Deborah L. Jacobs

Why John Foster’s “Believe” Cover Still Feels Like a Prayer You Carry for Life
There are songs that stop time and John Foster found one of them when he chose to sing “Believe” by ...

Keith Urban’s Messed Up As Me: Why a Flawed Love Song Feels So Uncomfortably True
There are songs that hit like a mirror, showing us the parts of love we wish we could hide. Keith ...

The Spark Behind Keith Urban’s GO HOME W U
A night out can change everything. That is the feeling that rolls through Keith Urban’s duet with Lainey Wilson, GO ...

The Secret Smile Inside Shania Twain’s Love Gets Me Every Time
Love never checks your calendar. Just when you think you have everything planned it slips in and takes over. That ...

When Silence Broke: Jamal Roberts Shares His Heart in a Debut Original Song
The bright lights were not the most important thing. Jamal Roberts walked out calm and strong, and right away the ...

When Silence Broke: Jamal Roberts and Kelly Clarkson’s Tearful ‘I Will Always Love You’ at a Nashville Memorial
The room was so quiet you could hear the air. At a memorial in Nashville, that quiet ended when Jamal ...

Jamal Roberts Breaks His Silence: Privacy, Pain and the Price of Fame
The words came before the music. Jamal Roberts wrote a Facebook post that was raw and unfiltered, filled with frustration ...

When Michael Jackson Turned ‘We Are the World’ Into More Than a Song at the 2003 Radio Music Awards
There are times when the stage feels too small for someone’s story. That is what happened at the 2003 Radio ...

Michael Jackson Before the Crown: The 1977 ‘Going Places’ Interview That Showed His Heart
There is something magnetic about hearing Michael Jackson speak before the world knew him as the King of Pop. In ...

Elvis Presley’s Baton Rouge Farewell: The Night ‘Can’t Help Falling in Love’ Felt Like Goodbye
There is something haunting about hearing an artist in the final stretch of their journey. When Elvis Presley walked onto ...