Mary J. Blige
AUDIO
Interview by Gavin Martin, Rock's Backpages Audio, 2005
Mary J. speaks frankly about her life: drink and drugs, domestic abuse, marriage, tattoos, clothes and wearing fur!
File format: mp3; file size: 28.6mb; Interview length: 31 16"; sound quality: ****
ARTICLES IN LIBRARY
Interview by Angus Batey, Vox, June 1997
WHAT'S THE most embarrassing item of clothing you've ever bought? ...
Mary J. Blige: Amager Bio, Copenhagen ****
Live Review by David Quantick, Q, January 1998
Once grumpy and so hopeless live she'd get booed offstage. Now... Nice Girl ...
Mary J Blige: Wembley Arena, London
Live Review by Gavin Martin, Independent, The, April 2002
IT WAS FOOLISH to think that the first lady of hip hop soul would abide by the title of her latest, and greatest-selling, album, No ...
Interview by Precious Williams, Scotland on Sunday, August 2003
MARY J BLIGE'S daunting reputation as a volatile, prickly diva has always threatened to eclipse her extraordinary vocal talent. Legend has it that her record ...
The Drama of Being Mary J. Blige
Profile by Barney Hoskyns, Observer, The, November 2005
"WE LOVE YOU, MARY!" The shouts float up from isolated pockets in the plush auditorium housed within Columbus Circle's glitzy Time Warner building. Mary J. ...
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