R.I.P. Aretha Franklin (1942 – 2018): There Will Always Be Just One TRUE Queen
Aretha Franklin: March 25, 1942 – August 16, 2018. The passing of legendary Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin at age 76 has hit me and millions of others like a…
Sad! – XXXTentacion Joins Short List That Includes Biggie, Lennon, Croce, Joplin and Otis
In the continuing aftermath of the June 18 shooting death of rapper/singer XXXTentacion (real name: Jahseh Onfroy), there’s yet another dubious milestone that the late 20-year-old achieved this week. His…
R.I.P. Joe Jackson (1928 – 2018). An Iron-Clad Dad Who Changed Music Forever
(June 27, 2018). We knew of him as the tough, iron-fisted patriarch of the most famous family in all of music history. That family knew him as “Joseph.” Today, Joseph…
XXXTentacion’s Short Songs a Metaphor for a Short Life…Good or Bad
Just three months ago, this blog did a feature article on ? (question mark), the latest album by multi-genre artist XXXTentacion. The album had just débuted at No. 1 on…
For Prince Fans, The Announcement Of A New Album Closes A Musical Gap…Sort Of
On what would have been Prince’s 60th birthday last Thursday, his estate and Warner Bros. announced that a new Prince album of previously unreleased material would surface later this year,…