John Carney’s “Flora and Son” is a different kind of musical

A teen boy looks at his laptop as a woman wearing earbuds plays a guitar in "Flora and Son."

John Carney doesn’t make stories with music so much as stories about music. Characters are changed by melody; relationships forged by rhyme. There’s nothing glittery about typical Carney characters. They wouldn’t belong in conventional musicals. […]

Europe’s Joey Tempest: It was a drag being pitted against other bands – Music News

Europe's Joey Tempest: It was a drag being pitted against other bands - Music News

Europe’s Joey Tempest admits it was a “drag” having their looks compared to Bon Jovi. The ‘Final Countdown’ group’s frontman admits teen magazines made up the “rivalries” between Europe and other 80s bands, including the […]