Chris Azzopardi

Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Gin Wigmore

chris — Sun, 05 May 2013 20:39:47 +0000

Karen O and Co., the New York alt-rock trio widely known as the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, went neon for “It’s Blitz!,” a staggering best-of-2009 creation that pulsed with dance-floor fever and, as promised, got heads rolling. Four years later and they’re back with a different animal … er, insect.

Jessie Ware, Ashley Monroe

chris — Sun, 05 May 2013 20:37:26 +0000

If you’ve heard British breakthrough singer Jessie Ware’s “Wildest Moments” (and if you haven’t, what are you waiting for?), you know she has one helluva voice. She could belt and whip that thing around like a weapon. But she doesn’t.

Justin Timberlake, Kacey Musgraves

chris — Sun, 05 May 2013 20:35:24 +0000

Sexy’s back, but not like you remember it: After seven long, hard, long years without Justin Timberlake at the pop-scene forefront, the creative chameleon finally gives acting a break and gets back behind the mic on his own terms, with a novel project that’s risky and rewarding. But not at first.

On Interviewing Amy

chris — Sun, 05 May 2013 20:08:33 +0000

Back in the mid-’90s, I watched from my seat at The Palace of Auburn Hills, just outside Detroit, as kids circled Amy Grant onstage with overzealous glee while she sang “Say You’ll Be Mine.” I wanted to get in on that dance carousal to be as close to this woman – my childhood idol – as possible. I wanted that so badly. Shy little me just couldn’t find the gumption for that. I was intimidated by all those thousands of people. And her.

Steven Soderbergh Q&A

chris — Sun, 05 May 2013 20:01:05 +0000

Steven Soderbergh knows who’s significantly responsible for the major success of his male-stripper romp “Magic Mike”: gay men eager to ogle the barely-covered bits of Channing Tatum and his hunky posse. The Oscar-winning director’s upcoming feature will obviously court the same audience – and not just because Matt Damon lets it all hang out, too.

Amy Grant In Her First Gay Press Interview

chris — Sun, 05 May 2013 20:00:44 +0000

A call from Amy Grant started as these promo chats usually do. Hellos were exchanged, small talk was made and questions about her first studio album of all-new material in 10 years, “How Mercy Looks From Here” (out May 14), were answered.

Rewriting Jessie Ware

chris — Sun, 05 May 2013 20:00:26 +0000

With all the due praise for Jessie Ware’s honeyed debut, “Devotion,” including a Mercury Prize nomination, no one’s complaining that the Londoner dropped journalism for music. Least of all Ware herself.

Dido Thanks You

chris — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 19:42:29 +0000

It would be easy to mistake Dido as being as mellow as her music – but don’t. In our chat, the British singer-songwriter – promoting her first album in five years, “Girl Who Got Away,” out March 26 – didn’t just chat about her gay fans and the Eminem song that launched her career. We found out what turns the musically meek songstress into an angry beast. Let’s just say this: Tequila makes Dido dangerous.

The Family Jewel

chris — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 19:40:22 +0000

Jewel’s life is the best kind of It Gets Better story. Even though the famed music-maker recorded a video to offer hope to struggling teens, she didn’t need to; to be inspired, one only has to look at how she went from living out of her car – and almost dying – to being a Grammy-nominated, chart-topping singer-songwriter.

Paul Rudd & Tina Fey

chris — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 19:33:47 +0000

They say dreams come true, and that one where Tina Fey and Paul Rudd act (and shower) together on the big screen – it’s really happening.