Brazilian pop star Anitta has released a new song, “Girl From Rio,” along with an accompanying music video. The track finds Anitta putting her own spin on the Brazilian bossa nova classic, “The Girl From Ipanema,” first singing over the song’s iconic acoustic guitar line before the track opens up …
Read More »Maroon 5 Detail New Album 'Jordi,' a Tribute to Band's Late Manager
Maroon 5 have announced that they’ll be releasing their latest studio album, Jordi, on June 11th via 222/Interscope. The album is named after the band’s late manager Jordan Feldstein, who died in 2017 from a heart attack. Maroon 5 has made several tributes to Feldstein in subsequent years, including the …
Read More »Kurt Cobain's 'The Last Session' Photoshoot Will Be Sold as an NFT
Close your eyes and you can see them: The leopard print jacket, that boyish trapper hat, and those white, Jackie O sunglasses. Together, the items are unmistakable, but their wearer looks a bit different from every angle. Perhaps that’s because Kurt Cobain‘s personality was like a flame — sometimes bold …
Read More »Young The Giant's Sameer Gadhia: Rock Music Must Unearth Its Diverse Roots
It took twelve years of grueling touring and four album releases for me and my band, Young the Giant, to headline the legendary Forum in Los Angeles in 2019. The storied venue that had once housed every act under the sun — from Marvin Gaye to Bob Dylan — was …
Read More »Oscars 2021: Wolf Howls, Da Butt and the Chadwick Boseman Tribute That Wasn't
Lord, that was ugly. The most flamboyantly unplanned and half-assed Oscar Night in recent history was a grind from beginning to end, with the premise, “Just wait till the finale — you’ll see people clap and weep for Chadwick Boseman.” But that was simply one of the many plans that …
Read More »Watch Nancy Wilson Perform Her Eddie Van Halen Tribute Song '4 Edward'
Nancy Wilson‘s upcoming solo LP You And Me (out May 7th) is a mixture of original tunes and cover songs, like Pearl Jam’s “Daughter” and Bruce Springsteen’s “The Rising.” It wraps up with “4 Edward,” which Wilson wrote as a tribute to Eddie Van Halen. “When Heart toured with Van …
Read More »Cher Fights to Save 'The Loneliest Elephant' in New Documentary
Products featured are independently selected by our editorial team and we may earn a commission from purchases made from our links Cher embarks on a journey to help relocate an elephant who’d been living alone in a Pakistani zoo for years in the new trailer for Cher and the Loneliest …
Read More »Keyboardist David Rosenthal on His Years With Billy Joel, Ritchie Blackmore, and Cyndi Lauper
Rolling Stone interview series Unknown Legends features long-form conversations between senior writer Andy Greene and veteran musicians who have toured and recorded alongside icons for years, if not decades. All are renowned in the business, but some are less well known to the general public. Here, these artists tell their …
Read More »Black Rob Deserved So Much More
In 1999, the walls started closing in on Sean “Puffy” Combs. Two years prior, his friend and Bad Boy Records superstar, the Notorious B.I.G., was gunned down in California. Puff’s album No Way Out, released a few months after Biggie’s death, bled with genuine grief and sorrow, and Bad Boy …
Read More »Morrissey's Manager Blasts 'The Simpsons' After Episode Mocks Singer
Morrissey’s manager called The Simpsons’ mockery of the former Smiths frontman “insulting” in an interview with Rolling Stone. On Sunday, The Simpsons aired an episode called “Panic On the Streets of Springfield,” in which Lisa becomes enamored with a brooding, militant vegan British musician named Quilloughby (voiced by Benedict Cumberbatch), …
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