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Q&A with Steve Vai on ‘The Story of Light,’ David Lee Roth: Part 2 of 2 (Photos)
Part two of my exclusive interview with Steve Vai. Read part one here.Moving on to Skyscraper, that was your first album as a co-producer, right?Yeah.What are your memories of working with David Lee...
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Q&A with Randy Brecker on ‘The Complete Arista Albums Collection' (Photos)
If Randy Brecker has a resume, it must be a mile long.Since the 1960s, he’s balanced his career as a multi-Grammy Award-winning jazz trumpeter with decades of session work (playing with everyone from...
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Q&A with ‘American Idol’ singer Kimberley Locke on ‘Finally Free’ (Photos)
American Idol alums come and go, but Kimberley Locke continues to thrive. Since making her name as a semifinalist on the top-rated show in 2003, the Tennessee native has become the most charted Idol...
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Q&A with Tak Matsumoto and Koshi Inaba of B’z on the Live-Gym 2012 tour (Photos)
The most successful group in Japanese history, B’z have sold 80 million records since their 1988 debut, and also have released a staggering 46 consecutive number one singles. Comprised of...
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Q&A with Ann Wilson of Heart on ‘Fanatic’ and ‘Kicking and Dreaming’ (Photos)
As the lead vocalist of the rock group Heart with her sister Nancy, singer and multi-instrumentalist Ann Wilson has lent her voice to such FM classics as "Magic Man," "Barracuda" and the chart-topping...
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Q&A with Ali Jackson of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra (Photos)
Founded in 1988 and led by the incomparable Wynton Marsalis, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra is comprised of 15 of the finest soloists and ensemble players in jazz in addition to some of the...
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Q&A with Simon Wright of Dio Disciples on ‘The Very Beast of Dio Vol. 2,’...
A drummer since age 13, Simon Wright grew up on legends like Cozy Powell, John Bonham and Tommy Aldridge. He had barely entered his twenties when he joined AC/DC for the rest of the ’80s, then shifted...
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Q&A backstage with the stars of 12-12-12: The Concert for Sandy Relief (Photos)
The first sign you’re backstage at an important concert: Martha Stewart gets to talk before anyone else.Speaking to the massive media at Madison Square Garden for 12-12-12: The Concert for Sandy...
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Q&A with Rob Halford and Richie Faulkner of Judas Priest on ‘Epitaph’ (Photos)
How do you celebrate 40 years of heavy metal supremacy? When you’re Judas Priest, you launch a world tour and let the cameras roll at the final gig in your home country.Lensed at London’s HMV...
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Q&A with Bob James on ‘Quartette Humaine,’ 50 years in music: Part 1 of 2...
Jazz legends Bob James and David Sanborn pay tribute to the iconic Dave Brubeck Quartet on their new album Quartette Humaine, their first collaboration since their 1986 platinum-selling, Grammy...
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Q&A with Bob James on ‘Quartette Humaine,’ 50 years in music: Part 2 of 2...
Part two of my exclusive interview with Bob James. Read part one here.We’ve been talking about jazz this whole time, but to the younger generation you’re mostly known as someone whose work has been...
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Q&A with Angela Strehli of the Blues Broads on their 2013 tour (Photos)
Put four ladies—Dorothy Morrison, Angela Strehli, Annie Sampson, and Tracy Nelson—with a lifetime of seasoned vocal chops together, and you have the Blues Broads. Spanning more than two centuries...
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Q&A with Richie Kotzen of the Winery Dogs on the band's debut album (Video)
A prolific recording artist since 1989, Richie Kotzen was introduced to a wide rock audience in the early '90s as a member of Poison, and then in the following decade with Mr. Big, fusing his muscular...
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Q&A on ‘Eddie Trunk’s Essential Hard Rock and Heavy Metal Volume II' with Eddie
Hard rock and heavy metal music personality Eddie Trunk has an incredible month ahead. First up is the publication of Eddie Trunk’s Essential Hard Rock and Heavy Metal Volume II, a sequel to the...
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Q&A with Robert Leslie on the folk singer-songwriter’s life in NYC
Troubadour Robert Leslie moved to New York City last year from England to pursue a dream in music. Following in the footsteps of his idol Bob Dylan, the itinerant folkie made an immediate splash,...
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Q&A with Joe Perry on ‘Rocks: My Life In and Out of Aerosmith’
More than four decades in the making, Aerosmith co-founder Joe Perry’s new memoir Rocks: My Life In and Out of Aerosmith is out today (Oct. 7), chronicling the life of a Rock and Roll Hall of...
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Q&A with Gene Simmons of KISS on ‘Me, Inc.’
Gene Simmons wears a lot of hats. As a founding member of Rock and Roll Hall of Famers KISS, the God of Thunder has been rocking the world for the past 40 years, and has held lucrative side gigs in...
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Q&A with Herbie Hancock on his new memoir ‘Possibilities’
Herbie Hancock began playing the piano at the age of seven, achieved worldwide stardom in his twenties as part of Miles Davis’ Second Great Quintet in the 1960s, and later revamped his sound with the...
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Q&A with ‘Dr. Lights’ Steve Cohen on 40 years of touring with Billy Joel
It’s (almost) 9 o’clock on a Wednesday, and I’m backstage at Amway Center in Orlando on New Year’s Eve. In just a few hours, Billy Joel will take the stage, capping off...
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Q&A with Bob James on ‘Silver,’ twenty-five years of Fourplay
For more than 50 years, two-time Grammy Award-winning pianist Bob James has continued to blaze new trails in music, composing smash standards like “Angela (Theme from Taxi),” being one of the most...
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