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Baker's Dozen

Feelgood Hits! Wilko Johnson’s Favourite Albums

Wilko Johnson speaks to Zoe Howe about surviving cancer and his 13 favourite records, from Bo Diddley and the blues to the Doors, Beatles and Rolling Stones
Books

The Royal Noble Overlord Of Amazing Phrasing: Ian Dury’s Lyrical Legacy

Music writer and biographer Zoë Howe discusses the bittersweet nature of Jemima Dury's Hallo Sausages!, a selection of her father's lyrics and his final, posthumous, contribution to a celebrated career
Things I Have Learned

Wilko Johnson: Things I Have Learned About Canvey Island

Zoë Howe co-wrote Looking Back At Me with rock renaissance man Wilko Johnson, so who better to talk to him about fires, floods, time machines and other things Canvey Island related
Live Reviews

Listening Without Prejudice: Tallinn Music Week 2012

Visit Estonia’s Tallinn Music Week – now in its fourth year –and you will find an event that is very much ahead of the curve, in a country where the power and political significance of music is not to be underestimated or forgotten. Zoë Howe writes. Photo thanks to Mari Kadanik
Remember Them…

She Turned The World Day-Glo: A Poly Styrene Obituary

Zoë Howe pays tribute to the former X-Ray Spex singer
A Quietus Interview

Fighting Her Corner: An Interview With Poly Styrene

Zoë Street Howe talks to the inimitable Poly Styrene about her new album Generation Indigo, spirituality and fighting against being a sex symbol. Photo by Fabrizio Rainone
News

Enjoy The Silence: In The Studio With Cage Against The Machine Campaign

Zoe Street Howe reports on the 'Cage Against The Machine' campaign, and finds that Band Aid'-style 4'33 recording isn't just a silent X Factor protest
Remember Them…

“She Was A Force Of Nature”: Zoe Street Howe’s Tribute To Ari Up Of The Slits

Zoe Street Howe, author of _Typical Girls? The Story Of The Slits_, explains why the fantastic Ari Up packed more living into 48 years than most people would do in a 100

A Quietus Interview

Bow To The Devilish Prince: James Chance Interviewed

Zoë Street Howe talks to James Chance about his new retrospective collection _Twist Your Soul_ and his relationships with James Brown and Lydia Lunch
Books

Father’s Day Special: An Extract From How’s Your Dad?

Quietus writer Zoe Street Howe gives us an extract from her fantastic new tome _How’s Your Dad? Living in the Shadow of a Rock Star Parent_

Film

Oil City Confidential, Dr Feelgood, Wilko Johnson And A Spot Of Word Association

Zoe Street Howe describes an unexpected conversion and then talks to Wilko Johnson of Dr Feelgood about the Oil City Confidential documentary

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