Happy Birthday Madonna!

MLVC's latest This Week In Ciccone chats about the resurgence of Into The Groove on the UK charts, Madonna's recent appearance at Dolce & Gabbana's fashion show in Milan and subsequent performance of La Bambola, the Celta Vigo soccer jersey mystery, a rumored music video in Londo ...  Show more

Waiting for a new Madonna album is rough! MLVC discusses how the wait between Madame X and her forthcoming album is the longest wait (almost 7 years!!!) that we as a fandom have ever endured. We also revisit previous era's wait times and have our This Week In Ciccone and Madonna ...  Show more

Life is a mystery, everyone must stand alone... except for everyone listening to this episode, because we're traveling together through doubt and deliverance with Madonna's "Like a Prayer." Kirk takes a look at the high-contrast drama of the megastar's 1989 megahit, with its c ...

Oh, sinner man, where you gonna run to? To the rock? To the river? To the sea? Well, wherever you run, you'll still be starring in a Strong Songs analysis of one of Nina Simone's greatest recordings.

Yes, it's time for Strong Songs' first-ever analysis of a live recordin ...

Let's go back, let's go back, let's go way on back to that time Aretha Franklin recorded one of her best songs.

On this episode, Kirk dives into two different versions of Franklin's classic tune "Think." First it's the laid back groove and roomy mix of the 1968 original, ...

Elton John and his lyricist Bernie Taupin wrote so many great songs over the years that it was impossible to pick a single one for Strong Songs. So, why not do two? Kirk dives into a pair of classics by the storied songwriting duo, talking about Elton's chameleon-like voice, h ...