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Interview by Christine Thompson The grammy-winning Brazilian composer Heitor Pereira sounded slightly out of breath when we are finally able to connect by phone for the interview.  I have the feeling I've interrupted something important, even though he is assuring me that we have plenty of time to talk. These days, he is a very

"Before we go any farther, I want to lay somethin' on you; it's not heavy and it's not to imply that you don't already do it. It's just a reminder... to all of us. The next chance you get, do somethin' nice for somebody - say 'good day,' hold a door open - and don't

he was the little Gothic Goblin and his followers were Goths. That’s where GOTH came fromJohn Wisniewski: When and how did Sex Gang Children form, Andi? Andi Sex Gang: The precursor to Sex Gang Children, Panic Button, was a spur of the moment creation in 1981. We had a gig booked before there were any

Interview by John Wisniewski John WisniewskI: When did you begin playing music John? John Blair: In the early 1960s when I was in high school. My first band was a surf band in 1963, The Intruders. John WisniewskI: What were some of the band's you played in? John Blair: After The Intruders, I was in a folk-rock group

Interview by John Wisniewski In 1967, 21-year-old Pauline Butcher was working for a London secretarial agency when one evening a call came through from a Mr Frank Zappa asking for a typist to come to his hotel room. The assignment would change her life forever. After this chance encounter, at Frank's request, Pauline moved with

Photo Credit Luca Rossetti. NEW YORK, Nov. 4, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- In the year of his 60th birthday and almost a quarter century since his debut release, global classical music icon Andrea Bocelli has topped the U.S. Billboard 200 chart for the first time in his illustrious career with the release of 'Sì' (Decca/Sugar Music),

The cast of Bohemian Rhapsody visited Dallas to celebrate the release of the film.  Rami Malek, Gwilym Lee and Joseph Mazzello dropped by Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts and spoke to over 500 enthusiastic students to kick off the day.  They spoke with media in Dallas and then made

ANMOUNCING THE TOWNES VAN ZANDT AND MARGARET MOSER AWARD WINNERS AUSTIN, TX – October 17, 2018 – The Austin Chronicle, SXSW, and Austin City Limits Live at the Moody Theater are proud to present the 37th annual Austin Music Awards on Wednesday, February 27, 2019, with proceeds benefiting the SIMS Foundation and adding HAAM as

Singer/Actress Kara Connolly’s haunting new cover of The All-American Reject’s very first single, “Swing, Swing”…

John Wisniewski:  What got you interested in the Swans, Nick? Nick Soulsby: I believe music…