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Sep 30, 2026
George Michael, the Wham! frontman who became one of the best-selling solo artists of all time, on the plain, secular sentence he left behind about faith — as an MTV VMAs tribute and the long-lost Faith Tour concert film bring his 1988 Paris shows back to cinemas.
Sep 20, 2026
Duncan Sheik — the singer-songwriter behind the 1996 hit “Barely Breathing” and the Tony- and Grammy-winning composer of Spring Awakening, who died on September 17, 2026, at 56 — on how he defined his own work in a 2017 interview: he had been writing and making music since he was 6 years old, and for four decades, that was his craft. It is a quiet statement about identity, longevity, and a life measured by the making rather than the applause.
Sep 5, 2026
Cassandra Wilson, the two-time Grammy-winning jazz vocalist from Jackson, Mississippi whom Time once called “America’s best singer,” on music as ritual and the human voice as the first instrument — a final gift from the artist who died at home on September 1, 2026, at the age of 70, as the world returned to her records and to this quietly radical idea at the heart of everything she sang.
Aug 8, 2026
Karen Carpenter, the voice behind the Carpenters' soft-rock classics, used this line to describe the secret of her sound: while she had a full three-octave range, the lower contralto notes she rarely showed off were the ones that carried the hits. It is a funny, humble lesson about knowing where your real strength lives.
Aug 1, 2026
Marvin Gaye, the Prince of Soul, explains the purpose behind his music: not pleasure, but the duty to feed people what they need and help someone overcome a bad time.