David Chiu
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David Chiu is a freelance writer based in New York. His writings have appeared in The New York Times, People, Paste, New York Press, The Queens Chronicle, amNY and many other publications.
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Throughout his career, Bryan Ferry has always epitomized a sense of style, cool and sophistication both in his music and onstage persona. With the legendary Roxy Music, the British vocalist produced an influential body of work from 1972's self-titled debut record to 1982's Avalon. In addition to his role as the leader of Roxy ...
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Peter Wafzig, Redferns
Midge Ure, the singer and guitarist for the synthpop group Ultravox, had a very eventful 2012 -- a year marked by the British quartet's first new album in 25 years -- featuring Ure, Chris Cross, Billy Currie and Warren Cann -- and a European tour. Yet Ure isn't exactly taking a break after completing those Ultravox ...
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Elektra
Before he would achieve recognition as the guitarist for Patti Smith, Lenny Kaye wrote reviews and articles for Rolling Stone in its early years and was hired as a freelance talent scout by Elektra Records in 1970. During that period, Elektra president Jac Holzman told Kaye about a record he wanted put out consisting of songs that ...
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As Duran Duran bassist John Taylor reveals in his newly-published memoir, In the Pleasure Groove: Love, Death and Duran Duran, he grew up as a self-described nerd in Birmingham, England, whose preoccupations included toy models and cars. Eventually, music piqued his interest and he formed Duran Duran with friend Nick Bates (better ...
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Parker Fitzgerald
With her brand-new record, Traveling Alone, New York singer-songwriter Tift Merritt has in some ways gone back home in a figurative sense. First, after being on two different labels for her previous four albums, she signed on with Yep Roc Records, which is based in her native state of North Carolina. Second, Merritt ...
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Guy Kokken
Even though '80s band the Dream Syndicate have been dormant for nearly 25 years since their breakup, the group's music had recently been recognized in the press by Japandroids. One of the songs on Japandroids' acclaimed 2012 record Celebration Rock, is "The Nights of Wine and Roses," which is similarly named after the Dream ...
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GAB Archive, Redferns
Jim Croce was a standout of the early-'70s singer-songwriter era with his hits "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown," "Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels)" and "Time in a Bottle." Tragically, at the height of his fame, Croce died in a plane crash in Louisiana in 1973. He was only 30.
Though his songs projected an easygoing ...
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