Brandon's Buzz

She started out in heady days of the Austin explosion of the late '90s, which also gave birth to Fastball, Patty Griffin, Abra Moore, Shawn Colvin, Sister 7, and so many others, and eleven years after her stunning debut "River Under the Road," she's still going strong. Her sixth album, "Road to My Love," has just been released, and now acclaimed singer/songwriter ANA EGGE is dropping by the Buzz to discuss her latest record and her extraordinary career!

She first came to our collective attention as spunky dancer Nicole on the classic '80s television series "Fame," and we've loved her in all her various incarnations --- TV host, pop singer, butt-kicking action star, and respected actress --- ever since. Now having a blast on "The Young and the Restless" (for which she just received an Image Award nomination), the sensational Nia Peeples is dropping by the Buzz to discuss her latest projects and her extraordinary career!

Her fascinating and instantly recognizable voice --- equal parts Tammy Wynette and Janis Joplin --- brought Lacy J. Dalton a stunning string of twenty top 40 country hits in the ‘80s, including “Takin’ It Easy,” “16th Avenue,” and “Black Coffee.” She still performs and tours regularly, and she has gotten seriously involved with the plight of Nevada’s endangered wild horses by helping to write legislation to protect them, and she’s dropping by the Buzz to talk about all of this and more!

Back in 1985, her role as tortured novelist-to-be Traci Abbott Carlton won her "The Young and the Restless'" very first acting Emmy trophy. She still makes periodic appearances on "Y&R," and now, the terrific Beth Maitland is dropping by the Buzz to discuss her time on the show and to reveal what she's up to these days!

In 1997, a risque smash single called "Bill" catapulted her back into the spotlight, and now, legendary rhythm and blues performer Peggy Scott-Adams is coming by the Buzz to talk about her extraordinary career, and to discuss the new musical direction her path has begun to take!

She co-wrote the theme songs for "Diff'rent Strokes" and "The Facts of Life," among others, and she's a renowned actress ("Days of Our Lives") and singer (the #1 smash "Friends and Lovers"), and now the incredible Gloria Loring is dropping by the Buzz to discuss her life, her amazing career, and her new musical revue show!

Best known for her incredible fifteen-year run as Valene Ewing on the classic CBS primetime series "Knots Landing," legendary actress Joan Van Ark is dropping by the Buzz to talk about her amazing career and her latest projects.

Her 1997 global smash "Four Leaf Clover" won her a Grammy nomination (for Best Female Rock Vocal) and made her an instant star. She has continued making terrific music in the years that followed, and she's coming to the Buzz to discuss her incredible body of work and her latest album, "On the Way."

He became a star in the ‘90s, initially as the first adult Jake Martin on “All My Children” (though he was called Joey then!) and later as dashing Ted Capwell on the late great “Santa Barbara.” He has since moved on to a wonderfully full career as both a stage and screen actor and as a playwright, and now Michael Brainard is coming by Brandon’s Buzz to reminisce on his time in soaps and away from them!

She was a sensation in the late '80s and early '90s, first as a young Bette Midler in the classic tearjerker "Beaches," and later in her signature role as an unusually perceptive teenage girl navigating life in a houseful of addled men on the legendary NBC sitcom "Blossom." She largely stepped away from the glare of Hollywood several years ago, but to celebrate the long-awaited release of "Blossom" on DVD, the terrific Mayim Bialik is dropping by the Buzz to discuss her experiences on and recollections of a fondly-remembered classic!