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Queer Nashville star Aaron Lee Tasjan declares ‘I Love America Better Than You’ on bold, brilliant protest album By

(Photo : Shervin Lainez) Aaron Lee Tasjan says ‘Stellar Evolution’ is a “very direct response to seeing my community falling under attack.” One might not expect a bisexual Orange Country...

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Stevie Van Zandt on TeachRock, hopes and fears for America’s youth: ‘We’ve got to do something, or we’re going to lose this whole generation’ By

(Photo : Rebecca Sapp/Getty Images for The Recording Academy) Stevie Van Zandt and moderator Schyler O’Neal pose with students at TeachRock Backstage Pass with Stevie Van Zandt at the Grammy...

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SisQó on his ‘moment’ with a thong-flaunting Halle Berry, advice from Michael Jackson and Prince, bad Y2K fashion, and the perils of sampling By

(Photo : Getty Images) SisQó poses with some of his signature merch. When SisQó competed as the Lizard on The Masked Singer this week, there were no thong clues. “The...

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Mayte Garcia on finding peace with ex Prince’s legacy, finding love again, and finding herself: ‘Wow. I survived that.’ By

(Photo : Mayte.com) Mayte Garcia today. It’s been almost eight years since Prince died, on April 21, 2016. His first wife, dancer/actress/author/philanthropist/animal activist Mayte Garcia, learned the shocking news that...

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How the Alarm ‘fooled the entire British industry’ with hoax band: ‘They thought the record was by a bunch of 18-year-olds’ By

(Photo : Andy Labrow) The Alarm in 2024. It’s surprising that Mike Peters, leader of seminal Welsh alt-rock band the Alarm, would release the nostalgic record Music Television, a Pin...

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David Archuleta on controversial coming-out song ‘Hell Together’: ‘If this is causing a bit of a stir, so be it … if It saves someone’s life’ By

(Photo : Shaun Vandella) David Archuleta, then and now. When David Archuleta became an overnight American Idol sensation at age 17, he also became a default “ambassador,” like it or...

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Chris Daughtry returns with new song about daughter and mother’s deaths: ‘I kind of stopped existing for a minute and just shut down’ By

(Photo : Darren Craig) Daughtry, whose family experienced two devastating losses during one week in 2021, says performing “Pieces” live sometimes feels like “a fist around my throat.” In November...

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Who should be in Rock Hall’s Class of 2024? I have thoughts! By

  The nominations for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s Class of 2024 have been announced, and it’s certainly an interesting mix, spanning decades and genres, with 10 of...

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Macklemore looks back on historic Grammy night, backlash 10 years later: ‘I didn’t know how to handle it at the time’ By

Ten years ago, at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards on Jan. 26, 2014, Macklemore made history when he, his musical partner Ryan Lewis, “She Keeps Me Warm” singer-songwriter Mary Lambert, and...

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Celebrating 15 years of Adam Lambert By

Fifteen years ago, on Jan. 20, 2009, I wrote for the first time (admittedly somewhat fawningly/cringe-worthily) about Adam Lambert, when his Season 8 American Idol audition aired.  And not to gloat too...

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