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Author Archives: Nicola Meighan
From The Archive: Life Is Like A Box of Records
A few years back, the brilliant and endlessly inspiring Halina Rifai from (Glasgow) Podcart asked me to contribute to her series which celebrated songs and the way that they inform our lives. This is what I wrote… Aneka – Japanese … Continue reading
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Essay: Why I Heart: My Mum
This piece was commissioned by much-missed feminista pop collective TYCI, for International Women’s Day in 2015 – they asked me to write about a woman who inspired me. Their site has sadly closed now, so I’m posting it again here… … Continue reading
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Interview: Karine Polwart
This interview originally ran in The Herald in November 2017… Karine Polwart is sat at my kitchen table, cradling a cup of tea, while the wind burls the leaves in the garden beside us. Her granny used to live round … Continue reading
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Interview: Edwyn Collins and Grace Maxwell
(Photo credit: Elaine Livingston) This interview originally ran as the cover feature of the Herald Magazine on November 1st, 2014. Helmsdale is not a place you can forget. The old fishing port on Sutherland’s east coast is welcoming and bright … Continue reading
From the archives: Donovan interview
This article first appeared in The Herald Arts magazine (Scotland) in May 2015 Donovan and I are holding hands over coffee in the Glasgow sun. We’re sat so close our legs entwine as he sings me a song he once … Continue reading
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Interview: Chvrches
An edited version of this feature ran in The Herald Arts Magazine (Scotland) on March 26, 2016, under the heading: CHVRCHES: MIRACLES DONE IN 45 MINUTES… There’s an old picture of Chvrches where they’re under a neon sign that promises: … Continue reading
Interview: Shirley Collins
This interview originally ran as the cover feature of the Herald Arts Magazine on January 28, 2017, under the heading: THE RETURN OF FOLK’S GUIDING LIGHT… For almost 40 years, it seemed as if Shirley Collins had gone to ground. … Continue reading
Interview: Teenage Fanclub
This article originally ran as a cover feature in the Herald Arts Magazine in December 2016, under the heading AIN’T THAT ENOUGH… The transatlantic rock star’s life is one of rampant hedonism. Take Teenage Fanclub’s Norman Blake, who recently visited … Continue reading
Interview: King Creosote
This feature originally ran in The Herald Newspaper (Scotland) on August 25, 2016. Elton John was bang on, as usual. It really is lonely out in space. Take Major Tom’s solitary tin-can odyssey, or Lou Reed’s forlorn Satellite of Love. … Continue reading