seeing Bowie sing 'Amsterdam' and 'My Death' in '72…
Kris’s Substack
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It'll corral my 50 years of music journalism and authoring books in one spot, often in original uncut form, with pics and memorabilia, plus current activities with Nina Walsh in the Cosmic Hutch.
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