Ava Max cuts all her own hair, even her wigs. Three years ago, using a pair of shears and heated tools, she created the much-discussed hairstyle she has now — parting her blonde hair down the center, with one side creating an angular, chin-length bob and the other falling in …
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Will Ani DiFranco wear a dress? It’s the day before the Broadway premiere of Hadestown, one of the year’s most talked about new musicals, and DiFranco doesn’t know what she’s going to show up wearing to the show’s red carpet. “I have this closet full of ancient dresses that I …
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“Looks like I’ve been crying again over the same thing,” Faye Webster confesses over a breezy steel guitar, making for a really depressing luau. “I wonder if anyone has ever cried for me.” In “Room Temperature,” the second single off her upcoming album Atlanta Millionaires Club, you can’t help but …
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Back in 2010, the Library of Congress’ Gershwin Prize for Popular Song recognized the brilliance of Paul McCartney. What better way to honor the Cute One from one of the greatest boy bands of all time than by having the then-reigning biggest boy band of that era show up to …
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On May 7th, 1974, the English glam-rock avengers Mott the Hoople opened a six-night engagement in New York City — at the Uris Theater on Broadway, “the first hard-rock group ever to appear there” as the New York Times pop critic John Rockwell noted in his May 9th review. The …
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In time for what they’re dubiously dubbing their “final tour,” Kiss have rolled out KissWorld — The Best of Kiss. Touching on every one of the group’s eras, from makeup to no makeup and back to kabuki, the 20-track compilation amounts to Kiss for beginners. And if an album featuring …
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After years of anemic Grammy Awards ceremonies, some of this year’s artists finally injected some lifeblood into their performances. Perhaps the most jaw-dropping was St. Vincent‘s sexually charged duet with Dua Lipa, in which the two women mashed up their singles “Masseduction” and “One Kiss.” It started with St. Vincent …
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