By the mid-‘80s, Scottish post-punk band Simple Minds had already released six albums, one of which had even gone to No. 1 in the U.K., but Stateside success still eluded...
Read MoreIt’s Valentine’s Day, and Margaret Cho is feeling the indie-rock love as she releases her third musical album, the powerpop romp Lucky Gift. The comedy legend is a true music...
Read MoreIn 2022, superstar songwriter Diane Warren was presented with an Academy Honorary Award “for her genius, generosity, and passionate commitment to the power of song in film.” But that prestigious...
Read MoreIt was my honor and delight to moderate a live-streamed chat with musical polymath Rufus Wainwright on TalkShopLive about his new album, Dream Requiem. During the nearly hour-long conversation, which took place on...
Read MoreForty years ago, something totally awesome happened at the 27th Annual Grammy Awards — something that changed not only television, but the public’s perception of electronic music. That fateful evening,...
Read MoreEmbed from Getty Images When Sean Ono Lennon, the only child of John Lennon and artist/activist Yoko Ono, was growing up, his father’s third solo album, Mind Games, was “just...
Read MoreSome old-school metalheads may blast the Grammy Awards for supposedly having no rock cred, but that absolutely isn’t the case for Judas Priest’s Rob Halford, an unimpeachably credible rock legend...
Read More“I mean, listen, is this going to sell my album? I don’t know,” Gary Kemp chuckles at one point in our epic, hour-long interview — during which he opens up...
Read More(Editor’s note: This interview was conducted before the devastating January 2025 fires in Los Angeles, the city Karter currently calls home.) On Jan. 31, rock ‘n’ roll heroine Kelsy Karter and...
Read More“Unfortunately, for me, I’ve learned that maybe in my lifetime I’m not going to see the results of the work that I’m doing,” sighs Nadya Tolokonnikova, creator of Russian feminist...
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