In 1995, Polly Harvey reinvented herself as a pink catsuit-wearing vamp peddling an album of stormy gothic American blues. But was it really such a surprise? Ben Hewitt argues the transformation only put up in lights what Harvey had already shown: she was an actor as much as a singer
You’ve heard of Jamaica’s most inventive power house label, now read the book, watch the DVD and listen to the CD. John Doran gets to grips with a bumper crop of Studio One goodies courtesy of Soul Jazz, while awaiting the T-shirt, the mug and the board game
Annette Peacock is a stone cold original - an innovator, an outlier, authentically sui generis. John Doran talks to her about the timely reissue of Revenge - an album she recorded in 1968 that still sounds fresh now. With thanks to Cindy Stern