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De La Soul on carrying on, honoring Trugoy the Dove’s legacy: ‘Every member has to actually die before this thing can be over’ By

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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Why Andrew Ridgeley let George Michael walk away from Wham!: ‘I couldn’t be resentful of my best friend’ By

A new documentary makes a strong case that the late Michael’s ’80s pop duo was a true partnership, but his childhood friend and bandmate insists to me: “I knew, and...

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Ministry’s Al Jourgensen exclusively reveals plans to re-record long-disavowed ‘With Sympathy’ songs: ‘F*** it. Instead of being owned, let’s own it.’ By

Forty 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...

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Justin Hawkins’s wild ride: A one-way ticket from the Darkness to the darkness and back By

The 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...

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Lyndsey Parker chats with Rare Bird Books’ ‘The Bird Is the Word’ about ‘Permanent Damage’ By

“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...

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Lyndsey Parker on AXS TV’s ‘The Top Ten Revealed’: Red Songs By

See (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...

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Jason Isbell talks new album, marriage and ‘letting go’ of gender roles: ‘F*** all that. … If the dishes are dirty, wash the dishes.’ By

The 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...

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The Alarm’s Mike Peters opens up about album he wrote in cancer ward: “I thought, ‘This is it. … I’m probably not getting out of here.’” By

The 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...

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These are the breakthroughs: Kurtis Blow & Melle Mel talk 50 years of hip-hop By

To 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....

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Matchbox Twenty’s Rob Thomas, 51, looks back on a life in rock ‘n’ roll: ‘I’m a mess! … I’m not suited for anything else.’ By

The 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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