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‘American Idol’ runner-up John Foster on how “the most beautiful and yet the most horrific thing I’ve ever created” became his career’s “defining moment”: “That song was like, ‘OK, I need to be a musician.’” By

When 18-year-old country crooner John Foster took a risk and performed an original song on American Idol Season 23’s “Songs of Faith” Easter episode, it was a turning point for...

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‘American Idol’ judges, executive producer react to historic Season 23 finale: ‘America needed to see the two of them standing together’ By

It seems wrong to call Jamal Roberts’s victory on the American Idol Season 23 finale a “surprise,” since he is without question one of the greatest male vocalists to ever...

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‘American Idol’ Season 23 winner Jamal Roberts on the secret to ‘Jamalerizing’ any song, why he knew his ‘Mary Jane’ audition would ‘ruffle some feathers,’ and why he welcomed Carrie Underwood’s criticism By

New American Idol champion Jamal Roberts barely had time to brush the confetti off his sequined waistcoat before he met with Lyndsanity and other Idol reporters backstage at Sunday’s Season 23...

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Things fall into place. Neil Arthur on Blancmange’s 25-year hiatus and spectacular return: ‘I wouldn’t say I’m sane, but I would be less sane if I’d carried on doing it.’ By

Pioneering synthpop act Blancmange are about to embark on a U.S. tour — which includes a set at Pasadena’s post-punk Cruel World festival alongside their British peers New Order, OMD,...

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‘Masked Singer’ finalist and Spotify’s No. 1 Happy Pop artist, Andy Grammer, talks “grounded optimism,” grief, and why “the word ‘happy’ gets a bad rap”: “It’s just not as ‘cool’ to start with major chords” By

In 2024, singer-songwriter Andy Grammer was in the middle of doing Greater Than, a one-man show largely focused on grief and his own experience with losing his beloved mother, children’s...

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Rocker and horror actor Kurt Deimer on his unlikely second-act career: ‘I don’t know if people can really comprehend it. I can’t even really comprehend it.’ By

Sorry, Dos Equis guy, but Kurt Deimer might be the actual most interesting man in the world. Perhaps no rocker has had such an unorthodox career as Deimer. He worked...

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Briston Maroney on how a bogus label showcase for a ‘bot on the internet’ led to a real record deal, wearing ‘Mumford & Sons cosplay’ to his ‘American Idol’ audition, his love for Ween, and more By

View this post on Instagram A post shared by LICORICE PIZZA RECORDS (@licoricepizzarecords) During the 13th season of American Idol, a 15-year-old singer-songwriter named Briston Maroney raspily belted the Rolling Stones’...

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Songwriter Knox talks ‘unexpected’ pop career, Matty Healy sliding into his DMs, being rejected by ‘American Idol,’ and his ‘big goal’ to write a song for Katy Perry By

“It’s just been a crazy and honestly kind of unexpected journey. I never thought I would be an artist. I was always just trying to be the songwriter, and I...

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Erasure’s Andy Bell talks solo LP, ‘family’ bond with Vince Clarke, and why critics wouldn’t give him a little respect: ‘I think they missed the point’ By

You could say Andy Bell is a serial monogamist. He was in a committed relationship with his late manager, Paul M. Hickey, for 25 years, and he’s been happily married...

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Flashback: My final, poignant interview with Mike Peters of the Alarm By

This never-seen interview with Mike Peters, who lost his 30-year battle with blood cancer on April 29, 2025, took place on March 28, 2024, less than two months before his...

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