Interviewing the Legends: Rock Stars & Celebs
INTERVIEWING THE LEGENDS is devoted to promoting musicians worldwide. We spotlight exclusive in-depth interviews with both legendary and up and coming music artists and celebrities. We also feature the movers and shakers of the music and publishing industries.
WHERE HAVE ALL THE ROCK STARS GONE?
Rock and Roll, the Blues, and Jazz are America’s contribution to the arts, so why are we not fighting to preserve our own musical legacy and culture?
With roots from the early blues pioneers, the longevity of rock and roll is second to none. But strangely enough, those legendary rock heroes that we were so accustomed to hearing every time we turned our radios on, had mysteriously vanished from the mainstream. The music of the 1960s, 70s, and even the 80s was an important juncture in all of our lives. So many of us timeline life’s precious moments with the music we remember, when the music was so great, when the music mattered. The baby boomer generation is financially imperative to many, yet many of its entertainment standards have been renounced.
One day, the plug was pulled on those legendary music artists. Hackers began stealing music across the internet. Online music stores popularized cheap digital singles and neglected to promote full-length albums. Radio stations changed formats to accommodate talk show radio jocks, while rappers and electronic dance music menaced the airwaves. Notorious record companies began folding in droves. Record companies and radio stations that were once owned and operated by visionaries, were now run by accountants and lawyers, and the music world began promoting untalented wannabes. The economy plummeted, and radio stations became more concerned about how many consecutive commercials they could run instead of providing quality radio programming and entertainment value. Radio stations became corporate machines leaving no room for innovation. Throughout the 2000s, recording studios and live performances began using an audio processor called “Auto-Tune” to disguise off-key inaccuracies in vocal tracks. The device allowed virtually anyone without music skills to become a singer and new waves of mainstream radio stars were instantly fabricated. The business of music became stronger and more important than the art of music.
For more than a decade, I’ve been on a rock and roll pilgrimage to help promote and save the greatest music the world has ever known. Before the internet and Napster, virtuoso musicians traditionally introduced their music by way of mainstream radio stations while anxious music enthusiasts hurried to their favorite record stores and purchased a copy of the artist’s latest release. Talk radio wasn’t popular because there was way too much great music to play over the airwaves. Advertisers didn’t rule the airwaves, the music did. Rock legends toured the world to promote their latest albums and prices of concert tickets were extremely affordable. Proficient musicians, singers, and songwriters are what made the music so great.
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- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
Charles Wright "Express Yourself" Singer & Songwriter Releasing New Music and Book!
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Charles Wright was born in Clarksdale Mississippi, where he grew up and was musically inclined by p…
Ray Alder Legendary Singer with Progressive Metal ‘Fates Warning’ Exclusive Interview!
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RAY ALDER is the lead vocalist of the progressive metal band Fates Warning since their 1988 release …
John Cusimano Lead Singer of 'Fastest Land Animal' Punk Pop's Newest Sensation!
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With distortion cranked, synths warm, and no regard for the rules, Fastest Land Animal tap into the…
Filmmaker David Minasian Champions Progressive Rock Legends to The Mainstream!
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David Minasian can best be described as a Renaissance man of sorts with experience and interest in …
Annie Haslam the Magical Voice of Symphonic Rock's Renaissance!
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Renaissance is a band with a rich history unique unto themselves as progressive rock pioneers who ro…
Steve Babb and Hannah Pryor of Prog Rock's 'Glass Hammer' Exclusive Interview!
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Glass Hammer is an American progressive rock band from Chattanooga, Tennessee. They formed in 1992 w…
Legendary Rocker Mark Farner Debuts ‘Farner Chords’ Exclusive Interview!
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Legendary Rocker Mark Farner Debuts ‘Farner Chords’
Video Series Launches with “People, Let’s Stop …
Kevin Sucher Four-Time Grammy Nominee Performs w/Yacht Rock Sensations 'The Docksiders'
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THE DOCKSIDERS
Imagine that it’s 1981 and you’re cruising the Atlantic shores of the Hamptons with y…
ALICE COOPER DRUM LEGEND NEAL SMITH RELEASES ‘KILLSMITH GOES WEST’
Neal Smith, drummer/percussionist, songwriter and founding member of one of the most successful rock and roll acts to be seen and heard in the world: The Shock Rock Group Alice Cooper. The first band…
Exclusive Interview with Gregory Spawton, Nick D'Virgilio & Alberto Bravin of Big Big Train!
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Big Big Train are an English progressive rock band formed in Bournemouth in 1990 and went through a …
Rob Cottingham Prog Rock Mastermind Behind 'CAIRO' Exclusive Interview!
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Prog Ensemble CAIRO To Release 2nd Album “Nemesis” on May 5, 2023
Formed in 2016, award-winning CAIR…
Arjen Lucassen Introduces His New Band 'Supersonic Revolution!
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So, you think you know Arjen Lucassen, huh? Towering Dutch prog rock polymath? The man behind the su…
Legendary Mountain Drummer Corky Laing Chats About Latest Release 'Finnish Sessions'
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Corky Laing is best known as the drummer of the legendary bands Mountain and West, Bruce & Laing an…
WILLIAM BELL LEGENDARY SOUL SINGER/SONGWRITER WROTE “BORN UNDER A BAD SIGN”
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In a distinguished career as a singer, songwriter and producer, William Bell has come to define the…
UK PROG-ROCK GROUP ‘GALAHAD' RELEASES ‘THE LAST GREAT ADVENTURER’
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Galahad was formed in 1985 just for fun playing roughly half covers (Genesis, Zeppelin, Rush, Sabbat…
CLAY MELTON ELECTRIFYING TRAILBLAZING TEXAS BLUES ROCK GUITARIST!
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They live and breathe the fiery swagger of electric guitars and the irresistible allure of rhythm-so…
JONAS LINDBERG & THE OTHER SIDE PROGRESSIVE ROCK FROM STOCKHOLM!
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Jonas Lindberg & The Other Side is a Progressive rock project from Stockholm, Sweden founded in 2012…
Jason Bieler Releasing Brilliant New Album 'Postcards From The Asylum' Exclusive!
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A post-apocalyptic troubadour with a penchant for the sonically grotesque self-describes Jason Biele…
BEN CRAVEN CINEMATIC PROG-ROCK ARTIST FROM AUSTRALIA EXCLUSIVE!
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Ben Craven is a cinematic progressive-rock artist from Brisbane, Australia. He likes to make records…
German Prog Rock Sensation 'RPWL' Release New Concept Album 'Crime Scene'
'ZOOM SPECIAL EVENT AN INTERVIEW WITH RPWL FRONTMAN & FOUNDER YOGI LANG'
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When a group like RPWL tak…