Topic: Marianne Faithfull

Thus went the playful text from an attractive guy-friend who had just come to one of my shows. He had given me the cursory "Nice show slash I'll...
What's this? A happy Marianne Faithfull?. . Can pop's greatest diva of darkness possibly be singing songs on her new CD like the King-Goffin...
This is such a classic album from the late 70's (1979: It's what journalists like to call a landmark' album in that it was recorded at the end of the punk explosion of the 70's and was made by ...
From living on the streets as a drug addict, to fighting breast cancer , Marianne Faithfull was a steady and successfull song writer,singer,actress,and diarist. A 60's and 70's icon, Marianne Faithfull had entertained,amused,and shocked her fans ...

Marianne Faithfull

Her first single, "As Tears Go By," written by Oldham, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, was a success, which lead to a string of commercial hits.She met and married artist John Dunbar in 1965, but left him less than a year ...
A wiser, healthy Marianne Faithfull allows herself to get nostalgic with new covers albumMarianne Faithfull has never been much for nostalgia throughout a roller-coaster career that's found her constantly reinventing herself. "The first party I went to in London where I ...

Top live show: Boy Crisis

Mercury Lounge; Tue 25. Was being called a hipster always a dis? A prime case is the band Boy Crisis-a five-piece electro outfit from Brooklyn that makes fizzy, gleeful electropop (they're pals with MGMT), and whom Pitchfork recently referred to as ...

The Snooty Fox gets better with time

The Snooty Fox is a loungey pub that's just got better as time has gone on and is obviously a hit with the locals. It's easy to lump this one in with a lot of other places trying maybe too ...

Prince a crowd-pleaser as Montreux festival ends

The 43th edition of the Montreux music festival came to a close Saturday with US rock star Prince treating a swaying crowd of 4,400 to tunes both familiar and novel.Sporting a red suit, Prince gave two concerts in the Stravinsky ...

Faithfull manager 'held after row'

The manager of singer Marianne Faithfull has been arrested at Gatwick Airport after a row with check-in staff ahead of a flight to Italy where she is due to perform.. Francois Ravard arrived at the airport in West Sussex with Faithfull to ...