All of John Legend

At the age of 26, John Stephens made a bold move. Rather, he reluctantly agreed to his friends’ suggestion. Right before releasing his debut album, he changed his name to John Legend. He had always known that he would make it in the music industry. Still, this was taking an immense risk. The son of […]

We Do Talk with Charlie Puth

Charlie Puth is a pop star. Yes, loads of screaming girls greet his every stage appearance. Yes, he’s had a run in the tabloids around 2017, focusing on his romantic endeavors. But Charlie Puth is first and foremost a serious musician. Old-school serious. He’s classically trained, knows music theory. He’s also “hip hop trained,” having […]

Suede’s Brett Anderson: Beautiful One

Where were you in 1992? What do you remember of the Nineties? If you set your sights towards Europe, chances are that you will have memories of Britpop. Britain’s influence was worldwide, and contrary to what is happening these days, it was for something positive. Movies like Trainspotting defined cool, and in 1993, Suede’s debut […]

Michael Douglas: Greed is NOT good

  Dynasty. The word can be thrown around lightly, but not in the case of the Douglas family. Very rarely have both father and son reached the pinnacle of show business. Very early on, Michael Douglas had to wrestle with an important question: what do you do when your father is the hero? Well you […]

The Season of Metallica

Metallica is the biggest band in the world, and has held that position for many years now. But how could a foursome playing what was called “extreme music” at the inception of the band rise to dominate the rock world in such a complete way? Extreme professionalism from the management down to the musicians seems […]

Game Of Thrones’ Kit Harington

When trying to figure out what makes Game Of Thrones one of the most popular TV shows around the world, people have different theories. Some think it’s the sex and violence. Others, the complex story where the heroes sometimes die and the villains win. Others yet think it has to do with the brooding beauty […]

FUTURE is here!

When Nayvadius DeMun Wilburn was a kid growing up in Atlanta, Georgia, his vision of music was already so beyond what his peers were doing that he earned the nickname “Future.” Soon after, he started working with his first cousin Rico Wade, who was already well established in the music business. Collaboration with Rihanna, Drake, […]

ASAP Rocky before Rih

Did ASAP Rocky really put New York on the map, as he claims in his song “ASAP Forever?” This kind of bold claim, not rare in the hip hop world and reminiscent of Tony Montana’s “The World Is Yours” in Scarface, is the subject of endless debates online. But maybe after more than ten years […]

Jamie Cullum’s Jazz Hands

British jazz musician Jamie Cullum, 43, is both old and new school about music. He’s able to pop legendary jazz artists such as Charles Mingus into the conversation as quickly as talking about 90s’ trailblazing hip hop groups like A Tribe Called Quest but he’s worked on albums with au courant hit song maker Pharrell […]