Dexter Wansel’s appearance at the New Morning venue in Paris was the last concert I attended before the Covid crisis. Apart from the stage performance, I enjoyed meeting with the musician and, of course, I hoped to keep in touch with him in order to evoke his collaboration on two albums with the Jacksons in […]
The rehearsals for This Is It will remain the last moments of the King of Pop performing on stage. I have rarely raised the subject, but my conversations with Morris Pleasure, a keyboardist and member of the band on that tour project, gave me the desire to approach it on my website. It was […]
As a fan of Sylvester Stallone and his « Rocky » saga, I can’t help but just love the track « No Easy Way Out » that could be heard in the fourth movie of the saga. Featured in an unforgettable soundtrack, that song remains a timeless hit as well as a topic that doesn’t […]
The City of New Orleans is situated in the state of Louisiana along the Mississippi River. It is a very touristic and pleasant city that music lovers recognize as the birthplace of Jazz. That former French colony is a stronghold of African-American culture, as it is also the birthplace of artists like Louis Armstrong and […]
I had the opportunity to get in touch with Kathleen Wakefield on Facebook. I wanted to learn more about her career and works, especially as a prolific lyricist at Motown. She also was among the few people who collaborated with the Jacksons through the 1980s. In the end, this interview was far from being a […]
Considering how long I have been detailing the « HIStory » album booklet, it seemed very natural indeed that the name of Jason Miles would raise my attention. Gathering information about this musician was a wonderful exploration and that’s why I wanted to get an interview with the renowned Jazz keyboardist. It was an opportunity to evoke […]
The Victory Tour was indisputably a major step in Michael Jackson’s career. Not only was it the last tour he would achieve with his brothers, but it also marked his coming back on stage after the phenomenal « Thriller » album. That’s why I wanted to discuss this fabulous era with one of the musicians who took […]
I have not had the opportunity to say it before but Lenny Kravitz is one of my favorite artists, and I was eager to express it here, especially since I was really taken by the song « Dream » released on his « Black & White America » album. Here is a conversation I had with Cyrille Taillandier, the […]
In 2016, I had the pleasure to attend the Kingvention in London where I met Dan Beck, a close collaborative partner of the King of Pop and the SVP in Marketing & Sales at Sony Music in the 1990s. That’s how I recently reached him for an interview to discuss another side of the Jackson’s […]
The republication of some of the Jacksons albums is very rare, unfortunately, and one has to recognize the value of the 2008 releases of both the Destiny and the Triumph albums, especially as they contain some of John Luongo’s mixes. His alternative versions of Blame It On The Boogie, Shake Your Body and Walk Right […]