Tag Archives: Ann Wilson
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Insert Foot: Do Celine Dion fans have a point about her not being in RS’ 200 singers list?
Insert Foot thinks Rolling Stone was right about Celine Dion. I have a great Dick Clark story that I’ve been waiting for an excuse to tell. But let me set it up properly: There was a big protest full of angry people this week in New York City. Which…
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Insert Foot: Making classic music a family affair for these famous siblings
Insert Foot Vs. National Siblings Day. Saturday was Siblings Day, which we celebrate by posting photos on social media of siblings harmoniously pretending to get along, not trading blows and not throwing a deceased parent’s false teeth at each other at a funeral home. Don’t ask. I didn’t meet…
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INTERVIEW: Heart’s Ann Wilson celebrates compromise as core American altruism
Ann Wilson of Heart, Courtesy: Criss Cain. Ann Wilson of Rock & Roll Hall of Famers Heart is still a West Coast woman at heart, but she’s lived with her husband in northern, rural Florida for four years. On her street, almost every house has a Trump sign. If…
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Heart’s return mixed, but Joan Jett rips through the classics at Concord Pavilion
Nancy Wilson (left) and Ann Wilson of Heart perform at a previous stop on the “Love Alive” tour. Courtesy: Kimberly Adamis/Heart. CONCORD, CALIF. — At various points during their 90 minutes or so onstage Friday night at the Concord Pavilion, the Wilson sisters of Heart referred to how long…
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RIFF Rewind—A time machine for your ears: 1977
1977 was a good year. Star Wars came out, Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours came out, Voyager 1 and 2 launched, Harvey Milk was elected. I mean, yeah, disco still existed and there was that whole Son of Sam (serial killer) thing I guess—but, Star Wars! It was a pretty good year…
