I got in touch with Rufus just a few hours before Prima Donna (his first opera work) premiered in London, eager for a chat centring on the recent controversial reviews, his latest CD release [All Days Are Nights: Songs For Lulu] and his tumultuous upbringing, all the way backwards to his cherished icon of teenage sexual awakening, Judy Garland. The recent loss of his mother [the Canadian singer/songwriter Kate McGarrigle] often covers his voice with a discreet veil of melancholia, but he sure laughs a lot. Primarily, with his own self.

I met with the director in central Athens to discuss the release of There Will Be Blood, false profits and more.

"I'm not a slave, I'm not a product". A phone interview with Manson before his much-anticipated summer concert at Rockwave Festival.

Bjork answered burning questions on her album Volta, her turbulent collaboration with director Lars von Trier and beyond via email.

A short phone interview with the artist then known as Antony Hegarty, covering from the Mercury Prize to the New York scene, before his live gig in Athens.

I discussed from songwriting to boxing with the jazz singer over the phone, while she was out and about on a busy day in New York.

A short phone interview with the Manchester post-punk rebel.

Blixa Bargeld, founder and lead singer of the hell-raising heroes of industrial Berlin Einsturzende Neubauten, answered a few questions via email.

"Music is not a business". A short phone interview with soulful Brit Joss Stone before her Athens gig.

I caught up on the phone with Mogwai guitarist Stuart Braithwaite, on the post-rockers' tour stop in Tokyo.

I travelled to London to see a preview of Stomp's then new show and catch up with the team backstage.

I caught up with the man behind Beirut, Zach Condon, on the phone to discuss music outsiders and style-hopping.