The Topp Twins


Lynda and Jools Topp, alias Homemade Jam

First published in Broadsheet, January/February 1980 -- By the time I'd finished interviewing Jools and Lynda Topp, twin sisters who sing under the name Homemade Jam, my head was sp...

The Topp Twins on the road, 1985

Australia's musician, lawyer and politician Peter Garrett joined New Zealand's political artists Jools and Lynda Topp in a nationwide "Nuclear Disarmament” tour. Wellington journalist...

The Topp Twins: Good Sisters Gone Bad

It can't be long before the Topp Twins are featured on a bank note, so enshrined are they in the culture. In March 2018 two prime ministers turned out to honour Jools and Lynda Topp w...

The Topp Twins: close encounters of the weird kind

The Topp Twins meet Robert Muldoon and Dizzy Gillespie 1981 was, of course, a pivotal year. It began at the Nambassa alternative lifestyle music festival near Waihi. The Topps dresse...

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