Kimberly Bright


Interviews




Rain Parade

Matt Piucci and Steven Roback from Rain Parade chat with Kimberly Bright about their creative process, history, and enduring legacy.




Keiron Phelan

Singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Keiron Phelan talks to Kimberly Bright about his new Peace Signs album ‘Bubblegum Boogie’ and his work at Gare Du Nord Records.




Simon Love

Kimberly Bright chats with Simon Love about the themes and inspirations behind his new solo album 'Love, Sex and Death Etc.', who is forbidden to listen to it, and the best parts of Peter Jackson's 'Get Back' Beatles documentary.


Eight Rounds Rapid - Interview

Eight Rounds Rapid

Kimberly Bright talks to three Eight Rounds Rapid members about their backgrounds, art, Southend, and not sounding like anyone else on the planet.


Carol Hodge - Interview

Carol Hodge

Kimberly Bright chats with Huddersfield singer-songwriter and music educator Carol Hodge about her new solo album, songwriting, Crass, touring, teaching, and why introverts might well inherit the earth.

More Interviews

Pedaljets - Interview Pedaljets

Hollywood Stars - Interview Hollywood Stars

Ulysses - Interview Ulysses

Keiron Phelan - Interview Keiron Phelan

Simon Love - Interview Simon Love

Vulgar Boatmen - Interview Vulgar Boatmen

Burning Ferns - Interview Burning Ferns

Chris Haddon - Interview Chris Haddon

Brainiac 5 - Interview Brainiac 5

Mike Peters - Interview Mike Peters








Profiles




Lewes Ripple

Kimberly Bright examines The Lewes Ripple, a community of musicians from the small town of Lewes in Sussex, who after a planned week-long multi-venue festival was cancelled there due to the pandemic, have set up an inventive YouTube channel to promote their music.


Karen and the Sorrows - Profile

Karen and the Sorrows

Kimberly Bright reflects upon rising band Brooklyn’s Karen and the Sorrows and finds that with their second LP 'Guaranteed Broken Heart' they have created a minutely authentic and timeless traditional country album on the theme of heartbreak and loss.

More Profiles

Hollywood Stars - Profile Hollywood Stars

Bram Tchaikovsky - Profile Bram Tchaikovsky

Miscellaneous - A Friend of the Devil: The Glorification of the Outlaw in Song, from Robin Hood to Rap Miscellaneous - A Friend of the Devil: The Glorification of the Outlaw in Song, from Robin Hood to Rap

Johnny Marr - Profile Johnny Marr




Favourite Albums




Wolfhounds

In our Re:View section, in which our wriiters look back at albums from the past, Kiimberly Bright is impressed by an Optic Nerve reissue of ‘Bright and Guilty’, the 1989 second album‘ from the legendary Wolfhounds, one of the best C86 bands and Romford's finest.

More Favourite Albums

Bitter Springs - (Suburban Crimes of)  Everyday Happiness Bitter Springs - (Suburban Crimes of) Everyday Happiness

Brinsley Schwarz - It's All Over Now Brinsley Schwarz - It's All Over Now

Sea Nymphs - On The Dry Land Sea Nymphs - On The Dry Land




Features




Beck

Kimberly Bright finds Sonicbond’s new book on Beck to be beautifully researched and totally compelling.




Dave Grohl

In 'The Image That Made Me Weep' Kimberly Bright writes of a video image taken of Dave Grohl at The Foo Fighters' television debut on 'The Late Show with David Letterman' in August 1995.

More Features

Graham Parker - Ten Songs That Made Me Love... Graham Parker - Ten Songs That Made Me Love...

Andy Sumners - Ten Songs That Made Me Love... Andy Sumners - Ten Songs That Made Me Love...




Reviews




Loves

Overdue detailed retrospective of The Loves’ 11-year career from 2000-2011 over three dozen tracks.




Rain Parade

One of the best original Paisley Underground bands, The Rain Parade, is finally back with a tremendous new album after 38 years

More Reviews

Bob Bradshaw - The Art of Feeling Blue Bob Bradshaw - The Art of Feeling Blue

Ballet  - Daddy Issues Ballet - Daddy Issues

Dot Dash - Madman in the Rain Dot Dash - Madman in the Rain

David Lance Callahan - English Primitive II David Lance Callahan - English Primitive II

Keiron Phelan and Peace Signs - Bubblegum Boogie Keiron Phelan and Peace Signs - Bubblegum Boogie

Dave Edwards - Many Rivers Dave Edwards - Many Rivers

Simon Love - Love, Sex and Death Etc Simon Love - Love, Sex and Death Etc

David Lance Callahan - English Primitive 1 David Lance Callahan - English Primitive 1

Sun Atoms - Let There Be Light Sun Atoms - Let There Be Light

Livesays - Not What I Bargained For Livesays - Not What I Bargained For