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,...

Embed from Getty Images When Sean Ono Lennon, the only child of John Lennon and artist/activist Yoko Ono, was growing up, his father’s third solo album, Mind Games, was “just...

Some old-school metalheads may blast the Grammy Awards for supposedly having no rock cred, but that absolutely isn’t the case for Judas Priest’s Rob Halford, an unimpeachably credible rock legend...

“I mean, listen, is this going to sell my album? I don’t know,” Gary Kemp chuckles at one point in our epic, hour-long interview — during which he opens up...

 (Editor’s note: This interview was conducted before the devastating January 2025 fires in Los Angeles, the city Karter currently calls home.) On Jan. 31, rock ‘n’ roll heroine Kelsy Karter and...