In Conversation

Baby Rose Turns Yearning Into an Art Form and Impending Superstardom 

I remember in the '80s seeing U2 and The Police share stages on the Amnesty International tour. A couple of years after U2 had their first commercial success with “New Year’s Day,” one could sense U2 was poised for superstardom, and it felt like a passing of the torch. A year later, U2 released The…

Making Detroit The Yacht Rock Capital 

Like punk, which is an attitude as much as a style of music, yacht rock is not just a genre, it is a lifestyle. It is a state of mind, an escape from reality, a retreat to a simpler time.  So, Michael Scoenith and Scott Kusmirek know that the home of yacht rock can be…

Shinedown Rules of the Road

Shinedown frontman Brent Smith on sobriety, life on the road, and why EI8HT is a raw, 18-song, fully human rock record in an AI era.