Seymour Stein: A Life In Music
Seymour Stein, co-founder of Sire Records, former vice president at Warner Bros. Records and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member has died yesterday morning in Los Angeles. Read More
Tagged: Madonna Culture
Happy Dirty Thirty, Erotica!
Madonna released her fifth studio album 30 years ago today, on October 20, 1992, by Maverick and Sire Records.
Erotica, considered by many Madonna’s most important musical work, followed the immense success of her first greatest hits album, The Immaculate Collection and was released simultaneously with her first printed publication, the SEX book. Erotica was also the first Madonna album to feature the Parental Advisory label on the cover. Read More
Madonna in Variety’s 50 Game-Changers From 115 Years of Covering Entertainment
Variety turns 115 and their editors celebrate the anniversay compiling a list of 50 game changers who both altered the status quo and forced the industry to think differently, opened the minds of colleagues and opened doors to others. Read More
“She is Pop”
As part of their 35th anniversary, SPIN magazine are naming the most influential artists of the past 35 years.
At #3. From Bay City, Michigan, here is Madonna. Read More
The Ciampino Speech
On July 10th, 1990 Madonna performed at the Stadio Flaminio in Rome, the first of two concerts in Italy that Summer.
The show was welcomed by an extra dose of controversy in the country, with a criticism to which Madonna responded with the now-famous Vatican speech she addressed the press with when she had just landed in Rome’s Ciampino airport the day before. Read More
Express Yourself, Don’t Repress Yourself
Thirty years ago today, on June 6, 1995 Sire Records released Human Nature as the fourth single off Madonna’s Bedtime Stories album. Read More
Happy birthday, Breathless Mahoney!
On this day thirty years ago, 22 May 1990 Sire Records released Madonna’s second soundtrack album, I’m Breathless: Music from and Inspired by the Film Dick Tracy.
Join us on MadonnaTribe’s Instagram for a trip down memory lane! Read More
Happy 35 Anniversary, Desperately Seeking Susan!
Desperately Seeking Susan was released on this day 35 years ago.
Directed by Susan Seidelman and starring Rosanna Arquette and Madonna, Desperately Seeking Susan was Madonna’s first major screen role and one of her best performances ever. Read More
35 Years Like a Virgin
When you think about Madonna and her major hits, one of the first songs to come to mind is Like A Virgin.
And even if it’s hard to believe, this year marks the 35th anniversary of these incredible song and album. Read More
“Don’t Tell Me” and the Yeehaw Agenda
Liana Satenstein at Vogue discusses how Madonna took the country music style genre and spun it on its head in one of the most transportive videos of her career – Don’t Tell Me – marking the beginnings of what they call the yeehaw agenda. Read More
