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As Barry Manilow prepares to release his new album, we revisit key interviews with him from 1973 and 1989, plus his Blenheim Palace show from August 1983.
Profile and Interview by Arthur Levy, Zoo World, 20 December 1973
BARRY MANILOW sits at the piano flanked by Sharon, Robin, and Charlotte, affectionately known as the Harlettes onstage, and it looks like a scene out ...
Interview by Wayne Robins, Newsday, 16 April 1989
He's been up, he's been down, now he's trying to get the feeling again. A humbled but hopeful Barry Manilow opens on Broadway. ...
Barry Manilow: Opium of the Missus
Essay by Barney Hoskyns, Marxism Today, April 1984
IF BARRY Manilow’s career is on the wane, you’d never have guessed it from last summer’s grandiose Concert At Blenheim Palace, when 40,000-odd pilgrims, preponderantly ...
Spotlighting a key ‘60s pop reporter: Rave magazine pieces by Maureen O'Grady, pictured in 1963 with George Harrison. Read more about her on her writer's page.
Profile and Interview by Maureen O'Grady, Rave, June 1965
ABOUT A YEAR ago they used to be the High Numbers. They sang about zoot suits and faces. These songs were brave tries to get ...
Report by Maureen O'Grady, Rave, September 1967
What do flowers mean to you? To the Flower People (the Gentle People, the Beautiful People) they signify love, freedom, goodness, fun and new experiences. ...
Interview by Maureen O'Grady, 19, November 1982
THE TALL white house in Notting Hill Gate had three doorbells. All, however, were nameless, not giving away any clues who lived there. ...
As Rush prepare to kick off their "Fifty Something" world tour in L.A. next week, subscribers can hear the late Neil Peart (right) talking to John Tobler in 1978.
Interview by John Tobler, Rock's Backpages audio, February 1978
The late Rush drummer talks to John Tobler about his drumming and his lyrics. He also reminisces about joining the prog-rock trio in 1974, discusses the influence of Ayn Rand and explains why the band chose to record A Farewell to Kings at Wales' Rockfield Studios.
File format: mp3; file size: 28.3mb, interview length: 29' 31" sound quality: ***
Rock’s Backpages contains over 800 audio interviews with artists from Jimi Hendrix to Kate Bush. Visit the audio interviews page to see the full list.
As Barry Manilow prepares to release his new album, we revisit key interviews with him from 1973 and 1989, plus his Blenheim Palace show from August 1983.
Profile and Interview by Arthur Levy, Zoo World, 20 December 1973
BARRY MANILOW sits at the piano flanked by Sharon, Robin, and Charlotte, affectionately known as the Harlettes onstage, and it looks like a scene out ...
Interview by Wayne Robins, Newsday, 16 April 1989
He's been up, he's been down, now he's trying to get the feeling again. A humbled but hopeful Barry Manilow opens on Broadway. ...
Barry Manilow: Opium of the Missus
Essay by Barney Hoskyns, Marxism Today, April 1984
IF BARRY Manilow’s career is on the wane, you’d never have guessed it from last summer’s grandiose Concert At Blenheim Palace, when 40,000-odd pilgrims, preponderantly ...
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Maureen O'Grady looks back on her Rave days as a leading '60s pop journalist, plus we listen to clips from Richard Cook's audio interview with Miles Davis.
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Maureen O'Grady on her life in '60s pop journalism
Maureen O'Grady looks back on her Rave days as a leading '60s pop journalist, plus we listen to clips from Richard Cook's audio interview with Miles Davis.
