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Here to stay: Rock’s shapeshifting sister Marcella Detroit reflects on her five-decade career By

Most casual music fans probably best recognize Marcella Detroit, aka Marcy Levy, as the operatic, glass-shattering voice of Shakespears Sister’s gospel-tinged space-ballad “Stay,” which topped the British singles chart for...

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Her name is Marcie Hunt and she dances on the sand: The original ‘Rio’ speaks! By

In the late ‘70s/early ‘80s, fashion model Marcie Hunt was known in the industry as “the smile.” But it took until 2024 for her to find out, along with the rest...

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Ela Melo talks Rainbow Kitten Surprise’s new era, comeback album: ‘I was a tortured soul before being openly trans’ By

  North Carolina indie-pop band Rainbow Kitten Surprise have not released a full album since 2018’s How To: Friend, Love, Freefall, and in the years since, lead singer Ela Melo...

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Andy Prieboy breaks 25-year silence on cult-classic Axl Rose musical: “If anything in my life was like Brian Wilson’s ‘Smile,’ it was ‘White Trash Wins Lotto’” By

  “I have a prepared statement. Hold on a second,” says Andy Prieboy, speaking via Zoom from his home in Malibu, as he clears his throat and reaches for his...

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Mike Love on unheard singing footage filmed for Beach Boys doc: ‘We were mic’d and it didn’t make the cut’ By

(Photo : YouTube) The surviving Beach Boys on the sands on Malibu’s Paradise Cove, September 2023. Frank Marshall and Thom Zimny’s new The Beach Boys documentary, streaming now on Disney+,...

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Chrissy Chlapecka on ‘Girlie pop’ EP, ‘bimbo feminism’ & the male Gaze: ‘There’s so much queerness coded into hyper-femininity’ By

(Photo : Michael Arellano) Chrissy Chlapecka is in her ‘Girlie Pop’ era. A self-described “silly dumb girl saying these actually very smart things,” over the past five years TikTok sensation...

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How Cyndi Lauper turned original, macho ‘Girls Just Want to Have Fun’ into feminist anthem: ‘They didn’t understand who the hell they gave that to’   By

(Photo : cyndilauper.com) Cyndi Lauper today, rocking her Girls Just Want to Have Fundamental Rights Fund T-shirt. Cyndi Lauper’s inspiring new Alison Elwood-directed Paramount+ documentary, Let the Canary Sing, is...

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Ben Platt on new album, finding his soulmate, and telling love stories from a ‘super-expressly queer perspective’ By

(Photo : Vince Aung) Ben Platt, living his best queer life at at 30. “With all the anti-LGBTQ legislation and particularly the anti-trans legislation, I feel like a lot of...

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How Bronski Beat’s ‘Smalltown Boy’ video shifted queer culture in a big way: ‘Everything was changing in 1984′ By

(Photo : YouTube) Jimmy Somerville faces his worst nightmare in the all-too-realistic “silent movie” for Bronski Beat’s hit “Smalltown Boy.” In 1984, director Bernard Rose lensed music videos for two...

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Darius Rucker had it his way: How his bonkers Burger King ad cheddar-paved the way for his country career By

(Photo : YouTube) Darius Rucker makes his country music debut, with an Appalachian-style ode to bacon. Darius Rucker has been a trailblazer for Black artists in country music ever since...

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