Editor’s note: This interview, first published in May 2016, was re-published in January 2024 following the news of Annie Nightingale’s death, aged 83.
“I didn’t start off being ambitious; I was just enthusiastic about the music.” From anyone else, this would seem like a platitude. From Annie Nightingale, it makes total sense. At 76, her enthusiasm for the music scene shows no sign of diminishing.
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