


Madonna – I Want You
Hands up who has a complicated relationship with Madonna. Everybody? Good. Myself, I tend to veer wildly in my opinions, and this is because she has been in my life […]

Eddi Reader – Nobody Lives Without Love
Sometimes a record hits you so hard the very first time you hear it, sending you reeling with the emotional punch it’s just dealt, that you spend every subsequent listen […]

Frances Ruffelle – God Watch Over You
At this time of year it’s always good to count our blessings and spare a thought for those less fortunate. In the wake of tabloid headlines announcing that yet another […]

Jill Sobule – Supermodel
Sometimes I think I take pop a bit too seriously, because it irks me to this day that Jill Sobule isn’t a superstar. In the mid-nineties I was briefly part […]

Boy George – Il Adore
As the lead singer, chief songwriter and the undoubted creative force behind Culture Club, Boy George became one of the most iconic and commercially successful artists of the 1980s, scoring […]