Lyndsey Parker is a veteran music journalist, weekly music correspondent for Fox 11 in Los Angeles, author of "Careless Memories of Strange Behavior: My Notorious Life as a Duran Duran Fan," and failed "Rock & Roll Jeopardy" contestant. In addition to several documentaries, Lyndsey has appeared on MTV, CNN, Vh1, AXS, Lifetime, and CBS as a music expert, and has written for Elle, NME, Mojo, Guitar Player, InTune, and more.
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'The Voice' Season 24 finally goes live with fiercely competitive top 12 night: 'How are three people going to go home tomorrow?'
With only two weeks left in the season, it's at long last time for viewers to vote. And viewers won’t have an easy time of it.
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Sara Bareilles on how 'Waitress' saved her life and why aging in public makes her 'rageful'
"I've never lied about my age. I don't buy into that bulls***. It feels like another way to make women small," says the "Waitress" star ahead of her 44th birthday.
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Billie Eilish addresses sexuality rumors at Variety Hitmakers event: 'Wasn't it obvious?'
"I didn’t realize people didn’t know!" said the Film Song of the Year honoree, who came out in a recent Variety cover story. "I just didn’t talk about it."
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How Shane MacGowan and the Pogues' controversial 'Fairytale of New York' became an unlikely, enduring holiday hit
The song at first seems dark, even nasty. But it's the U.K.’s most-played holiday song of the 21st century because ultimately, it's an anthem of hope.
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Y2K boy band star known as S'More gets roasted on 'The Masked Singer'
This singer is known for his gooey vocals on the pop hit "All or Nothing," and he left the competition with the latter — nothing.
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Did you know there are 4 different 'Do They Know It's Christmases'? Throw your arms around them all!
Bob Geldof may have disavowed his 1984 new wave carol, but the lesser-heard all-star remakes from 1989, 2004 and 2014 have their time-capsuled charms.
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Daryl Hall is suing John Oates after more than 50 years together. Everything we know about the case.
33 Hot 100 hits. 14 million albums sold. Now a legal battle jeopardizes the most successful duo in pop history.
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John Legend to 'The Voice' standout Mac Royals: 'I put you right up there with the best I've ever been around'
This was high praise coming from a man whose A-list collaborators have included Andre 3000, Mary J. Blige, Brandy, Mariah Carey, Common, Aretha Franklin, Al Green, Herbie Hancock, Lauryn Hill, Pink, the Roots, and Snoop Dogg.
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Gwen Stefani brings back a 'Voice' favorite… only to shockingly send him right back home
Everyone had been hoping the Super-Save twist would be used on Lennon VanderDoes, the man who once made John Legend cry. But there were more tears shed by Monday night's end.
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Gwen Stefani tells Niall Horan, 'I actually feel sick for you right now,' as cutthroat 'The Voice' Playoffs begin
Niall made the "horrendous decision" to eliminate an early favorite, just moments after he'd praised her ability "to sell a song unlike anyone I’ve ever seen."
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Aqua talk Grammy noms, comeback and 'Barbie World'-domination: 'We need our own dolls now'
"You can't make the 'Barbie' movie without listening to our song," says S?ren Rasted of Aqua, who — a quarter-century after Mattel's "silly court case" — are getting the last laugh.
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3 questions for 'Biggie & Tupac' director Nick Broomfield: 'A lot of information has been withheld. At some point, it will come out.'
Keffe D will finally stand trial for Tupac Shakur's 1996 murder, but Broomfield says there's a "much bigger" and "more politically revealing" $500 million question that still needs to be answered.
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2023 Billboard Music Awards' new digital-only format is a disastrous #FAIL: 'Whoever's in charge... is getting fired'
Fans blasted this year's experimental BBMAs — which was not a full-scale ceremony, or even a live-stream — as "tragic," "terrible," "embarrassing," "weird as hell" and "the dumbest excuse for an awards show."
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Inaugural Darker Waves festival proves sunny Southern California is the Goth capital of the U.S.
"To everyone whose shoes got f***ed up, I hope it was worth it," post-punk artist Mareux quipped, as he looked out at all the beachside concertgoers trudging through the sand in their pointy boots. Suffice to say, it was.
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'Being a Black queer man, I'm really not supposed to be here': Billy Porter talks triumphant disco album, surviving the AIDS crisis and earning his age
'I'm alive. What an accomplishment for my kind. ... This is what 54 looks like, honey," says the 'Pose' star, as he returns to pop music with 'Black Mona Lisa.'
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New film examines tragic erasure of Rolling Stones founder Brian Jones: 'To be in competition with someone like Mick Jagger — well, you're not going to win.'
In 'The Stones and Brian Jones,' director Nick Broomfield eschews the "wooly" murder theories to focus on how the band wouldn't have existed without the late musician's "amazing vision."
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'The Masked Singer' Cuddle Monster, an NBA All-Star, goes big and goes home
Cuddle Monster is the "biggest and furriest" character in the show's history, but this week's elimination proved size doesn't matter.
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'The Voice' makes 'drastic' rule change after John Legend breaks down: 'I don't know why I keep crying!'
John's reaction to prematurely eliminated contestant Lennon VanderDoes's performance has sparked speculation that — in a historic Season 24 twist — Lennon will be invited back to the show.
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'The Voice' contestant gives strangely smiley performance of one of the saddest songs of all time
It was unclear if Lila Forde knew the backstory to James Taylor's "Fire and Rain," or had even bothered to pay attention to the lyrics.
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2024 Grammy Awards snubs & surprises: Miley Cyrus gets her flowers, Morgan Wallen gets shut out, SZA sizzles and more
The most pleasant surprise is the top nominees are all women, even comprising seven of the eight artists each in two marquee categories, Album and Record of the Year.