The more things change the more they stay the same:  namely, men get hot for sexy women and then get puzzled, in a “duh?” sort of way, when the women don’t always respond in kind. In 1980’s “She’s So Cold,” Mick Jagger’s high-powered rocker of sexual...

  “Breaking up” is a painful experience, regardless of age, gender and/or generation, however it makes for great music. Bob Dylan wrote about it, in his 20s, with “It Ain’t Me Babe” and the Turtles sang about it in their 20s when they made it a hit in 1965, and...

  Katy Perry's last album came out in 2013, and her world-wide fan base, eagerly awaiting a followup, has had to make due with “Rise," which got radio air play and was also the theme song to last summer’s Rio Olympics. Now she’s released another single, "Chained...

Remember how heartbreakingly vulnerable Macy Gray was in  2000’s “I Try?” So fluent and graceful, and elegant. Newcomer Julia Michaels, like Macy Gray,  is a poet who, more or less, rips her heart out of her chest right in front of you. Michaels’ voice is distinctive...

  Bruno Mars!  Superstar!  Pop & R&B Sensation! He’s charismatic, handsome, talented, fun, young, energetic. His latest, “That’s What I Like" is snappy, with finger popping, licketey-split lyrics that suggest over the top, decadent imagery:  Cadillacs,...

Prince was in his mid-20s when he performed “When Doves Cry” and everyone could see, instantly, that his talent was into the stratosphere, the energy, the intensity, the showmanship, his  overall greatness was a no-brainer.  He was a born superstar. Same with Ed...