“I think the important thing to do is to stay humble, work hard, be kind and never lose sight of who you are,” Waldon explains.
Read moreSharing Her Truth: A Conversation with Kelsey Waldon | Interview
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J-Zone’s ‘A Job Ain’t Nuthin’ But Work’ Turns 15 | Interview & Anniversary Retrospective
“‘A Job Ain’t Nuthin’ But Work’ was a highly personal record and has the most meaning to me out of the five records in the first chapter of my career,” J-Zone reflects.
Read moreSuperhero Strengths & Sounds: A Conversation with Chali 2na & Krafty Kuts | Interview
Chali 2na & Krafty Kuts’ collaborative album ‘Adventures Of A Reluctant Superhero’ is in stores now.
Read morePartners in Rhyme, Right on Time: A Conversation with Little Brother’s Big Pooh & Phonte | Interview
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“We wanted the album to sound like a conversation,” Phonte explains. “We wanted to sound like two old friends getting back together and just really conversing with each other.”
Read moreLet Love Rule: A Conversation with Common | Interview
“It’s very significant when hip-hop artists use their voice to do anything that’s positive,” Common reflects. “It has such an important impact on culture, it really has a wave to it.”
Read moreDove Tales: A Conversation with Michaela Anne | Interview
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“I hear so many people’s personal stories because of sharing music and that’s what continually inspires me to keep writing songs,” Anne confides.
Read moreThe Voice That Guides You Home: A Conversation with Jim Cuddy | Interview
“There are people out there who are singing into their 70s and 80s, and I figure that’s the new benchmark,” Cuddy reflects. “I want to be one of those people, too.”
Read moreAdventurous Soul: P.P. Arnold Returns To Reignite Her Musical Legacy | Interview
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“You have to know that the unexpected always rules and you never know what’s going to happen,” Arnold says about the music industry.
Read moreSuperstars: Revisiting The Carpenters’ Legacy with Author Randy L. Schmidt | Interview
Comprised of more than 200 images that span the sibling duo’s prolific recording career, ‘Carpenters: An Illustrated Discography’ is in stores now.
Read moreNot Taking Things For Granted: A Conversation with Glen Phillips of Toad the Wet Sprocket | Interview
“I make a point of writing songs that always have some of the light and some of the dark,” Phillips confides. “Because that’s how we are—we contain both.”
Read moreTriumph & Tragedy: Catching Up with the Cast of ‘The Bobby DeBarge Story’ | Interview
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Premiering Saturday, June 29th, TV One’s ‘The Bobby DeBarge Story’ revisits the impressive highs and tragic lows of the Switch frontman’s life and career.
Read moreSparking the Flame: A Conversation with Philip Bailey | Interview
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Bailey’s new album ‘Love Will Find A Way’ features collaborations with Bilal, Chick Corea, Robert Glasper, Christian McBride, Kamasi Washington and will.i.am, among others.
Read moreRiffs & Reverence: A Conversation with George Benson | Interview
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“I was a lesson in recording history in how you become successful when you come from the jazz world, which was not commercially successful,” Benson explains.
Read moreShe’s Here Again: Thelma Houston Returns to Reignite the Dance Floor | Interview
“I just go for it because you never know what tomorrow is gonna bring,” Houston proclaims. “New experiences help to keep things fresh. That’s what I’m doing, and I’m enjoying it.”
Read moreHere Comes The Sun: Art Alexakis Flies Solo | Interview
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“The music is rough, and it’s raw,” the Everclear frontman says of his forthcoming debut solo album. “It’s more about the songs. It sounds like a classic record. That’s what I dig about it.”
Read moreKwest Tha Madd Lad Returns with His Passion & Penchant for Rhyme Fully Intact | Interview
“It’s like riding a bike,” Kwest says of his return to recording. “When you rhyme and you love this art form for what it is and you love hip-hop in general, it never leaves you.”
Read moreNo Restrictions: Rosie Lowe Flexes Her Creative Freedom & Musical Muscle | Interview
“’YU’ has been such a joy to make and it’s deepened my understanding of collaboration,” the London-based singer-songwriter-instrumentalist says of her new album, in stores now.
Read moreChaos, Creativity & Catharsis: Mr. Lif Revisits the Making of ‘I Heard It Today’ 10 Years On | Interview
“It was a life raft,” Mr. Lif says of the album. “It’s probably one of the purest forms of how music has played a role in my life. It kept me going.”
Read moreFor the Love of Music: Eddie Levert & The O’Jays Deliver Their Last Word | Interview
Photo: Denise Truscello
“This album covers the things we’ve always done,” Levert explains. “But we’re bringing it into the hip-hop generation and hope that they can gravitate to it.”
Read moreINTERVIEW: Illogic & Blueprint Rewind the Hands of Time to Celebrate 15 Years of ‘Celestial Clockwork’
Illogic’s third studio affair is as good of a mix of complex and potent lyricism coupled with creative production that’s been released in the past 20 years.
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