Migos, Culture IIThe Atlanta hip-hop innovators follow up last year’s Culturewith a follow-up recorded largely on the road – a shift from “Bad and Boujee” and other early tracks, which the trio mostly recorded in their home studios.“We were just writing in the middle of, like, the jungle – our …
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With Glen Campbell and Bobbie Gentry – not to mention Merle Haggard and Buck Owens – on Capitol Records in the late Sixties, the label was a country-music powerhouse. And while Gentry had soared to the top of the pop and country charts with her “Ode to Billie Joe,” Campbell‘s …
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Former Smiths bassist Andy Rourke denies that he is reuniting with the band’s drummer Mike Joyce for a series of orchestral concerts scheduled for this summer. Hours after the “Classically Smiths” shows were announced for June in the U.K., a rep for Rourke emailed Rolling Stone to say that the …
Read More »Aerosmith's Joe Perry Talks Stripped-Down New Solo Album, Fiery Live Gig
Aerosmith‘s Joe Perry knows something about getting lost in the moment. It happened for the latest time during the final seconds of his show this week celebrating the release of a new solo album at the Roxy Theatre in West Hollywood, where guitarists Perry, Slash, Johnny Depp and Dean DeLeo …
Read More »Dolly Parton Earns Two Spots in '2018 Guinness World Records'
When Dolly Parton logged her first Top 20 hit on the country chart in late 1967 with “Something Fishy” (also her first self-penned single), she was on her way to a remarkable career that would see her reach global icon status just a decade later. Now, the singer-songwriter, actress and …
Read More »Mavis Staples, Norah Jones, Gary Clark, Jr. Lead Love Rocks Benefit
The second annual Love Rocks NYC benefit concert will feature performances by Norah Jones, Mavis Staples and Gary Clark, Jr., among many others. The Whoopi Goldberg-hosted concert, which will take place at New York’s Beacon Theater on March 15th, will benefit God’s Love We Deliver, an organization that provides meals …
Read More »David Byrne Preps New Album 'American Utopia,' First Solo LP in 14 Years
David Byrneannounced his new album American Utopia, the former Talking Heads singer’s first solo LP in 14 years. Byrne also unveiled the animated video for the album’s first single “Everybody’s Coming to My House,” co-written by longtime collaborator Brian Eno and featuring contributions from Sampha, TTY and Onyx Collective’s Isaiah …
Read More »Watch Brandi Carlile's Cathartic 'The Joke' on 'Kimmel'
The power of Brandi Carlile‘s recently released track “The Joke” was certainly not lost on the audience at Jimmy Kimmel Live when the singer with the soaring voice performed it – and another new cut, “The Mother” – during Wednesday night’s episode of the ABC late-night series. Carlile introduced the …
Read More »Watch Luke Bryan Sing Lionel Richie Medley at Kennedy Center Honors
Luke Bryan‘s abiding admiration of Lionel Richie has come full circle in 2017, a year that began with the two of them jamming on the Commodores’ “Oh No” and later saw both men signing on as judges for the upcoming American Idol reboot. In early December, Bryan reaffirmed his fandom …
Read More »Watch the Dap-Kings Remember Sharon Jones' Last Album
Neal Sugarman, Cochemea Gastelum and Binky Griptite of Sharon Jones‘ backing band the Dap-Kings, reflect on writing and recording“Sail On!” in the latest installment of Rolling Stoneseries, “Levels.” The song appears on Jones’ final album, Soul of a Woman, which was released in November, one year after the beloved soul …
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