Category - The Wild Heart (1983)

The Wild Heart: Edge of 40

The Wild Heart, Stevie Nicks‘ second solo recording, turns 39 today. Although Stevie was presented with the daunting task of following up her blockbuster Billboard No. 1 album Bella Donna with another hit record...

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Stevie Nicks: Wild angel on the wing

The Faces Interview of the Month This is VJ Mark Goodman’s second interview with Stevie Nicks. The first was conducted in California just as Nicks, the most successful of the freewheeling Fleetwoods, was leaving...

The best pop music of 1983

A CHOICE OF 10 SINGLES – THE BEST POP MUSIC OF 1983 In 1983, singles proved to be a much better vehicle for amusing, adventurous pop music than albums were. Whether we’re talking about the traditional 7-inch...

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Mystical Music: Stevie Nicks

One of the “rules” of growing up is to leave behind childhood fantasies of spirits, fairy princesses and the like — unless you build a career on mystical appeal, as has singer-songwriter Stevie Nicks...

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Stevie Nicks: She’s smiling now

Stevie Nicks has always been two performers. At times, she is the Gothic figure of tragedy, the enigmatic witch of “Rhiannon” who swirls her diaphanous black and white capes as she dances an ancient ballet —...

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A Wild Heart — Stevie Nicks

Houston, Texas — It had been building toward this all day. First, Stevie Nicks’ personal assistant and then her road manager had issued the warning: Don’t ask Stevie about her personal life, or else. Now the...

Innerview: Stevie Nicks

Stevie Nicks: Arizona’s Bella Donna comes home. Once upon a time, there lived a golden-haired princess named Stephanie. She grew up with dolls and toys and all the worldly things which make little girls happy. But...

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Stevie Nicks sees world in a blur

PHOENIX, Ariz. — For singer Stevie Nicks, her success as a songwriter could be attributed to her failing eyesight. I definitely perceive the world differently than most people do,” said the most visible member of...

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ALBUM REVIEW: The Wild Heart

Seldom has Stevie Nicks been in better voice than on The Wild Heart. Her distinctive lower-range growl has broadened and strengthened considerably; it may not be a bluesmama instrument, but it carries some emotional...

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REVIEW: Stevie Nicks The Wild Heart

Stevie Nicks was following both her debut solo album, Bella Donna (1981), which had topped the charts, sold over a million copies (now over four million), and spawned four Top 40 hits, and Fleetwood Mac‘s Mirage...