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Lillian Roxon - music journalist, Mother of Rock
Dubbed 'the mother of rock', Lillian Roxon was the most influential rock journalist in the world from the mid-1960s to the early 1970s. One of the first writers to take rock music seriously, her...
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Australian writer Lillian Roxon
Australian journalist Lillian Roxon was one of the first to take rock and punk music seriously.
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World TV Day
The late Victorian broadcaster, journalist and author Michael Schildberger recognised early in his career the role that TV could play in reporting news as it unfolded.
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What’s new and good in rock?
In this brief but brilliant round-up Lillian Roxon speaks with a sense of urgency – talking at a mile a minute in order to review albums and mention acts she hasn’t had time to focus on in her radio...
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Can Lou Reed Surface From The Velvet Underground
Lillian Roxon champions ahead-of-their-time band The Velvet Underground and lead singer Lou Reed, who is about to strike out on his own. Lou Reed was a regular at Roxon's New York haunt Max's Kansas...
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Just Who Is Peter Allen
Lillian Roxon is out to correct some misconceptions about Peter Allen’s music in this report. She is a passionate advocate for his new album, with 12 songs that ‘tear into your emotions like barbed...
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Can a Boy Named Iggy Be the Silver Messiah
Known as ‘the Mother of Rock’, Lillian Roxon effectively presents herself here as being at the epicentre of music and culture in New York City in the 1970s. Fifteen years older than Iggy Pop (lead...
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Have you discovered Helen Reddy yet
It’s obvious from this recording that Lillian Roxon prides herself on being able to identify which acts will make it big. Her friend Reddy topped the charts in 1972 with her women’s liberation anthem...
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Can John And Yoko Find Happiness As Tourists In A Big Town
There is no pretence at journalistic objectivity in this report by Lillian Roxon about John Lennon and Yoko Ono ‘mingling with the citizens’ of New York. From her decisive ‘Well, it’s about time’,...
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The Trouble We All Have With Album Covers
In this editorial about the trouble with album covers, Lillian Roxon is clearly addressing her audience as one rock fan to another (‘You can say it’s irrelevant, but you know and I know that it isn’t...
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