“I’ll never escape the memes that have been created. There’s this meme of me at 15, of me crying when I got voted off Idol, that still haunts me,” jokes...

“I never thought that my house would burn down. And I really never thought that my whole town would burn down,” says Los Angeles native and longtime Altadena resident Brandon...

In the weeks since the wildfires that swept Los Angeles in January, perhaps no local artist has become the face and voice of this tragedy more than Dawes. Singer/guitarist Taylor...

In early January, former Sugarcult guitarist and self-described pack-rat Marko DeSantis filmed a Cameo video giving a mini-tour of his collection of his rock ‘n’ roll memorabilia, a collection so...

I recently had the honor of chatting with Måneskin frontman Damiano David about his upcoming debut solo album and why he took the big risk of making a pop record....

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...

It’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...

In 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...

It 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...

Forty 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,...