Eastenders. An accomplished stage actress, Dobson is also married to Brian May, guitarist for rock outfit Queen (who’ve had a number of songs feature memorably inDoctor Who, such as “Bohemian
The Supervillain Songs By 2008, Rick Ross had solidified his status as a hip hop heavyweight. With increased popularity came increased scrutiny, and when some questioned the authenticity of Ross’s larger-than-life yarns, Rozay simply doubled down. On “Mafia Music,” the lead single from his...
Yet despite James’ vices, his star continued to rise during the early ’80s, when albums like the multiplatinum Street Songs and its infectious single, ”Super Freak,” put him in the same stratum as Michael Jackson and Prince. But while Jackson traded on his eccentricity and Prince ...
RICK JAMES: ‘Money Talks’ (LP ‘Throwin’ Down’ Motown STML 12167). Beautifully packaged totally typical Rick James funk set, this 120-121-122bpm smacker synching perfectly out of ‘Standing On The Top’ and now to my mind being better than the ...
With Cardi and Pardi's formula firmly in place, the duo was sure to stick to the script, collaborating on a number of songs for her 2018 Grammy award-winning debut album,Invasion of Privacy.Fontaine offered up his superior songwriting skills on the LP through certified platinum tracks like "...
Their rendition of Rick James’ “Super Freak” is a jam. They put a seductive spin on the track without trying to outdo the original. Listen to this redux in a seedy dive bar now or at a music festival like Afropunk, and it’s cool to hear a synth-heavy funk classic, drenched in...
While Legend wrote all of the original songs on his own — a career first — he insistsMy Favorite Dreamwouldn't have been as impactful without Stevens' production. Legend was first introduced to Stevens' work through his critically acclaimed 2005 LP,Illinois."It's such...
Bruce Springsteen (1982):Springsteen originally meant for these stark, desolate songs to serve as demos for the E Street Band, but their themes - mostly death and despair, and lots of it - worked better as stripped-down acoustic numbers. We can't imagine them any other way. ...
I have a great respect for James Brown, but to me that just smells bad. Eastern music, whether it's from the sub-Continent, Indochina, Japan, Indonesia, Mesopotamia, etc., has that strange, mystical surround-sound that is very open to atmospheric interpretation. It can tell stories without...
About Marc Myers writes regularly for The Wall Street Journal and is author of "Anatomy of 55 More Songs," "Anatomy of a Song," "Rock Concert: An Oral History" and "Why Jazz Happened." Founded in 2007, JazzWax has won three Jazz Journalists Association awards....