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Robert Ferraro

Freelance writer and broadcasting school graduate who edited his college newspaper, produced and engineered radio talk shows, and produced Major League Baseball broadcasts. In between, he held approximately 87 different jobs, all of which he departed when he couldn't find anyone interesting to talk to.

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Belinda Carlisle | Worldly Pop Star Lives Life Her Way

By Robert Ferraro

These days, Belinda Carlisle is an activist, humanitarian, and friend to animals the world over. What she also is, of course, is the unmistakable voice of numerous radio hits, dating from her time with the famously rambunctious Go-Go’s, through her glamorous days as a chart topping solo artist. In this conversation Carlisle discusses all of […]

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Nancy Wilson | My Thanksgiving

By Robert Ferraro

In August of 2016, Ann and Nancy Wilson and the rest of Heart took to a stage in Washington, in the midst of an extensive Summer tour. While the band was performing it’s encore, Ann’s husband, angered at Nancy’s twin 16 year old boys for leaving the door to Ann’s tour bus open, physically attacked them. He was […]

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Ann Wilson | Legendary voice of Heart goes it ‘Alone’

By Robert Ferraro

It is widely recognized, by both fans and peers alike, that Ann Wilson owns one of the most formidable voices in rock history. That voice has propelled Heart, a collaborative with her sister Nancy, to twenty Top 40 hits, and over 35 million albums sold worldwide. Ann also possesses one of music’s more distinctive voices, […]

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Def Leppard’s Rick Allen: The Humanist

By Robert Ferraro

Not long after Rick Allen and I are seated in a quiet corner of a midtown Manhattan restaurant, the affable drummer of Def Leppard is indulging me on topics ranging from Thomas Dolby (who played keyboards on Pyromania under the pseudonym Booker T Boffin), to our mutual approval of the Rolling Stones’ recent set list […]

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Lita Ford | With Guitar in Hand, She’s Still the Boss

By Robert Ferraro

Share0 Tweet0 Share +10 Lita Ford has worn many hats in her 40 plus year career, all of them comfortably. As a guitarist in the seminal all girl band The Runaways, she was a pioneering musician. After two hit singles (Kiss Me Deadly and Close My Eyes Forever) pushed her album ‘Lita’ to platinum status, she […]

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Tiffany | Teen Star Turned Rocker Feels Empowered These Days

By Robert Ferraro

While speaking with her, it is impossible not to recognize that former teen pop sensation Tiffany is all grown up. She projects a self assuredness and independence well earned along a difficult road traveled, spanning her attempted emancipation from her mother at the age of 16, two subsequent divorces, and the turbulent ups and downs […]

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‘Noisy’ Blocks Out The Volume With Its Considerable Charm

By Robert Ferraro

Admittedly, I tend to love romantic New York City films. And black and white films. And films with transportation as their backdrop. And films that use the sounds of American musical standards to accompany tales in the modern world – most especially when one of those songs is a not-so-instantly recognizable take on Dylan. Yet, […]

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Onstage, Tom Keifer ‘Rises’ To The Occasion

By Robert Ferraro

As Tom Keifer and the six other members of his Keiferland band took the stage at the Bergen Performing Arts Center in Englewood, NJ earlier this month, their entrance music couldn’t have been more timely. The Rolling Stones’ classic “Can’t You Hear Me Knocking” blasted over the theater’s PA, while that legendary band — whom […]

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Bobbie Brown | ‘Cherry Pie’ Starlet Now A Stand Up Girl

By Robert Ferraro

In the late 1980’s and early ‘90’s, Bobbie Brown was seemingly everywhere. She was crowned Miss Louisiana Teen USA, finished second runner up in the Miss Teen USA pageant, spent months on Star Search as the most prominent model in the show’s history, was featured in music videos for artists ranging from Terence Trent D’Arby […]

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Chris Moore | Veteran Musician Never Stopped Believing

By Robert Ferraro

In the high haired 1980’s, current Rock of Ages drummer Chris Moore chased his dream of becoming a professional musician, only to leave it behind for a more practical life and career. Decades later, he proved that dreams don’t have an expiration date. This is his story, in his words. [as told to Robert Ferraro] […]

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Bebe Buell | Rock ‘n Roll Mainstay Bares It All On New Album

By Robert Ferraro

Bebe Buell, a charismatic pop culture presence for five decades, represents different things to different people. For some, she’s the glamorous model who burst onto the pages of magazines while still a teenager. For others, she’s the Playboy Playmate who posed as a centerfold in a still popular 1974 pictorial. And for many others, she […]

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Rick Allen | Drummer. Survivor. Humanist. Artist!

By Robert Ferraro

Rick Allen first appeared behind the drum kit with Def Leppard nearly 40 years ago, at the tender age of 15. His drum sound would go on to leave a distinct impression on modern popular music, appearing on over 100 million albums sold, and winning him fans the world over. It was overcoming the loss […]

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Amy Holland | In Full Health And Voice, With A Light On Her Path

By Robert Ferraro

Amy​ ​Holland​ ​started​ ​out​ ​in​ ​the​ ​music​ ​business​ ​when​ ​she​ ​was​ ​just​ ​a​ ​teen,​ ​eventually​ ​scoring​ ​a​ ​hit​ ​single​ ​with 1980’s​ ​‘How​ ​Do​ ​I​ ​Survive?’​ ​It​ ​would​ ​mark​ ​the​ ​beginning​ ​of​ ​a​ ​long,​ ​diverse,​ ​and ​too​ ​​often​ ​interrupted​ ​singing​ ​career​ ​that​ ​would​ ​see​ ​her​ ​record​ ​songs​ ​for​ ​​movies​ ​such​ ​as​ ​Scarface​ ​and​ ​St Elmo’s​ ​Fire,​ […]

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Ann Wilson | On Tour, Bringing New Life to Old Lyrics

By Robert Ferraro

Ann Wilson, the renowned voice of Heart, is trekking across America on a solo tour that will see her play 80 dates before its conclusion in November. I spoke with her after her show in Sylvania, Ohio and discussed the tour, what a song must possess for her to want to sing it, bringing an […]

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Ivan Doroschuk | New Wave Legend Is A ‘Wonder’ Once Again

By Robert Ferraro

Men Without Hats’ Ivan Doroschuk is a polite, contemplative and soft spoken Canadian, a multilingual former law student, and a classically trained pianist. Ivan Doroschuk is also a punk at heart, possessing a defiant anti-authority streak which has informed both his music, and a turbulent musical career that spans five decades. Above all else however, at least […]

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Nancy Wilson’s Roadcase Royale | “Get Loud”

By Robert Ferraro

Many of classic rock’s most celebrated heroes are finding themselves to be of a somewhat advanced age, learning that attempting to create inspired and socially relevant music late in a career, is often a losing proposition. The results often​ range from derivative and inconsequential, to embarrassing. Heart’s Nancy Wilson, now in the fifth decade of […]

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Alonzo Bodden | Last Comic Standing Still Looking For A Challenge

By Robert Ferraro

 Alonzo Bodden has probably entertained you somewhere, somehow, during his 24 years of comedy. He has appeared on network and cable television, acted in major motion pictures, done voiceover work for cartoons, and hosted radio shows and podcasts. You may also recognize him from the news, as he was widely heralded for donating a kidney […]

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Alan Hunter | A Conversation with a Pop Culture Pioneer

By Robert Ferraro

In 1981, a brand new channel calling itself ‘Music Television’ chose an astronaut walking on the moon as the symbol of its brand. The message was clear: no one has gone where we’re going in the field of television entertainment. Four decades later, MTV remains a pop culture landmark. Still, the groundbreaking 80’s are widely […]

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Will Calhoun | Restless Drumming Icon Pays His Respects To A Jazz Great

By Robert Ferraro

Will Calhoun is the relentlessly creative and widely respected drummer for funk metal pioneers, Living Colour. Voted by the readers of Modern Drummer as “Best Progressive Drummer” on three occasions, he has collaborated with musicians as diverse as B.B. King, Public Enemy, and the Rolling Stones’ Ron Wood. A graduate with honors from the Berklee […]