Rolling Stone interview series Unknown Legends features long-form conversations between senior writer Andy Greene and veteran musicians who have toured and recorded alongside icons for years, if not decades. All are renowned in the business, but some are less well known to the general public. Here, these artists tell their complete stories, giving an up-close look at life on music’s A list. This edition features guitarist Nathan December.
Nathan December lived a dream life back in the Nineties, even though very few people knew his name. It started when...
Nathan December lived a dream life back in the Nineties, even though very few people knew his name. It started when...
- 6/18/2023
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
Mary J. Blige, Mariah Carey and Ariana Grande are among the performers scheduled for NBC's "Christmas in Rockefeller Center" special on Dec. 4.
Toni Braxton, Kelly Clarkson, Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, the Goo Goo Dolls and Jewel will also appear on the special, the network tells Zap2it.
Even after all of her concerts and nine Grammy Awards, Blige says she still gets stage fright, particularly before an event like this.
This performance will be live, she says. And singing popular Christmas songs, which everyone knows, just increases the anxiety.
"Because especially with Christmas songs and national anthems, everyone in the world knows these songs," Blige says. "And you just want to get them right; not mess up the words to the national anthem. And you don't want to overdo or over sing a Christmas song that everyone knows."
Blige's 11th album, "A Mary Christmas," dropped last month. As of mid-November, she...
Toni Braxton, Kelly Clarkson, Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, the Goo Goo Dolls and Jewel will also appear on the special, the network tells Zap2it.
Even after all of her concerts and nine Grammy Awards, Blige says she still gets stage fright, particularly before an event like this.
This performance will be live, she says. And singing popular Christmas songs, which everyone knows, just increases the anxiety.
"Because especially with Christmas songs and national anthems, everyone in the world knows these songs," Blige says. "And you just want to get them right; not mess up the words to the national anthem. And you don't want to overdo or over sing a Christmas song that everyone knows."
Blige's 11th album, "A Mary Christmas," dropped last month. As of mid-November, she...
- 11/19/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
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