The Songs, Scores, and Sounds of Summer 1982 Films

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The Summer of 1982 is a pivotal time in pop culture history. Films like Poltergeist, E.T., Mad Max 2, Blade Runner, and TRON all hit theaters, capturing the hearts of audiences and leaving an indelible […]

MICHAEL SWEET Says STRYPER Is Tuning Down Half Step To Accommodate His Aging Voice

MICHAEL SWEET Says STRYPER Is Tuning Down Half Step To Accommodate His Aging Voice

Michael Sweet has admitted that he and his STRYPER bandmates no longer attempt to perform the group’s songs in the original key. In a social media post earlier today (Thursday, June 2),the 58-year-old guitarist/vocalist revealed […]

Why Kate Bush Granted Stranger Things Clearance of “Running Up That Hill”

Why Kate Bush Granted Stranger Things Clearance of "Running Up That Hill"

Strangers Things 4 might bring Kate Bush’s “Running Up That Hill (Make a Deal with God)” to a new career high on the Billboard charts thanks to its repeated use in the Netflix show’s latest […]

Composer and Early Synth Pioneer Vangelis Is Dead – Aged 79

Composer Vangelis is dead

Photo Credit: Piano Piano! / CC by 2.0 Famed composer and early synth pioneer Vangelis is dead. The composer’s assistant confirmed the news. Vangelis lent his famous sound to movie soundtracks, including Chariots of Fire […]

Vangelis, composer of Chariots of Fire music, dead at 79 : NPR

Vangelis, composer of Chariots of Fire music, dead at 79 : NPR

The popular composer died in a hospital in Paris of heart failure. Georges Bendrihem/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Georges Bendrihem/AFP via Getty Images The popular composer died in a hospital in Paris […]

Death Row’s First Lady Jewell, Who Worked With 2Pac, Snoop Dogg, Has Died

Death Row’s First Lady Jewell, Who Worked With 2Pac, Snoop Dogg, Has Died

Jewell Caples, dubbed “The First Lady of Death Row Records” and known for her work on The Chronic, Doggystyle and All Eyez on Me, has died at the age of 53, her manager shared in a statement with Entertainment Tonight.  […]

Family trio Yahritza y Su Esencia: Latin music’s new stars

Three siblings in hoodies and T-shirts

A year ago, 15-year-old Yahritza Martinez was playing soccer for A.C. Davis High School in Yakima, Wash. When she wasn’t on the pitch, she and her four brothers and sisters would wake up early in […]

Doja Cat Should Have Headlined Coachella 2022

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When it was first announced that Kanye West had dropped out of Coachella’s Sunday night headlining slot just weeks before the festival, one of the names floated during the flurry of speculation about who would […]