(This article originally ran on Yahoo Music for Live Aid’s 30th anniversary, and has been updated.) They were the world. They were the rock ‘n’ roll children. Hard as it may...
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Read MoreGrammy-nominated pedal steel virtuoso Robert Randolph is sitting at Studio City’s Licorice Pizza Records on June 25, and he has two reasons to celebrate today: The release of his debut...
Read MoreWhen Linda Perry wrote 4 Non Blondes’ “What’s Up?” decades ago, during “the Reagan years” when the so-called Teflon President was “doing some fucked-up stuff,” she was “just sitting in...
Read MoreRingo Starr held his first annual Peace & Love Birthday Celebration back in 2008, but as he celebrated his landmark 85th birthday during possibly one of the most troubled years of...
Read MoreIn America, Kevin Rowland may be best known as the denim-dungaree’d street urchin crooning one of the biggest hits of the ‘80s, Dexys Midnight Runners’ “Come On Eileen,” on a...
Read MoreGlobal pop star Arilena Ara is logged onto Zoom from her native Albania, chatting with superstar songsmith Diane Warren, the writer of her debut U.S. single, the classically Warren-esque power...
Read MoreThe day after Redman performed as part of the Roots Picnic Experience: Class of ’95 at the Hollywood Bowl, he visited another iconic L.A. location, the last-standing Licorice Pizza Records...
Read MoreSalem Ilese was still in elementary school when she got her first big break, but she was clearly already born to be a pop star. Her supportive parents — her...
Read MoreI am proud, honored, and downright shocked to announce that I won a total of four awards (two for first place, one for second place, and one for third) at the Los Angeles Press Club’s 2025 Southern California Journalism Awards!...
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