The new romantic – Interview, Nick Cave
THE TIMES - March 27 1999 - Ginny Dougary Not many rock stars write novels and biblical commentaries or give recitals on love at the Royal Festival Hall. But, with years behind him as the ultimate bad...
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THE GUARDIAN - June 1 2002 Ginny Dougary Life has not been fun, fun, fun for Brian Wilson, presiding genius of the Beach Boys and creator of Pet Sounds, one of the very greatest pop albums. He bears...
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THE TIMES MAGAZINE - November 2 2002 Ginny Dougary Dolly Parton's bosom goes before her. It is impossible to think of her voice and her songs without conjuring a mental picture of that famous...
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THE TIMES MAGAZINE - June 25 2005 Ginny Dougary For 20 years, Bob Geldof has raged, hectored and charmed to get what he wants: hope for Africa. but even superheroes have their flaws, as Ginny Dougary...
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THE TIMES - March 9, 2006 Ginny Dougary 30 years after the birth of punk, Malcolm McLaren reveals that his gran invented it — and taught him the virtues of being bad Related posts:Mitch Winehouse on...
View ArticleMen and singing — why we need vocal heroes
The Times - Body and Soul, December 23 2006 - Ginny Dougary Many a man can ding dong and hark the herald with the best of them — so why won’t they join choirs? ’Tis the season to be vocal,...
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A song for everyone
The Times - April 28 2007 - Ginny Dougary Howard Goodall is a man of many passions: from composing the Mr Bean theme to popularising Wagner. He tells Ginny Dougary why singing and squash — but not...
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Paean of praise to the ginger-ninjas
The Times - June 29 2007 - Ginny Dougary When Titian-haired Ginny Dougary wrote a choral piece celebrating redheads, it brought home to her how much ‘gingerism’ there is in England Click here to listen...
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Really good snares, Mum; how Shlomo taught my son and me how to beatbox
The Times, May 14, 2008 - Ginny Dougary Shlomo, beatboxer extraordinaire, is a courteous, cleancut young man with good teeth. This I know because he bared them repeatedly while demonstrating the basic...
View ArticleMusic, food of Hove: Ginny Dougary prepares some shockingly filthy numbers
The Times, May 16, 2008 - Ginny Dougary Ginny Dougary on the pleasures of writing dirty songs for the Brighton City Singers Artists, even those who are not fortunate enough to be represented by a...
View ArticleHow do you pen a song for the Brighton Festival Fringe?
The Times May 16, 2009 - Ginny Dougary It’s taken a year, but Ginny Dougary’s latest song is about to be unveiled in public. It’s been a steep learning curve This time next week, 150 singers will be on...
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A hip-hop tour of New York’s Harlem
The Times May 23, 2009 - Ginny Dougary Ginny Dougary and teenage sons take a guided tour of Harlem and the Bronx to find the roots of hip-hop So there I am with my solid crew, two teenage sons and me...
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Goldie’s Bittersweet Proms Symphony
The Times July 18, 2009 - Ginny Dougary Raised amid violence, fostered at the age of 3, addicted to cocaine... Goldie has had his fair share of demons. Which makes it all the more extraordinary that,...
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Mitch Winehouse on the torment of Amy’s self-destruction
The Times December 19, 2009 - Ginny Dougary What must it be like to watch your child’s life spiral into drug-addicted chaos, reported daily by a rapacious press? Mitch Winehouse on the torment of Amy’s...
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Even Lloyd Webber isn’t sure why Phantom of the Opera is his biggest hit
The Times February 13, 2010 - Ginny Dougary As a sequel to the Phantom opens, he talks about his new ‘almost cool’ status, his father’s roving eye — and the joy of a dirty joke Andrew Lloyd Webber has...
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Leonard Bernstein: ‘charismatic, pompous – and a great father’
The Times March 13, 2010 - Ginny Dougary His daughter Nina tells Ginny Dougary about the joys and traumas of life with one of music’s greats Had you been fortunate enough to be in the company of the...
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The gospel according to Beth Ditto, the Gossip front woman and plus-size...
Ginny Dougary The Times september 2010 Beth Ditto is wasted. She’s been on tour around Europe for the past eight weeks with her band the Gossip, and she’s barely had two hours’ sleep a night. So has...
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