For the Beach Boys, 2020 was supposed to be a busy year, packed with performances and meet-and-greets.“And then it came to a screeching halt,” Mike Love tells Rolling Stone. “I just look forward to the time when we can get out and do our live music again.” While remaining isolated …
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In early March, as the full threat of the coronavirus was becoming imminent, Nashville songwriter Caleb Caudle made the preemptive decision to begin postponing a 70-date tour in support of his new album, Better Hurry Up. SXSW had been canceled a few days earlier and the forecast for live music …
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Paul McCartney, who learned “everything he knows” from Little Richard, penned a tribute to the rock pioneer Sunday following Little Richard’s death at the age of 87. “From ‘Tutti Frutti’ to ‘Long Tall Sally’ to ‘Good Golly, Miss Molly’ to ‘Lucille’, Little Richard came screaming into my life when I …
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Australian electro-pop outfit Cut Copy have returned with an enthralling new song, “Love Is All We Share.” The meditative and immersive song is built out of a simple electronic drum beat and an array of synths that drip, sway and spiral around Dan Whitford’s soft vocals. “Can you feel it …
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Could your quarantine playlist use a little more seasoning? Rolling StoneLatinselects some of the best new music releases from Latin America, Spain and Portugal.Keep track of the latest in Latin via our playlist on Spotify. Buscabulla, “Nydia” The formerly New York-based, Puerto Rican duo Buscabulla celebrate a return to the …
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Bob Seger turned 75 on Wednesday, but in his typical low-key style he didn’t commemorate the landmark birthday with a social-media post or a public declaration of any sort. He’s basically been living off the grid since the conclusion of his farewell tour on November 1st, 2019, which turned out …
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Jamie xx has released the one-take visual for his latest club track, “Idontknow.” The video stars Belfast dancer and choreographer Oona Doherty, who also co-directed the clip with Luca Truffarelli. Filmed in Belfast in March 2020 — the night before Northern Ireland went into lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic …
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Barbra Streisand has released a new music video for “You’ll Never Walk Alone” as a tribute to healthcare workers and in support of COVID-19 relief. The song, written for the Rodgers and Hammerstein musicalCarousel in 1945, was first recorded by Streisand in 1997, but her most famous rendition of the …
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Drake is known for his prolific streaks. Since 2009, he hasn’t gone longer than two years between projects and his catalog is filled with a vault’s worth of thrown off songs and features. In the worst-case scenario, some of these songs are released unofficially. To combat this, Drake has decided …
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Mavis Staples was planning on yet another busy summer. The gospel/soul legend had three months of dates with Norah Jones and Patty Griffin booked, but after the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, Staples will now be holed away in her Chicago apartment for the foreseeable future. Staples has been catching …
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