Gordon Lightfoot

For more than 50 years, Gordon Lightfoot has written and recorded some of the most beautiful and thoughtful songs ever created. We catch up with the man who Bob Dylan calls his mentor to discuss his 50+ years in the business about his career and why changes to the music business excite, rather than frighten, him.

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Kenny G

Kenny G may be one of the most successful artists of all time, but did you know he couldn’t even make his high school band? He reveals how he overcome this early disappointment and how it fueled him to learn all he could about making music.

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Kenny Rogers

Farewell Kenny Rogers

Kenny Rogers has passed away at the age of 81. Rogers career spanned nearly six decades during which time he had 24 number-one hits and more than 50 million albums sold in the US alone. Last year we had the pleasure of featuring him in an article for the spring issue of Growing Bolder Magazine where he reflected on old friends and shared what life was like in his later years.

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Art Garfunkel: The Songs of a Generation

With his musical parter Paul Simon, Art Garfunkel helped define the sound of a generation. Fifty years after the folk rock duo’s fifth and final album was released, Garfunkel is still passionate about the causes dearest to him, he’s just released a new memoir and he’s still touring the country. He checks in with GB Radio about his legendary career and looks forward to what’s next.

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Jodi Tassos

Jodi Tassos – Singing for the Soul

Since she was a young girl, music has always been a major part of Jodi Tassos’ life, and at the age of 80, her love of the arts only continues to grow. For the past 14 years, she’s nurtured the musical education of those 55 and older as director of the Young at Heart Chorale. Come along as the group performs for a very special audience: a group of veterans residing at a VA Hospital.

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George Clinton

George Clinton

Clean and sober at 76, R&B pioneer George Clinton is more energetic, more creative and funkier than he has been in decades. Find out how he got his Mothership back on course.

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Aaron Neville

Aaron Neville

Legendary singer Aaron Neville’s voice is timeless, not ageless. Each tune is tinged with the sounds of wisdom, experience and lessons learned. At the age of 75, he’s just released a new album, and for the first time, he’s wrote the songs he’s singing. He explains why he wanted to take this step at this point in his career and what his wife had to do with it.

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Larry ‘DJ PreSkool’ Weissman

Larry Weissman spent the ’60s staging huge concerts in San Francisco. Now he’s in his 60s, and this time, he’s making the music as one of NY’s hottest dance music DJs. He explains how music has the power to bring the generations together and explains why he had no interest in a traditional retirement.

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Cyndi Lauper

Cyndi Lauper just may be the biggest genre-bending entertainer in history. She’s not afraid to test out new musical styles and new projects, and that includes her latest adventure: covering some of the most classic country and western songs of all time. She explains why she loves taking detours.

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Herb Alpert

In the 1960s, few acts, including the Beatles, could match the success of Herb Alpert and his famed Tijuana Brass Band. Herb shares stories from his legendary career and even treats us to playing a little bit of music. Find out why, even at 81, he works every day to be a better musician. Plus, find out why he and his wife of 42 years have helped give away tens of millions of dollars to support artists of all kinds over the past 20 years.

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Fabian

What’s life like for one of the biggest teen idols of all time in his 70s? The one and only Fabian explains how he’s still Growing Bolder. Plus, find out why he understands exactly what Justin Bieber is going through.

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