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Midge Ure exclusively reveals Band Aid 40th anniversary ‘megamix’ plans and reflects on a six-decade career as the ‘invisible man of rock’ By

Midge Ure is currently on his self-contained, two-man Band in a Box tour of America, playing selections from his vast catalog using various loops, samples, and programmed drums. One song...

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Adam Lambert cover story for Music Connection magazine By

I recently had the immense delight and honor of interviewing at length one of my all-time favorite singers, pop multi-hyphenate Adam Lambert, for the Film & Television fall 2024 issue of...

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Music for the masses: How Councilwoman Monica Rodriguez became L.A.’s alt-rock ambassador By

In the early ‘90s, a civic-minded San Fernando Valley high school student named Monica Rodriguez made the cover of the Los Angeles Times, protesting budget cuts to music programs in...

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Moon Zappa on growing up with ‘Spock and Jesus for a dad,’ how her mother ‘robbed me of the chance to grieve,’ and how penning her memoir helped her heal By

“My dream was always that we would do a family memoir,” reveals author Moon Zappa, the eldest child of late art-rock savant Frank Zappa. “I thought it’d be so interesting...

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X’s John Doe and Exene Cervenka talk final album and their ‘creative, spiritual bond that is unbroken — and won’t be broken’ By

“Nostalgia: a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for a return to, or of, some past period or irrecoverable condition,” recites John Doe, frontman and bassist for X — the most...

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How Morris Day stole the show in ‘Purple Rain’ by writing the script’s nastiest, funniest line By

Forty years ago, on July 27, 1984, Purple Rain hit theaters and turned Prince Rogers Nelson into a movie star. But another cast member, the Time’s Morris Day, practically upstaged him....

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Howard Jones talks the great Grammy Synthesizer Showdown of ’85, accidentally inventing the keytar, and why things only keep getting better for his career By

Almost 40 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...

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Ruth Pointer talks blazing trails with ‘Fairytale’ and ‘Slow Hand,’ surviving family trauma, and keeping the Pointer Sisters’ legacy alive:  ‘Wow. I have really lived.’ By

Exactly 50 years ago – long before Beyoncé crossed over with Cowboy Carter or the breakthrough success of Black female country artists like Mickey Guyton, Brittney Spencer, Yola, Allison Russell,...

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Lyndsey Parker on the ‘What Difference Does It Make?’ podcast By

It was a ton of fun partying like it was 1987 with Dave Sloan and Holly Cantos on their “What Difference Does It Make?” podcast, as we counted songs No....

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‘Weird Al’ Yankovic talks 10 years of ‘Mandatory Fun’ and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame chances: ‘The Pixies should definitely be in the Hall way before me’  By

It’s hard to believe that it’s been 10 whole years since “Weird Al” Yankovic released Mandatory Fun. Al’s 14th full-length studio album made history at that time, becoming the very first comedy LP...

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