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Evelyn Glennie
The Guardian
19 August 2008
Portrait of the artist: Evelyn Glennie, musician
The best advice I've had? 'Play everything as if it's the best piece ever written'
Jakob Dylan
Sunday Times
17 August 2008
Son of Bob: Jakob Dylan on going his own way as a singer-songwriter
Georgia May Jagger
Mail on Sunday
17 August 2008
Why Mick's baby girl rocks.
She is the youngest daughter of Mick Jagger, Mum is the glamorous Jerry Hall. In her first ever interview, rock princess Georgia May Jagger, 16, reveals what she really thinks about Dad's music, why she forages in Mum's wardrobe, and how she gets on with her siblings.
Have you always had a passion for clothes?
Yes, I’m interested in every aspect of fashion. I think it’s in my bones. When I was younger I used to be my mum’s stylist, picking things out for her to wear. I’d say to her, ‘If anybody asks you who styled you tonight say, “Georgia”.’
Did you ever stop her from wearing something you thought was inappropriate, such as a miniskirt, and then steal it for yourself?
I did take all her miniskirts. I didn’t tell her she couldn’t wear them but I told her one night that her skirt was too short – she came down the stairs and I was like, ‘God, Mum, you are 50.’
What labels do you love?
American Apparel and All Saints are my staples. And I love the Oli online stuff. The silver sparkly dress I’m wearing below is really wicked – I will wear it to parties. ....
R.E.M
Mail on Sunday
17 August 2008
We did it our way... REM's rules of rock.
How many successful bands have fallen apart over rows about money, drugs and egos? Here, REM reveal how a simple set of rules they wrote 28 years ago saved them from destruction.
Duffy
Daily Telegraph
17 August 2008
Duffy: small wonder.
Duffy, the Welsh singer behind the mega-hit 'Mercy', packs a lot of energy into a tiny frame. After a morning in her orbit, Lucy Cavendish can well understand how she came to prove all her doubters wrong
Glasvegas
The Guardian
16 August 2008
Gritty slickers.
Bruised, brooding and big of quiff, Glasvegas are the sound of the tabloids' Broken Britain. 'What's happening to us?' they ask Sylvia Patterson
Rhys Ifans
The Guardian
16 August 2008
I'm with the band.
Before Notting Hill, before Twin Town, Rhys Ifans was the original lead singer of the Super Furry Animals. Now he and SFA drummer Dafydd Ieuan have formed their own 10-strong Welsh rock band. But can they stay sober long enough to play any music? Craig McLean meets The Peth...
Leon Jackson
Daily Mail
16 August 2008
Dannii's boy: X Factor winner is a mummy's boy who cries at Neighbours, but still he yearns to be a grown-up sex symbol.
He's got Dannii Minogue's number and he gets mobbed in Tesco. Teenage X Factor winner Leon Jackson talks fame, fans and turning 20
Glasvegas
The Sun
15 August 2008
SFTW Meets Glasvegas. "We have gone from 2nd gear to 5th in one movement."
THE last time SFTW spoke to Glasvegas singer James Allan he said he would know when he’d made it when he started buying Tesco’s Finest instead of own-brand foods.
That was in January when the Scottish quartet were one of a handful of hotly tipped bands poised to make 2008 their year.
Today they’re more than that. They’re the band everyone name-checks as their favourite new act and who former Creation boss Alan McGee declared were “the best Scottish band for 20 years”. ...
Teddy Thompson
The Sun
15 August 2008
"I admit I'm retro ... not a lot of emo going on."
IT can’t be easy going into a music career after your parent has already scaled the highest heights imaginable. Try asking Jakob Dylan or Sean Lennon.
For Teddy Thompson, it’s somehow a very different story. Despite both his parents, Richard and Linda Thompson, being folk-rock legends he claims he doesn’t feel the same pressure.
“They’ve always been very supportive and I like talking about them,” he says. “They’re cult figures who deserve more success than they’ve ever had.”
Teddy has just made the record of his life. A Piece Of What You Need bristles with upbeat pop tunes matched to incisive lyrics and confirms a compelling talent that first emerged in 2000 with a self-titled debut album.
The new record’s first single In My Arms (out Monday) is three minutes of lilting summer airiness (shame about all the rain) and Can’t Sing Straight is a hilarious country hoedown.
Here, Teddy discusses the album, his parents and his recipe for survival in the choppy waters of the music business. He also explains why he’s not ashamed to be “retro”.
Gruff Rhys
The Guardian
15 August 2008
Pieces of me: Gruff Rhys of Super Furry Animals and Neon Neon.
Gruff Rhys of Super Furry Animals and Neon Neon on his most meaningful possessions.
Born in Haverfordwest in south-west Wales in 1970, Gruff Rhys is the lead singer of Super Furry Animals. He also formed the electro-pop outfit Neon Neon with DJ Boom Bip. Their album Stainless Style, based on the life of the De Lorean Motor Company founder John De Lorean, has been nominated for the 2008 Mercury prize. Super Furry Animals headline the Green Man festival tomorrow. Interview by Will Hodgkinson
Peter Gabriel
The Guardian
15 August 2008
Me and my superheroes.
When he's not taking calls from Mandela and Tutu, or keeping an eye on Womad, Peter Gabriel still loves a good groove. He talks world domination with Robin Denselow
Solange Knowles
The Guardian
15 August 2008
Brief encounters: Solange Knowles - 'I want to be like the black Björk'.
Beyoncé Knowles little sister talks to Alex Macpherson about Dubai architecture and her life philosophy
Louis Walsh
Daily Mail
15 August 2008
Cheryl's the hot new judge. Dannii's feeling left out. But Louis Walsh says he's keeping shtum - honest!
Louis Walsh says he is doing his very best not to be bitchy. After last year’s X Factor, when his fellow judge and friend Sharon Osbourne went to very public war with new girl Dannii Minogue, the Irish pop manager claims he is biting his tongue, saying: ‘I’m going to be nice this year. I’m not going to get into trouble with anybody.’
But X Factor kicks off once again tomorrow night and Louis, known for being mischievous, just can’t help himself.
He doesn’t explicitly criticise Dannii, but makes his feelings obvious. Although he refuses to confirm there is tension between the Australian singer and new judge Cheryl Cole, he hints there is.
Alicia Keys
Daily Mail
15 August 2008
Fame? It can eat you up, reveals soul superstar Alicia Keys.
From the age of seven, all Alicia Keys ever wanted was to get the chance to sing her songs.But 28 million albums, 11 Grammys and a fortune in the bank later, she admits living the dream isn't all it is cracked up to be.
The singer is only just getting over what came close to a work-induced breakdown, but has never been busier and doesn't seem to know how to stop.
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