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Ringo Starr and his All Starr Band features Toto guitarist Steve Lukather, Men at Work frontman Colin Hay , Average White Band bassist Hamish Stuart, Toto multi-instrumentalist Warren Ham, acclaimed session drummer Gregg Bissonette, and welcomes back Edgar Winter. The band sat down for a tour launch event at Casino Rama in Rama, Canada. It has been more than two years since the power players took...

Action-thriller and true life-coming-of-age story, The Runner , hit theaters last week. Directed by Michelle Danner, the drama-thriller looks at a troubled teen, played by newcomer Edouard Philipponnat, who is forced to go undercover to take down a drug kingpin. It also stars Cameron Douglas, Eric Balfour, and Elizabeth Röhm. Röhm, a director too, and Danner Zoomed into LifeMinute to tell us all a...

Synth-pop/new wave stalwart Howard Jones has been churning out his unique brand of positive electronic music since 1983. The following year he released his first full-length album, Human's Lib , and scored two massive hits on both sides of the Atlantic right out of the gate with "What Is Love" and "New Song." He followed that up with Dream Into Action in 1985 and broke through in a major way with...

Revered Dio and Black Sabbath drummer Vinny Appice is celebrating what would have been his friend and bandmate Ronnie James Dio’s 80th birthday this year with a 4-CD remixed and remastered version of their ‘83 platinum debut Holy Diver with unreleased outtakes, live recordings, and rarities. The Holy Diver Super Deluxe Box Set is out now via Rhino Records. We reminisced about Dio, Black Sabbath, w...

Singer, songwriter, and viral content creator Tayler Holder found fame on TikTok a few years ago, amassing 20 million fans in just two years. Now the Texas-born 24-year-old is channeling his southern roots, recently performing at this year’s CMA Fest with friend Reyna Roberts, who is CMT’s Next Woman of Country. After the fest, he stayed in Nashville to write and record with country stars Parker M...

Iconic folk rocker Don McLean shot to the top with the anthem “American Pie” in 1972. In 2003, "American Pie" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. 2022 marks the 50th anniversary of the song landing at the #1 spot on the Billboard chart.  The legendary songwriter stopped by the LifeMinute studios for the first time since 2018 to talk about the 50th anniversary of the mega-hit and a correspon...

Born out of Melbourne, Australia, Men at Work became hitmakers of the ‘80s with unforgettable #1 singles like “Who Can it Be Now?” and “Down Under.” The group, fronted by Scottish-born Colin Hay, went on to win a Grammy award for Best New Artist and sell more than 30 million records worldwide. Though Men at Work called it quits in 1985, Hay continued his music journey releasing his solo debut the...

Fronted by powerhouse vocalist, songwriter, and guitarist Lily Vakili, the Vakili Band is a force of nature unafraid to express themselves in their music. And that’s what they do in their new album Walking Sideways . The New Jersey-based band stopped by the LifeMinute studios to give us a live taste of the new album and talk about what’s next for the group. Watch the video: https://lifeminute.tv/m...

With chart-topping hits that span four decades and more than 25 million albums sold worldwide, legendary singer-songwriter Kenny Loggins is most definitely still alright. And of course, he's a force behind some of the biggest movie soundtracks, including Footloose , which features a hit song of the same name, Caddyshack ​​​​​with theme song “I’m Alright," as well as 1986 blockbuster Top Gun featur...

Songwriter, producer, and two-time Grammy-winning guitarist, Eric Krasno is best known as the founder of the jazz/funk outfits Soulive and Lettuce. He’s worked with a diverse list of artists from Norah Jones and Aaron Neville to 50 Cent and shared the stage with greats such as The Rolling Stones and John Mayer.  But, despite all his accomplishments, Krasno didn’t feel like a “fully formed artist”...

Since 1976 George Thorogood and his band, The Destroyers, have been bringing their brand of amped-up boogie blues and hard-driving rock and roll to the masses, releasing more than 20 albums and selling more than 15 million copies worldwide. Two records are certified platinum, and six are certified gold. He has become a standard of classic rock radio programming with hits "Bad To The Bone" and "I D...

After four years in the musical Girl from the North Country , Mare Winningham is up for a Tony for Lead Actress in a Musical for her performance. This is the second Tony nom for the television, film, and Broadway star. Girl from the North Country , written and directed by Conor McPherson, and featuring the music of Bob Dylan, is also up for Best Musical at the 2022 Tony Awards.  We sat down with t...

Musician, singer, songwriter, and all-around Pop R&B legend Robert “Kool” Bell stepped onto the scene more than 50 years ago as one of the founding members of the Grammy-winning group Kool & the Gang.  Their feel-good hits “Celebration,” “Cherish,” “Jungle Boogie,” “Get Down On It,” “Ladies Night,” and many more made them the most sampled band of all time, influencing the music of generati...

Hertz is back with bigger and better "Hertz. Let’s Go!" campaign ads featuring Tom Brady, and this time, Hertz and Tom are getting customers to their "let’s go moments," including Tom’s very own unretirement. Joining Tom in the ad are the exclusive Shelby Mustangs and EVs featured within the largest EV rental fleet in North America. And Brady's a big fan. “The most obvious one is the lack of fuel...

Legendary musician and founding member of The Beach Boys Al Jardine's accomplishments throughout his 60 years in the music business are simply staggering. He was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1988, awarded a Lifetime Achievement Grammy in 2001, and inducted into the Rochester Music Hall of Fame, Class of 2019, after he spent several years of his childhood in Rochester, NY, befo...

Broadway is back, and that means so are the Tony Awards. Some of this year’s big nominees have expressed excitement and gratitude for the revival of live theater in New York City. The nominees include Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster, who are up for Lead Actor and Actress in a Musical for the revival of The Music Man , which received six Tony noms this year. Next up, Jesse Williams’ Broadway debut i...

It is pretty much universally agreed that Ann Wilson possesses one of the greatest voices in rock and roll history. Now, at 71-years-old, age has neither diminished her voice nor her gorgeous looks. She is most famous as the lead singer of the multi-platinum band Heart, with whom she and her younger sister Nancy has fronted since 1973. With album sales exceeding more than 35 million and an inducti...

She’s a singer, songwriter, and spiritual healer helping others cope in a crisis, and he’s the legendary Rock & Roll Hall of Famer drummer for the band Def Leppard. The husband and wife duo met several years ago through a mutual friend who suggested Rick work with Lauren to help him through his struggles with PTSD, which he suffered from a car crash that led to the loss of his left arm at the...

Guitar great Joe Satriani is a guitarist, revered by his peers and fans around the globe for decades playing to sold-out crowds as both a headliner and a founder of his all-star "G3" guitar extravaganza, where he brings his famous friends along for the ride. He has sold more than 10 million records worldwide. Of his many solo albums, two of his albums have gone platinum, four others gold, with 15...

This Life is a celebration of three decades of Award-winning singer-songwriter, saxophonist, and guitarist, Curtis Stigers’ latest album, a professional music journey. The album shows the evolution of his repertoire, looking back at 13 albums, thousands of concert performances, and millions of miles on the road. Since he first stepped onto the recording scene in 1991, with his eponymous debut albu...

Peter Blair Denis Bernard Noone, otherwise known as the dashingly handsome and charming--- Herman of the hugely popular 60’s pop group Herman’s Hermits, was born in England. He started his career as a child actor. At the age of fifteen, he and his band reached international fame with one hit after the other, including “I’m Into Something Good,” “Mrs. Brown, You’ve Got a Lovely Daughter,” “I’m Henr...

John Lodge has been voted one of the “10 most influential bass players on the planet.” Now, the songwriter and vocalist of The Moody Blues is releasing the ultimate live album entitled The Royal Affair and After . He wanted to keep the legacy of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inducted band alive with the new record featuring live recordings of all The Moody Blues mega hits, plus special tributes...

One of television history’s most beloved sitcom moms, Daphne Maxwell Reid, who played Aunt Vivian on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air for three seasons, sat down with us virtually earlier this month. The star has been in the biz for decades. She started acting and modeling from a young age and became one of the first African-American women to grace the cover of Glamour magazine. Today, Reid is a respec...

March Madness® is upon us, and in conjunction with the first year the famed women’s championship is allowed to use the name “March Madness,” two-time NCAA® champion Candace Parker is teaming up with Degree for the Bracket Gap Challenge. The challenge gives women’s college basketball increased visibility by urging fans to fill out a women’s bracket and follow this year’s tournament. Candace joined...

With more than 30 albums to their credit and sales totaling more than 50 million, Jethro Tull is one of the most successful rock bands of all time. Led by Ian Anderson, the British progressive rock luminaries released their latest album, The Zealot Gene, last month. We sat down with Anderson, the flute and voice behind the group, remotely, to hear about all the twelve-track record, the group’s fir...