“Things are not that different, surprisingly, for our countries,” muses Nadya Tolokonnikova, leader of notorious Russian feminist punk/art collective Pussy Riot. “It’s not the easiest time right now, and sometimes...
Read MoreG-Eazy has collaborated with a host of compelling and talented young women, from Britney Spears on “Make Me…” and Bebe Rexha on “Me, Myself & I” to Cardi B, Kehlani,...
Read MoreIn June 2016, when YouTube/Broadway star Todrick Hall released his ambitious, semiautobiographical, Wizard of Oz-inspired visual album, Straight Outta Oz, one of the standout songs and scenes was “Papi,” which...
Read MorePop star Rita Ora has been in the spotlight since she was a teenager, and in her native Britain — the land of gossip rags like Hello, OK, and the...
Read MoreBarenaked Ladies have sold millions of albums and have been nominated for a whopping 18 Juno Awards in their native Canada, yet they’ve struggled to be taken seriously. “The words...
Read MoreAmerican Idol Season 3 champion Fantasia’s life struggles have been well documented — in her memoir and accompanying TV biopic Life Is Not a Fairytale, for starters, as well as...
Read MoreTwo and half years ago, in August 2015, Gwen Stefani was in a dark place, as her 13-year marriage to the father of her three children, Gavin Rossdale, whom she’d...
Read MoreIt’s hard to believe that Michael Hutchence, the devastatingly charismatic lead singer of pop/funk/rock band INXS, passed away 20 years ago, on Nov. 22, 1997. Even in an era when...
Read MoreWhile countless nostalgic Britpop aficionados still yearn for the day when Oasis’s Gallagher brothers will once again share a stage — and even younger sibling Liam, who released his debut...
Read More“Someone was asking me, ‘What advice do you have for women just starting out and playing music and in a band?’ And I blurted out, ‘Don’t get married!’” It’s an...
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