From the very first notes of their debut album — those gleaming wind-chime like synths, the chugging guitar, the regal piano — Arcade Fire became one of those remarkably few life-changing, ...
"I was writing about my life," Maurice White once told the late journalist Timothy White. Yet in the mid-to-late 1970s, his funk juggernaut Earth Wind & Fire resonated with millions. They were ...
Among the handful of songs that nearly everyone can recognize in an instant is Earth, Wind & Fire's "September." The song became the group's biggest hit when it was released in 1978 and features a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) This is my second time writing about Earth, Wind & Fire—and honestly, it won’t be the last. Their music has always meant more to me than just a collection of hit singles. Sure, the ...
Do you remember the 21st night of September? It's important to know that "love was changin' the minds of pretenders while chasin' the clouds away." (Can't see the video, click “September” by Earth, ...
Mindfulness app Headspace is about more than sleep and meditation assistance. It's now a platform on which Grammy-winning artists are releasing new music. Arcade Fire just created a 45-minute ...
The love song, the breakup song, the party song—all are excellent pop traditions, but a good doomsday song can do the work of all three. What connects David Bowie’s “Five Years” to Prince’s “1999” to ...
George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire book series has been a fantasy stalwart since it first debuted in 1996, and it’s only grown in influence thanks to HBO’s Game of Thrones. Maybe even more ...
Miley Cyrus discussed her engagement and writing "Dream as One" for "Avatar: Fire and Ash" when she visited "Jimmy Kimmel ...