Category Archives: Journalism

From The Archive: Life Is Like A Box of Records

Posted on July 14, 2019 by Nicola Meighan

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

Posted on July 6, 2019 by Nicola Meighan

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: Barbara Dickson

Posted on February 4, 2019 by Nicola Meighan

This interview originally appeared in The Herald Magazine on February 2, 2019. I can see two Barbara Dicksons in front of me. The first one’s drinking coffee on a winter’s day in Edinburgh’s New Town, reflecting on the sisterhood, pop … Continue reading →

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Interview: Edwyn Collins and Grace Maxwell

Posted on December 14, 2017 by Nicola Meighan

(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 →

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Interview: Chvrches

Posted on December 13, 2017 by Nicola Meighan

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 →

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Interview: Shirley Collins

Posted on February 2, 2017 by Nicola Meighan

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 →

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Interview: Teenage Fanclub

Posted on February 2, 2017 by Nicola Meighan

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 →

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Interview: King Creosote

Posted on September 2, 2016 by Nicola Meighan

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 →

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Interview: Aidan Moffat and Paul Fegan

Posted on February 18, 2016 by Nicola Meighan

This article originally ran in The Herald Newspaper (Scotland) on February 17, 2016. There is this story that comes from The Bible, or from an old folk song, or maybe from Nick Cave’s album, The Boatman’s Call. It came to … Continue reading →

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From the archives: Concrete Antenna

Posted on February 17, 2016 by Nicola Meighan

This article originally ran in The Herald Newspaper (Scotland) in September 2016. Imagine if the walls had ears. Imagine if the walls could sing. A new construction on Edinburgh’s skyline explores those ideas, and much besides. Housed within the new … Continue reading →

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