“I always felt like we were on the outside looking in,” Sarah Blackwood says of the Britpop scene in the ‘90s. “But, this time around, I’m happy being the outsider looking in.”
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“I want to challenge how you feel and how you respond,” Tunstall explains. “I want a record to shift you, where you get on the ride and it takes you somewhere.”
Read moreResilient & Resolute: A Candid Conversation with Michael Timmins of Cowboy Junkies | Interview
Cowboy Junkies latest album ‘All That Reckoning’ is an outstanding set that underscores the band’s singularity it’s achieved over a thirty-plus-year career trajectory.
Read moreINTERVIEW: Stephen Lee Naish Digs Deep Into Manic Street Preachers’ ‘Know Your Enemy’ with ‘Riffs & Meaning’
“’Know Your Enemy’ is an example of the Manics’ iconoclast tendencies,” Naish explains. “But very little has been written about it and its obtuseness has mostly been forgotten or dismissed.”
Read moreINTERVIEW: Quentin Harrison Delves Deep Into Madonna’s Discography with New ‘Record Redux’ Installment
‘Record Redux: Madonna’ is the fourth installment of Harrison’s “Record Redux” series following the previous Spice Girls, Carly Simon and Donna Summer volumes.
Read moreINTERVIEW: Bobby Brown Exercises His Prerogative & Embraces His Truth
“You go through ups and downs, challenges, trials and tribulations,” Brown explains. “But you have to be able to be strong for the ones that you love and for yourself.”
Read moreINTERVIEW: Kandace Springs Summons a Deeper Shade of Soul
Kandace Springs’ sophomore studio album ‘Indigo’ is slated to hit stores September 7th courtesy of Blue Note Records.
Read moreGuilty Simpson Revisits His Debut Album ‘Ode to the Ghetto' (2008) | Interview
The Detroit-bred emcee delves deep into the making of 'Ode to the Ghetto,' one of the strongest hip-hop debut albums to surface in the 21st century.
Read moreLiving Colour’s Vernon Reid Navigates the Shadows and Light | Interview
Living Colour recently released their sixth studio album ‘Shade’—their first long player in eight years—to widespread critical acclaim.
Read moreINTERVIEW & TRIBUTE: Mr. Lif Revisits the Making of His Debut Album ‘I Phantom’ (2002)
Mr. Lif sat down with Albumism’s Jesse Ducker to revisit the making of his debut LP, a bona fide hip-hop classic.
Read moreINTERVIEW: Trailblazing Hip-Hop Legend Too $hort Explores the Keys to Surviving the Game
Longevity in the rap game has proven elusive for many an emcee, but Too $hort is one of the select few still going strong 30+ years into his career.
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