Rowland Forever

The Man Who Inspired Nick Cave

This was written by Ken Scrudato, and originally appeared in BlackBook, 18 February 2020 THE CULTURAL landscape is littered with the faded memories of those who came and went without the honours corresponding to the levels of their actual ...
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Oxford Art Factory, Sydney

This originally appeared on Rock’s Backpages, October 26th, 2009 and was written by Mark Mordue. WHAT COST? When the former Birthday Party guitarist Rowland S. Howard walks into his song ‘Pop Crimes’, the title track to his new ...
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Some Velvet Morning

On this day in 1982 (how is that 40 freaking years ago!?) Lydia Lunch and Rowland S. Howard released a single 12″ that included “Some Velvet Morning” (previously recorded by Lee Hazlewood and Nancy Sinatra) and “I Fell in Love with a ...
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Genevieve McGUCKIN

I’ve got a lot that I could say about this, but here goes. It’s refreshing to see when men are comfortable enough within themselves to speak out and stand up what’s right when a peer says a derogatory thing about someone else, ...
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3PBS Melbourne Community Radio

(credited to Danijela Miletic via Crowned in Black FB group) This is an interview of Rowland S. Howard for a radio program about his life and work up to 1995. 27 Dec 1995 About 60 minutes of the interview was originally broadcast on 3PBS 106.7 ...
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Still Burning

This is perhaps one of my favorite Rowland S. Howard songs. It’s up there for sure. This live version is exquisite!
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