To say 2016 has paved the way for a full circle for late 80s (and early 90s) pop star Rick Astley would be quite the understatement. At the age of 50, hot on the heels of his 2nd UK #1 album (his firs...

In our article titled “Could Dua Lipa be the emerging ray of hope for pop music in 2016?” a couple of months ago, we gushed with an optimism that we rarely ever feel about the new crop of ...

This review is by guest blogger Bjorn Thomassen In the mid-to-late 90s, Canadian-British all-girl band All Saints emerged as a potent alternative to the heavily promoted Spice Girls. The band compr...

Some of our blog readers and radio station listeners might occasionally get the sense that our feelings towards the modern pop music landscape brim with pessimism. While this might be largely true, we...

This review is by guest blogger Mike Antonich from “Now It’s On” – The Best Music from Detroit and beyond In our post on “Veteran acts returning with new material in 2016â...

The title of this post might suggest that this post is an album review. If that is what you came here looking for, you might be disappointed. This post, looks at aspects outside the realm of the songs...

By this point, we have published plenty of articles on the successful reunion against all odds – that of former Manchester quintet (now a trio) Take That. The more noteworthy observation at this...

“We are Duran Duran and we were designed to make you party” said Duran Duran’s charismatic lead singer Simon Lebon as the band took their final bow on the stage at their concert in P...

“Apparently Duran Duran is cool again…but we always though we are cool” said Simon Lebon – the suave and charismatic frontman of Duran Duran when he first addressed the audienc...

It seems like we have been writing about the highly anticipated Culture Club reunion for over 2 years not knowing if it would actually materialize. Our first glimmer of hope was back in October 2013 w...