Ahead of De La Soul’s performance at the Blue Note Jazz Festival, founding member Maseo opens up to me about his final conversation with Trugoy, getting out of a “dark...
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Read MoreForty years after disavowing the debut album that traumatized him so much he burned the two-inch tapes, the Ministry frontman exclusively reveals to me his plans re-record and perform some of cult...
Read MoreThe iconic Darkness frontman chats with me about the 20th anniversary of the landmark debut album Permission to Land and the many highs and lows he has experienced in both his personal...
Read More“The Bird Is the Word” is a weekly series from Rare Bird Books’ authors, editors, and collaborators that offers a glimpse into the process of writing, creating, and publishing. This...
Read MoreSee (and hear) red this week, as The Top Ten Revealed ranks rock’s greatest ode to the color of passion, blood, roses… and Rudolph’s nose. View this post on Instagram...
Read MoreThe acclaimed singer-songwriter, who often hashes out relationship issues with his wife, fellow alt-country darling Amanda Shires, through music, says he’d “rather hear it in a song than in a...
Read MoreThe Alarm frontman, who was diagnosed with leukemia in 1995 and has beat the odds ever since, chats with me about writing his latest album while spending several scary months...
Read MoreTo celebrate the 50th anniversary of hip-hop, two architects of the genre share stories share fascinating stories about “The Message,” “The Breaks,” “White Lines,” and more....
Read MoreThe frontman jokes that his “therapist is trying to work on that,” but says he’s now “a much more controlled mess. … I got it out of my system, and...
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