Photo Credit: The JUNO Awards YouTube Canadian drummer Robbie Bachman, a founding member of Bachman-Turner Overdrive, has died. He was 69. His brother and bandmate Randy Bachman took to Twitter to make the announcement. “Another […]
Photo Credit: Library of Congress Life / CC by 1.0 Joni Mitchell is this year’s winner of the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song from the Library of Congress. Joni Mitchell has been announced as this year’s winner […]
They say that death strikes in threes. And that’s certainly the case in the music world, which in the span of just two days has lost guitar god Jeff Beck, Elvis’ daughter Lisa Marie Presley […]
A common feature of the early Neptunes sound was the clavichord. Did you or Chad Hugo introduce this, and can you recall the first song you made using it? Rochase Man, you’ve put me on […]
While TV deaths have become commonplace in recent decades, they used to be a much rarer thing, often arising due to either contract disputes or the tragic real-life death of an actor. For that, some […]
“Though we never actually went on a date together, my beloved Steven Spielberg has never left my life,” the actress said of the Oscar-winning director. Sally Field is opening up about her decades-long friendship with […]
The 1970s changed movies forever. After the combined punch of industry deregulation that barred studios from owning theaters, the influence of foreign filmmakers including François Truffaut and Ingmar Bergman, and changing audience tastes that resulted […]
This article was originally published in 2013 and has been updated. Welcome to Dissected, where we disassemble a band’s catalog, a director’s filmography, or some other critical pop-culture collection in the abstract. It’s exact science […]
Chris Ledesma, the former longtime music editor for the hit animated TV series “The Simpsons,” has died. He was 64. Fox confirmed Ledesma’s death to The Times on Tuesday, just days after announcing it in […]
The Lemon Twigs are ringing in 2023 with their first new music in over two years. The psych-rock brother duo have today shared the single “Corner of My Eye” — their first release via their […]
How could the perfect song be anything else? I was 19 years old, living in suburban Brisbane, writing my first half-decent songs, when Television released their debut album, Marquee Moon. I had been following the […]
In 2022, we marked the passing of a number of exceptional women whose phenomenal impact on culture, entertainment, politics, and many other fields will never be forgotten or diminished. Several of them were bold pioneers […]
With effervescence and enthusiasm, Hayley Palmer has worked her way up the ranks to become a well-loved name in entertainment journalism. The Portsmouth-born presenter, who is known for her broadcasting brilliance, has interviewed hundreds of […]
They’re two of the biggest musical artists of all time, but that similarity led to tension instead of camaraderie. For years, Michael Jackson and Prince had a rivalry that was tied to their status as […]
As I’m sure it is for many, the holiday season can be so overwhelming for me. On Instagram, we constantly see all the places our friends are traveling to and photos of their low vibrational […]
Listen via: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Amazon Podcasts | Stitcher | Radio Public | Pocket Casts | RSS The Stranger didn’t just mark Billy Joel’s critical breakthrough, but the beginning of a decade-long creative partnership with producer Phil Ramone. Together, the two would create some of […]
Someone might need to sit Jennifer Lawrence down in front of a TV and pick out a long list of action movies featuring female leads to give her a bit of perspective. During a sit-down […]
Herb Deutsch, the co-inventor of the revolutionary Moog synthesizer, has died at the age of 90. Deutsch was a seminal figure in music technology during the ’60s and ’70s. In 1964, he teamed up with […]
Manuel Göttsching, an influential German musician best known for his work on modular synths, died Dec. 4. Ullstein Bild/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Ullstein Bild/Getty Images Manuel Göttsching, an influential German musician best known […]
Thom Bell, along with Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, was part of the holy trinity of Philly soul – the lustrous, aspirational sound that bossed the US R&B charts between the peaks of Motown in […]