Articles by Stephen Porter

❉ Our annual indie Half Term Report returns for its third year. Pay attention at the back!

❉ Was Cilla Black a great singer, or a singer who grates? It really depends on the song, writes Stephen Porter.

❉ Sister Sledge’s recorded output is a fine body of work, as represented by this comprehensive collection.

❉ This quintet follow in a long line of classic Northern Irish power pop bands, but are very much their own band.

❉ How was 2019 in pop music? For odd, find-and-curate-yourself music, it was great! Eyes down…

❉ Ace Records celebrates some of the more obscure and forgotten female Merseybeat artists.

❉ Stephen Porter on Cherry Red’s excellent retrospective of Dollar’s shiny ’80s pop.

❉ “Not recommended if you’ve just eaten your dinner”

❉ Stephen Porter revisits the halcyon days of teen pop’s most complex idol.