Much of the literature written about Prince’s “Camille” alter-ego focuses on the character’s attributed gender or lack thereof. The artist’s use of pitch alteration, which at times created an androgynous-like vocal has led many to believe the persona is without an apparent gender or defined primarily as an expression of…

“Hey Mr. DJ, put a record on… Hi, it’s Madonna. You’ve probably been hearing about my new record, Music, for a while. Well, I just wanted to make sure you knew that the single is gonna drop very soon. I worked on it with a French guy named Mirwais, and…

“I do feel more like a visual artist when your storytelling is your own experiences and memories and personal wisdom and knowledge. A lot of that, when I pull from that place it comes along with pictures.” — Frank Ocean. If there’s one word to encapsulate the illustrious career of…

At the beginning of 2016 Prince was in the midst of two unprecedented projects coinciding with significant change in his touring entourage. He was about to perform to audiences around the world alone with simply a piano and a microphone and he was concurrently in the midst of writing his…

“This Album Chronicles My Emotional Rollercoaster Ride Of The Past Year. If You Listen Closely, There’s A Story Here With A Very Happy Ending.” Mariah Carey’s 1999 album titled Rainbow would be somewhat of a concept album, as Carey would explore the emotional highs and lows of the preceding years…

By October of 1987 George Michael was on the verge of releasing his first solo album, Faith. After conquering the charts in Britain and internationally with a number of generation-defining pop hits alongside Andrew Ridgeley in Wham!, Michael was breaking new ground as a solo artist. While George had released…

Australian music act Savage Garden will always be revered as a commercial tour de force that launched Australian pop music to the stratosphere in 1996, propelled by a series of chart-topping hits from their debut, self titled album followed by their 1999 sophomore release, Affirmation. While tracks like Truly Madly…