Shindig! Issue 146

Features

PP Arnold: The pop-soul legend reflects on her stillborn mid-70s band Axis.

The 2023 Shindig! Writers’ Poll: Our highlights of the year’s music, books, live shows, TV, radio and more.

1964-1984: A brisk trot through 20 years that changed music forever.

1964: The Fairies: Wild, untamed R&B from the blues heartland of, um, Essex.

1974: Big Star: Looking to the past while sounding like the future, the Memphis act crafts its second album.

1984: Plasticland: Out-of-time authentic lysergic emanations!

20 Questions: Folkie, psychedelic seer, bohemian, family man. Donovan celebrates 60 years in music with a deluxe box set of one of his most cherished albums.

Regulars

Thoughts & Words: Your letters, tweets and emails.

Shindiggin’: What’s hot on the Shindig! turntable.

Subscribers’ Prize Draw: Subscribe now, and you could win a bundle of Cambridge Audio and Qobuz goodies!

It’s A Happening Thing: Gruff Rhys, Emma Anderson, Project Gemini, Monde UFO, Raze Regal & White Denim Inc, Ruby J, East Village, Jim Jones, European club culture, Gulls.

Family Album: Chris Farlowe With The Hill’s From Here To Mama Rosa.

Songbook: Roger Nichols and Paul Williams’ ‘Do You Really Have A Heart?’

Deep Cuts: Rare, overlooked and unavailable library music albums

Reviews: The best in reissues, new releases, books and live shows.

Prize Crossword: Win the new vinyl edition of The Move’s Shazam.

Vinyl Art: Szörényi Levente’s Hungarian 1973 oddity Utazás.

Vinyl Clicks: Jeremy’s Secret’s The Snowball Effect.