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What behavioural science tells us about the likely success, or not, of health-related publicity stunts.
Thanks to AI, the future of music is not just about listening, it’s about experiencing.
Artists draw on their lives and their conflicts to produce their work. Thanks to psychobiography we can see how.
Viewers of the Golden Globes noticed the actor can’t seem to shake his Elvis voice – but apparently that’s a real issue for performers.
Songs of the season – sacred and secular music alike – sometimes acknowledge that Christmas isn’t all joy.
Everyone knows the Elvis story, but what’s less known is the story of the Black women singers and musicians who forged the way.
Elvis is full of Luhrmann’s signature self-indulgence, inflated budget and artistic grandiosity – I loved it.
Presley never wrote a memoir. Nor did he keep a diary. His music could have been a window into his inner life, but he didn’t even write his songs.
By looking back at my dad’s music collection I understand more clearly that the music I listened to as a child shaped my personality, destiny and view of the world.
Fifty years ago Elvis Presley sang a tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr: “If I Can Dream.” English professor Robert Morrison goes back to that moment and looks at the lyrics written in honour of MLK.
Elvis’s impressive vocal range and his technical ability made his voice an instrument that even opera singers have lined up to pay tribute to.
From shy young boy to international superstar, Elvis became an unstoppable force.
When asked in 1977 what he would do now that Elvis was dead, his manager Colonel Parker allegedly replied: “Why, I’ll just go right on managing him!”. In Parker’s mind, neither Elvis’ name, image, likeness…
During the summer I visited the Louvre in Paris. I wanted to see the Mona Lisa but wasn’t quite prepared for the iconic power of the image. Standing in front of the picture reminded me of a rock concert…
Epic Records, in conjunction with the estate of Michael Jackson released the King of Pop Michael Jackson’s second posthumous album Xscape last week. To create the album Epic Records chairman and CEO L.A…














