Outside My Lane: A Death Metal Experience…of the Female Kind
(March 10, 2019) As someone who is mostly an old-school R&B, hip-hop, classic rock and pop music guy, every now and then I step outside of my comfort zone and…
‘Leaving Neverland’: A Lifelong Fan’s Perspective
(March 9, 2019) How does someone who has followed Michael Jackson’s entire career – ever since he and his four older brothers made their national debut half a century ago…
Little Monsters Rejoice: Gaga and Cooper’s “Shallow” Has Been Anything But… And Now It’s Number One!
Sometimes all that’s needed is a little push. And in the case of “Shallow,” the award-winning hit single from A Star Is Born – both sung by and starring Lady…
All He Did Was Win… The Irony of ‘Monster’ Winning the 1st Season of “The Masked Singer.”
(March 1, 2019: Spoiler alert, this article contains revealing details about the hit Fox TV singing competition “The Masked Singer.”) Musically speaking, the singer (and sometimes rapper) who used to…
R.I.P. Lonnie Simmons – A tribute to the music pioneer behind the Gap Band who put the “Fun” in Funk
For those of us who grew up listening to the Gap Band in the 1980s, there was usually one name we’d see on all of their records. Lonnie Simmons, a…