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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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Ultravox's Midge Ure Hopes for Full-Band U.S. Tour After 25 Years Away
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Ultravox's Midge Ure Hopes for Full-Band U.S. Tour After 25 Years Away

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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Lenny Kaye and 'Nuggets': 40 Years of a 'High-Class Oldies Album'

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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Duran Duran's John Taylor Memoir Q&A: Drugs, Rehab and 'Wanker' Sting

Amazon 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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Tift Merritt Duets With Andrew Bird, Finds Musicial Sweet Spot on 'Traveling Alone'

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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The Dream Syndicate Reunite for 30 Years of 'Wine and Roses,' Praise Japandroids

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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Jim Croce's Widow Reveals Their 'Love at First Sight,' His Struggles With Money, Fidelity and Her Sexual Assault

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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Buddy Guy Q&A: Starving in Chicago, Meeting Muddy Waters and the Night Stevie Ray Vaughan Died

Da Capo Press Mention Sept. 25, 1957 to blues guitar legend Buddy Guy and he could immediately tell you of its significance: On that date, the-then 21-year-old left his home state of Louisiana for Chicago. As he writes in his memoir, When I Left Home, "I think of this date as my birthday. Fact of the matter is, it's my second birthday. It's ...

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