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 MadonnaTribe
meets Victor Lopez
You've seen him live on stage with Madonna at the Confessions Tour and defying gravity in the streets and in the skies of Tokyo in the Jump video. Now the very talented Victor Lopez stops by at Madonna Tribe to talk about freerunning, touring with the Queen of Pop, and how Madonna made him ready to jump and become a professional freerunner. |
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For
Inspiration: Carlton Wilborn: A Call for the Warriors
Carlton Wilbron's latest incarnation comes as a distinct creation of rich intensity and theatrical flair that starts right there where his " Front & Center" book ends and will transport you into a world that is sewn seamlessly to the soul of the author. This unique CD is now out, and MadonnaTribe is happy to help Carlton to address his fans himself
and let them know about the "Call for the Warriors". |
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MadonnaTribe
meets Tony Shimkin
In an exclusive interview, Tony Shimkin - co-producer and co-author of some of the greatest songs from Madonna's Erotica - stops by at Madonna Tribe to take us on a behind the scene journey through tidbits, memories and an unrivaled first-hand report of the creation process of the all-time masterpiece tracks from one of Madonna's most original and controversial albums. |
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MadonnaTribe
meets Bill Lanphier
One of the most original and multitalented artists out there, musician, photographer, Bill Lanphier is certainly not afraid of experimenting.
In 1985 he embarked with Madonna on her first ever tour, The Virgin Tour, as the bass player. We recently met him to chat about that tour, and here's what he told us about his "very first time". |
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MadonnaTribe
meets Malcolm Middleton
Scottish musician Malcolm Middleton picked up an unusual Madonna song to cover on his new album. We had a chance to get in touch and chat with him about this new release and asked him how did he came up with the idea of turning Stay into an awesome acoustic ballad.. |
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MadonnaTribe
meets Steve Nestar
Fourteen years of dance training and a jazz degree
at the International Dance Academy in Paris are only the tip
of the iceberg of the skills of the amazing Steve
Nestar. The MadonnaTribe Team meets this versatile
dancer and choreographer who performs exciting mixtures of
salsa, break dance, jacking, hip hop, jazz and tap, and can
easily switch from a movie like Le Défi -
written and directed by Blanca Li - to commercials, fashion
shows, and of course... working hard on stage with Madonna.
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MadonnaTribe
meets Lucy O'Brien
Bestselling music critic, biographer and academic
with a twenty-year career in journalism, Lucy O'Brien has
been researching material on Madonna since the soon-to-become
Queen of Pop arrived on the scene in the 1980s. Lucy O'Brien,
who is also the author of She Bop, She Bop II and
biographies of Dusty Springfield and Annie Lennox,
now stops by at Madonna Tribe to discuss her latest book,
Madonna - Like An Icon. |
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MadonnaTribe
meets Bo.Dà
The MadonnaTribe Team had the chance to speak with
Bo.Dà, the Italian band that has recently
released an interesting record in which they revisit some
of Madonna's greatest song in a unique jazzy style. Let's
go behind the scenes of this fascinating project with this
exclusive interview with Deborah, Fabio, Giorgio, Umberto
and their Madonna in jazz. |
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MadonnaTribe
meets Mark Saunders
Madonna Tribe meets Mark Saunders,
the multi-platinum English record producer who has worked
with some of the most influential artists and writers of the
21th century and who had a close encounter with the sound
of Madonna working on the still unreleased 12"
Mix of Now I'm Following You from the "I'm
Breathless" album that you can listen to in its original
cut at www.marksaunders.com.
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MadonnaTribe
meets George DuBose
Madonna Tribe had the chance to meet another great
artist who got to meet Madonna in her rising years: George
DuBose, the photographer who documented
Madonna's first gig ever at Uncle Sam's Blues at
the time when Camille Barbone was her manager. In this exclusive
interview he has to share with our readers some interesting
stories about the young and rough artist that would have soon
conquered the world. |
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MadonnaTribe
meets Maripol
MadonnaTribe had the chance to meet the one and only
Maripol, the famous art director, stylist,
designer and photographer who was an instrumental presence
and influence in the raising years of Madonna. With her unique
sense of style and classy yet innovative creations she contributed
in the making of the cultural myth Madonna is considered today.
Her original rubber bangles, cross related jewelery, fashion
tops, were responsable of the wannabe phenomenon that catapulted
Madonna into the eye of the world.
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MadonnaTribe
meets Curtis Knapp
The MadonnaTribe team had the chance to talk to Curtis
Knapp, the award-winning portrait and fashion photographer
who has portraied some of the most influential musicians,
actors, writers, artists and celebrities of our times, including
Laurie Anderson, William Burroughs, Brian Eno, Dennis Hopper,
Lou Reed, and REM, and signing the photoshoot for Madonna's
first magazine cover ever. |
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MadonnaTribe
meets RJ Durell
Choreographer RJ Durell, who joined
the Confessions Tour creative team and contributed his talent
to the amazing Erotica, La Isla Bonita
and Lucky Star numbers, talks about his personal
story of a natual born dancer in Michigan and how he ended
up working with some of the artists who are making history
in pop culture and show business, setting very ambitious and
specific goals for himself as a child and being completely
focused on turning his desires into reality. |
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MadonnaTribe
meets Luca Tommassini
In his first interview with a Madonna News site,
dancer, director and choreographer Luca Tommassini
talks about how he ended up involved in many amazing
Madonna projects such as The Girlie Show, Evita,
the Human Nature video and the Bedtime Story
live performance at the 1995 Brit Awards. We also
talked with Luca about some of the international stars with
whom he teamed up wth. Ladies & Gentlemen... MadonnaTribe
meets Luca Tommassini.
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For
Inspiration: Carlton Wilborn Front & Center
When we had the chance to chat
with Carlton Wilborn
- who worked with Madonna in projects such as the Blond Ambition
Tour, The Girlie Show and the Vogue video - he told us he
was giving the final touches to a book that he described as
"the most important thing I will be doing in
my career". "Front & Center"
is now out, and MadonnaTribe is happy to bring their readers
the first look ever at this inspiring book, as well as to
help Carlton to address the fans himself and let them know
"how he learned to live there". |
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MadonnaTribe
meets Tommy Kearney
MadonnaTribe readers were promptly informed
a few months ago about Madonna & Me, a play
written by Tommy Kearney that will debut in London
in pril 2007 at the Union Theatre in Southwark. Today
we are happy to meet the playright himself for a nice chat
that will bring our readers for the first time ever behind
the scenes of this project. |
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MadonnaTribe
meets Rui Paes
MadonnaTribe has had the pleasure
to meet artist and illustrator Rui Paes who
contributed his talent to Lotsa De Casha,
the fifth children's book by Madonna, and
talk about the creative process behind his beautiful Losta
illustrations, his background, his future projects, and the
concept and meaning of his Madonna portrait, named The
Madonna Of The Five Senses. |
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MadonnaTribe
meets Chiara
The MadonnaTribe team meets Chiara
Iezzi - singer, painter, photographer and multifaceted
artist - to discuss her new life, her new single and a common
passion we share: Madonna.
Join us for this exclusive chat with Italy's blond and pop
sensation whose new single - Nothing At All
- entered the single chart straight at #2! |
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MadonnaTribe
meets Nicki Richards
When the MadonnaTribe team met Madonna's Confessions
Tour backing singer Nicki Richards
in Paris last August and spent some time with her, we left with
the mutual promise of sitting down for a nice chat about her
carrer and her tour experience with M, as soon as the tour would
have ended.
And here it is... MadonnaTribe meets Nicki Richards! |
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MadonnaTribe
meets STEELE
MadonnaTribe had the chance to meet the creative
team at STEELE, for a great chat on the post
production work on "Future Lovers",
the opening video sequence of Madonna's latest live show,
the Confessions Tour. Dim the lights, sit back and enjoy this
interesting interview. |
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For
Inspiration: David Gurland's Guest Star Column
American actor and comedian David
Gurland has written an exclusive funny piece for
MadonnaTribe explaining his Madonna inspiration. David will
be back in New York this summer with three special performances
of "Neurotica", his collaboration
with musical director and arranger Michael Holland
at the Metropolitan Room, New York's hottest
music venue. |
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MadonnaTribe
meets Deborah Feingold
MadonnaTribe is happy to chat with Mrs Deborah
Feingold, the multi talented photographer that signed
one of the most popular photoshoots ever of the young queen
of pop. Commonly known as "the lollipop shots",
Deborah's photos of young Madonna have been published for
years on magazine covers and books worldwide and have become
the testimony of the time when this young girl was determined
"to rule the world". |
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MadonnaTribe
meets Jeri Heiden
The MadonnaTribe Team has had the pleasure to have
a brief chat with Jeri Heiden, the woman
in charge of the cover design of many Madonna albums, among
them, Like A Virgin, Like
A Prayer, You Can Dance
and True Blue.
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the True
Blue album this month, we focused our questions
to Jeri on the making of its iconic cover. |
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MadonnaTribe
meets Jason Harvey
Jason Harvey, who created Short &
Spikey in 1995 adding creative input to the shows
he worked on via video elements that he produced/directed,
talks to the MadonnaTribe team about his experience
on the road as the assistant director &
video engineer of Madonna's "Confessions Tour". |
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MadonnaTribe
meets Raistalla
The MadonnaTribe team is happy to
have as our exclusive guest Raistalla, the
amazing performer M-fans had the chance to know during the
re-Invention tour back in 2004. Raistalla
will be sharing not only her fondest memories from that tour
in her first interview ever with a Madonna Newsite, but will
also be chatting with us about her brand new career as a singer.
Welcome into the world of Raistalla.
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MadonnaTribe
meets Billy Steinberg
After celebrating the 20th anniversary
of "Like A Virgin" back in 2004,
we finally had the chance to have a chat with Billy
Steinberg, the author of the song, who spoke about
this signature Madonna song and about other timeless compositions
he wrote for the likes of Cyndi Lauper, The Bangles
and Mel C among others. Follow us through this interview
to discover the qualities a song must have to stay "shiny
and new" through decades.
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MadonnaTribe
meets Carlton Wilborn
The MadonnaTribe team has had the chance
to sit down for a chat with multifaceted artist Carlton
Wilborn, who worked with Madonna
in many legendary projects such as the Blond Ambition
Tour, The Girlie Show and the Vogue
music video. Carlton not only shares with our readers an in
depth look at the creation of those works but also takes us
into his private world and his fondest Madonna memories. |
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MadonnaTribe
meets Mihran
MadonnaTribe had the chance to meet Mihran Kirakosyan,
the amazing dancer that you've seen on stage with Madonna
in the re-Invention tour, the Live8 gig, the "Hung Up"
video and the promotional tour for "Confessions On A
Dance Floor".
Talking to Mihran we've learnt how this incredibly
talented guy has managed to make the impossible happen by
working harder and challenging himself every day. |
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MadonnaTribe
meets Bill Bennett
DJ Bill Bennett recently remixed
the classic Madonna ballad Frozen to give
a special treat to Madonna fans who attend his amazing DJ
sets. He is also a Madonna fan that worked hard on his dreams.
Talking to Bill we speak about the dance scene, the new Madonna
album and also learn about his fight against the problem of
drug abuse and how he let " the hurt inside of
him die". |
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MadonnaTribe
meets Chus & Ceballos
From the vibe of their Iberican Sound
to Madonna's Hung Up, Chus &
Ceballos meet MadonnaTribe
to talk about their adventure in the music business, their
work in the club scene, and producing and remixing the brand
new single by the Queen of the Dance Floor.
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MadonnaTribe
meets Jamie King
From his first collaboration with Madonna on the set
of "Human Nature" to "re-Invention", Jamie
King has directed, choreographed and conceptualized
videos, tv performances, world tours, helping creating those
strong images and unforgettable feelings with which Madonna
keeps inspiring us each time. Read what Jamie told MadonnaTribe
about his incredible experience working with the Queen of
Pop. |
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MadonnaTribe
meets Dago González
MadonnaTribe is proud to present
its reader the first interview that director Dago
Gonzàlez gives to a Madonna fansite. The talented
Dago, who directed the most part of the backdrop videos of
the two most recent Madonna tours, including the "Paradise
(Not For Me)" and "Bedtime Story"
video interludes, will be discussing with us the genesis of
these two mini films, considered by many fans as two of Madonna's
best videos to date. |
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MadonnaTribe
meets Slam
MadonnaTribe had the chance to get in touch with Slam,
the Blond Ambition dancer who shared with us his story, from
his early days in his native Belgium, the Vogue video, The
Blond Ambition Tour, Truth or Dare and the MTV Awards, to
his most recent adventures as an internationally acclaimed
performer and award-winning choreographer teaming up with
celebrities from all over the world. We hope you will enjoy
this exclusive interview in which you'll find out what the
Real Slam is like. |
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MadonnaTribe
meets Luis Camacho
Luis Camacho, best known for his work with
Madonna, stops by at M-Tribe for a funny talk about his carrer
and his work with the Queen of Pop. Luis
had influenced Madonna with his Vogue-ing style and choreographies
that were used both in the Vogue music video and in Blond
Ambition, the tour in which Camacho was one of the leading
dancers.
So, don't you stand there, let's get to it, read this interview,
there's nothing to it... |
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MadonnaTribe
meets Alex Magno
MadonnaTribe has had the chance to have a long chat with choreographer
and dancer Alex Magno about his adventurous
life, from his early days in Brazil to the nights spent to
create amazing dance routines we saw in the Madonna tours.
Alex brings us back to his roots, to let
us know how he did happen to know Madonna and to start working
with her, and to reveal some great anecdotes about how her
Girlie
Show and Drowned
World tours were created. |
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MadonnaTribe
meets Bruce Rodgers
Bruce Rodgers
was production designer for Madonna and her Drowned World Tour.
With his Tribe, inc. he designed spaces that
managed to match Madonna artistically, keeping her persona,
her music and her performance in mind. This story begings quite
a few months ago with a note by Bruce accompanying one of the
sketches he sent us: "Madonna is a very special person".
Read this interview and you'll know why Bruce is a very special
person, too. |
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MadonnaTribe
meets Peter Morse
The MadonnaTribe team has had an interesting chat with Peter
Morse, the lighting director of Madonna's Who's
That Girl, Blond Ambition, Girlie
Show and Drowned World tours, who
will be taking our readers behind the scenes of the creative
process of those tours with charming anecdotes and amazing
photos from his private collection, and also reveals why he
didn't do the first and latest Madonna tours. |
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MadonnaTribe
meets Ari Gold
MadonnaTribe has had the pleasure to meet Ari Gold,
the boy from the Bronx who has turned himself into a successful
pop/R&B singer and a rising music star, that will be sharing
with our readers what it feels for a fan.
Ari will be discussing with us how people like Madonna had
an influence on the world in which we live in, in this exclusive
interview which also premieres his brand new photoshoot, done
during Ari's recent European Tour, in charge of Marco Carocari. |
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MadonnaTribe
meets Tim Rice
MadonnaTribe meets Sir Tim Rice,
the acclaimed lyricist of "Evita".
Tim will be discussing with us how "Evita"
came to life, the Oscar winning song "You Must
Love Me", previous titles of the classic number
"Don't Cry For Me Argentina", the
Alan Parker movie and of course he will be sharing with our
readers his thoughts about the Queen of Pop.
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MadonnaTribe
meets Gardner Cole
MadonnaTribe meets Gardner Cole, co-writer
with Peter Rafelson of one of Madonna's classics: Open Your
Heart. Gardner gives our readers an insight into the "True
Blue" days as we learn many interesting tidbits on how
the song came to life.
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MadonnaTribe
meets Barry Harris
MadonnaTribe had the chance to have another exclusive chat
with a prestigious artist that has been working for Madonna
getting in touch with DJ Barry Harris on
October 2004. Barry has recently found some quality time to
give an answer to all the things we wanted to ask him about
his works and his career. Here you go! |
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MadonnaTribe
meets Jull Weber
You've seen him dancing with Madonna on stage
and in her amazing Don't Tell Me video.
Now Jull Weber - the handsome and everyone's
favourite dancer of the Drowned World Tour - comes to MadonnaTribe
to share his memories and to give us a glimpse of his incredible
career in show business. |
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MadonnaTribe
meets Steven Kilbride
Steven Kilbride is one of the minds behind the great
performance of "Into The Groove"
in Madonna's re-Invention Tour. Stevie takes
us into the exciting creative process of this performance
and shares for the first time with our readers his fondest
memories of the most talked about tour 2004. |
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MadonnaTribe
meets Mac Quayle
Musician, sound engineer and remixer/producer, the name of
Mac Quayle is tied to some of the most popular
Madonna dancefloor anthems and to many more dance hits by
artists from all over the world.
MadonnaTribe met Mac and asked him to shows us a glimpse of
his world and of his work with the Queen of Pop. |
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MadonnaTribe
meets Dustin Robertson
Like a sort of Lewis Carroll's white rabbit, Dustin
Robertson, editor of many Madonna music videos and
creator of the acclaimed AvidDiva remixed
videos, takes us through a journey behind the scenes of the
Madonna videos he worked on and reveals, among other things,
how the Queen of pop got into trouble with her " Hollywood"
music video, various anecdotes from the sets of the " Human
Nature" and " Power of Good-bye"
videos and the naked truth about the " Me Against
The Music" video with Britney Spears. |
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MadonnaTribe
meets Donna De Lory
Donna De Lory is much more than Madonna's
longtime back singer. She's a talented singer and author,
and an incredible friend to all her fans. Donna performed
a series of solo shows and attended a few in-store signings
during her days off along the Re-Invention Tour last summer.
Everyone who met her was enchanted, and Paolo and Mario from
MadonnaTribe were two of those lucky fans. |
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MadonnaTribe
meets Rocky Roeger and Kelly Stewart
Bags and pipes start playing, and one of the most surprising
moments of the Re-Invention Tour begins. MadonnaTribe spoke
to Rocky Roeger and Kelly Stewart
from USA Kilts and learned how even
the traditional scottish kilt got it's very
own Re-invention. |
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MadonnaTribe
meets Victor Calderone
He's a star among today's music producers and remixers, creating
an incredible number of club hits and remixes for loads of
major artists. MadonnaTribe chats with the
one and only Victor Calderone about his work,
his music and working with the one and only Queen
of Pop. |
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Interview
with Peter Rauhofer
When superstar dee-jay Peter Rauhofer visited Russia
in May 2004 to play his dj set at a local club Gaudi
- he was also interviewed by Dj Sasha for radio "M onte-Carlo
102.1 FM". Journalist Denis Zaharov, a very
big fan of Madonna, had also the chance to ask seven questions
to Peter about his work with the Queen of Pop. Thanks
to our correspondent from Russia Pasha MadonnaTribe
can offer its readers a transcript of the interview.
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MadonnaTribe
meets Ralphi Rosario
World famous artist Ralphi Rosario talks
about his music, his remixes, the Madonna
tunes you know he worked on ... and some you don't know (yet).
Read how his remixes of Love Profusion we
all love were born and discover that Love Profusion was not
his first Madonna song he was asked to work on... |
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MadonnaTribe
meets Jackie Christie
In 2003 she's been making the transition from DJ to studio
Producer and Remixer with " Nothing Fails".
Here's DJ Jackie
Christie talking about her style, her projects
and Madonna, opening MadonnaTribe's collection
of exclusive interviews. |
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