The Go-Go’s are bidding farewell to touring
August 23, 2016
By Chrissie Dickinson Chicago Tribune (TNS) Few bands lit up the early 1980's like the Go-Go’s. The all-female band’s hits have endured as shiny pop-rock nuggets that exemplify the best of the new wave era. After a 38-year career of highs, lows, breakups and reunions, the Go-Go’s are now c...
2015 Grammys: Kanye West Blasts Beck’s Album Of The Year Win
February 10, 2015
By August Brown Los Angeles Times (TNS) LOS ANGELES — Kanye West’s mock stage-rushing during Beck’s acceptance speech for album of the year at the Grammys initially seemed like a fun joke at his own expense. The last time West pulled a similar stunt, it was 2009, and he was protesting Taylor S...
Grammy Awards: Beyonce, Coldplay And Sam Smith Should Get Nods
December 4, 2014
By Randall Roberts Los Angeles Times (TNS) A year that gave us much exuberant pop music about being happy, shaking it off, keeping it fancy and/or letting go of problems — “the past is in the past,” sings Idina Menzel in “Let It Go” — had little need for the starker realities either dow...
