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When his own band, the Temptones, won a local talent competition, the prize was to record a single with producers Gamble and Huff, who would shortly change the face of pop with the symphonic soul and disco on their Philadelphia International label. Ken Gamble attempted to lure Hall to the new label as an artist and writer, but he chose to move to New York with Oates. “We were trying to forge our own version of the Philly sound, and we thought that the only way we could do that was by separating ourselves from Gamble and Huff – they were doing what they were doing, and we wanted to d...

The songwriter has delved into his early years for his latest album, Boy from Michigan

Amid the political and social turmoil, frontwoman Shirley Manson also gets personal

The musician on shunning stardom, this ‘crucial’ phase of history, and misogyny

Alternative Alice reportedly have their own imitable way of fine-tuning their material by playing their music over movie trailers as part of an effort to enhance its cinematic qualities. This approach paid dividends in 2017, when they were chosen to soundtrack a pivotal closing scene in T2 Trainspotting. While the surprisingly brilliant Danny Boyle-directed sequel didn’t quite have the same cultural impact of the trailblazing original in 1996, it helped put Wolf Alice ( as well as Young Fathers) firmly on the map.  The London band subsequently won the 2018 Mercury Music Prize for their ...