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Claudia Elliott is a music writer and sub-editor. She has freelanced for BBC Radio 2's Sounds of the 60s, Uncut, History of Rock, Classic Rock and The Blues magazine. She is a 1960s music specialist.

Articles by: Claudia Elliott

Hawkwind: DoReMi FasOl LaTiDo cover art

"A sonic maelstrom of whooshes, burbles and monumental, monochord riffing": Hawkwind's DoReMi FasOl LaTiDo, now more earthshattering than ever before

By Claudia Elliott published 9 November 24

Hawkwind's space rock classic remixed and expanded, leaves no star unturned

T.Rex: Bolan Boogie - The Best Of T.Rex cover art

"A collection that’s nice to have rather than essential": T.Rex's back catalogue mined again on Bolan Boogie - The Best Of T.Rex

By Claudia Elliott published 3 November 24

Is there room for another small piece of Marc Bolan?

Jack Bruce: Songs For A Tailor cover art

"A superbly crafted album": Jack Bruce's debut solo long-player Songs For A Tailor, revisited

By Claudia Elliott published 26 July 24

Beyond the White Room: Jack Bruce's 1969 album Songs For A Tailor, now with DVD extras

Graham Gouldman: I Have Notes cover art

Graham Gouldman's I Have Notes: the 10cc songwriter-in-chief gets his pals in

By Claudia Elliott published 5 July 24

I Have Notes is the sixth solo album from one of the UK's foremost composers of seven-inchers

Imagine Dragons: Loom cover art

"Syncopated lightweight pop, as if selected by algorithms for mass consumption": Imagine Dragons resolutely fail to rock on Loom

By Claudia Elliott published 1 July 24

On which US stadium monsters Imagine Dragons ditch alt.rock for reggaetron and formulaic pummelling

Kula Shaker: Natural Magick cover art

"There's a whiff of 'things were better in the 90s' along with the incense, but infectious tunes save the day": Kula Shaker's Natural Magick

By Claudia Elliott published 2 February 24

Once again into the mystic, my friends, with the seventh album from psychedelic Britrockers Kula Shaker

Love's Da Capo album

"A ferocious shot across the bows": How Love's Da Capo album blew the 60s wide open

By Claudia Elliott published 4 July 23

Love's second album was a seismic shift from their rock’n’roll roots: a mix of blues jamming, jazz freakouts and baroque folk that laid down a gauntlet to their peers...

Andy Fairweather Low - Flang Dang cover art

Andy Fairweather Low continues as the master of nonsense titles on Flang Dang

By Claudia Elliott published 6 April 23

High-pitched hitmaker and guitar sideman Andy Fairweather Low releases first solo studio album in a decade

Songs Of Innocence And Experience cover art

Marianne Faithfull: salvaging treasure from life’s shipwreck

By Claudia Elliott published 17 September 22

Songs Of Innocence And Experience is a rhapsody for Bohemian queen Marianne Faithfull

Walter Trout - Ride cover art

From hellish childhoods to hometown salvation: Walter Trout still has a lot to say

By Claudia Elliott published 19 August 22

Blues survivor Walter Trout reflects on struggles past and present on new album Ride

Keef Hartley Band: Sinnin’ For You 1969-1973 cover art

Keef Hartley Band: versatility and virtuosity in full swing

By Claudia Elliott published 29 July 22

Funky drummer Keef Hartley whoops it up on album-compiling seven disc anthology

Christine McVie: Songbird cover art

Songbird is not the Christine McVie collection she deserves

By Claudia Elliott published 24 June 22

The solo side of Fleetwood Mac’s Christine McVie celebrated with a solid but flawed collection

Outta Sight cover art

The Sheepdogs' mid-70s jams are purpose-built to banish woe

By Claudia Elliott published 3 June 22

Canadian pedigree chums The Sheepdogs pedal-steel back into view with seventh album Outta Sight

Quintessence - Move Into The Light: The Complete Island Recordings album artwork

Quintessence - Move Into The Light: The Complete Island Recordings album review

By CLAUDIA ELLIOTT published 16 April 17

Cosmic spirits in blissful company once more

Cover art for Ebbot Lundberg & The Indigo Children For The Ages To Come

Ebbot Lundberg & The Indigo Children - For The Ages To Come album review

By CLAUDIA ELLIOTT published 2 December 16

Former Soundtrack Of Our Lives man passes on his legacy

The Small Faces standing in front of a chalkboard

The British Blues Explosion – The Start Of The '60s Mod Scene

By CLAUDIA ELLIOTT published 24 July 16

From the cool-cat gigs of The High Numbers to the chart success of The Small Faces, R&B put the vroom in London’s 1960s music scene.

An Accidental Musician: The Autobiography of Judy Dyble book cover

Judy Dyble - An Accidental Musician: The Autobiography Of Judy Dyble book review

By CLAUDIA ELLIOTT published 7 July 16

Quietly quirky.

Yardbirds album artwork.

Yardbirds: Yardbirds (Repertoire Records)

By CLAUDIA ELLIOTT published 1 July 16

The record that took them from Crawdaddies to brand new heavies.

A crowd watching a prog gig

Donovan at the London Palladium live review

By CLAUDIA ELLIOTT published 15 June 16

70th birthday bash for the Glaswegian troubadour

Charles Bradley & Menahan Street Band: Live From The House Of Soul DVD artwork.

Charles Bradley & Menahan Street Band: Live From The House Of Soul

By CLAUDIA ELLIOTT published 9 May 16

DVD Review: Eagle-dancing veteran bares his soul in Brooklyn.

Cover artwork for the Beck01 book.

Jeff Beck: BECK01

By CLAUDIA ELLIOTT published 9 May 16

Book review: The life and top gear of a silver-lined guitar hero in pictures.

Judith Wills Keith Moon Stole My Lipstick book cover

Judith Wills: Keith Moon Stole My Lipstick

By CLAUDIA ELLIOTT published 15 April 16

Life with the movers and shakers of the 60s and 70s.

Book Review: JON SAVAGE

By CLAUDIA ELLIOTT published 25 March 16

1966: The Year The Decade Exploded (FABER)

Mary Finnigan: Psychedelic Suburbia: David Bowie And The Beckenham Arts Lab

By CLAUDIA ELLIOTT published 18 March 16

A personal and thoughtful look at life with the Starman.

Kinks Reunited! Dave Davies Hooks Up With His Brother For London Show

By CLAUDIA ELLIOTT published 22 February 16

Spirited homecoming show with an extra Kink in the tale.