Interviews
The voice of the valleys reveals to Will Hodgkinson why sounding ‘nice’ was never an option for him… When I first discovered the joys of singing: Ghost Riders in the Sky – Vaughn Monroe (1949) I must have been eight or nine when I climbed on top of my school desk and sang this because [...]
For his first solo album of new material in 15 years, Sir Tom Jones has turned his hand to songwriting for the first time.
And he says the retro feel of Amy Winehouse’s Back To Black has encouraged him to revisit the classic sound of the 1960s on the album, 24 Hours.
Bono has also contributed a song, while Sir Tom has teamed up with producers Future Cut, whose past credits include Lily Allen, Dizzee Rascal and Kate Nash.
TV ON DVD: Too much Tom Jones is a good thing Interview with Paul Brownstein, American TV historian and expert archivist/ producer of this series for Time Life. “There was just too much great stuff”. That’s what ace DVD producer Paul Brownstein found when he started mining the archives of the vintage 2-inch videotapes of [...]
I’ve always had the voice, I’ve always sung, ever since I was small – in school, in chapel, to the radio. I don’t really know life without it. I lived in Wales for the first 24 years of my life and it stood me in good stead, gave me values. But that’s also a lot [...]
MUSIC legend Tom Jones is about to storm the charts once again with dance act Chicane and a storming rendition of Stoned In Love.We’ve interviewed the Welsh superstar and you can now download a Podcast version to listen to at your leisure. Tom talks about his life, his music and, of course, his new single [...]
For more than 40 years, he’s been known for his night jobs. Now, his work has finally been recognized with Britain’s ultimate honor — a knight job. His new and formal title, Sir Thomas Jones Woodward, has a royal and regal ring. But it’s unlikely millions of panty-tossing women around the world will stand on [...]
BBC America Part scripted comedy, part improvisation, part genuine interview, Kumars at No. 42 is like nothing you’ve seen before. The Kumars are a typical (albeit exaggerated) Indian-British family, living in North London, who have come across a unique method of “keeping up with the Joneses”. They have bulldozed their back yard and built a [...]
From the words he wants inscribed on his tombstone to whether Wales should go it alone, our Tom lets it all out to Karen Price Karen Price, Western Mail COMING HOME “It’s something I’ve wanted to do but didn’t think it would be possible because where would you play? And Cardiff is so close and [...]
As he reaches pensionable age,Tom Jones tells Bob Guccione Jnr about the early days in south Wales, the nights with Elvis and Frank. And the legendary sparkle in his eyes. When I was a boy in the Sixties, Tom Jones was the biggest pop star in the world. More than that, he was sex. I [...]
Tom and Jools talk about their album and a shared love of rock ‘n’ roll.
