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 »
Country music tends to go through cyclical changes, often swinging between nods to its stripped-down folk origins and polished takes on current popular trends. One of the latest movements, as exemplified by Luke Combs and Gabby Barrett, finds a way to synthesize both of those approaches — plus many others …
Read More »
David Byrne sticks his head out from behind a chain-mail curtain before joining his band for a rendition of Janelle Monáe’s indictment of police brutality against black people, “Hell You Talmbout,” in the teaser for his upcoming concert film, David Byrne’s American Utopia. The movie, which Spike Lee directed, will …
Read More »
Jack Sherman, one-time guitarist for the Red Hot Chili Peppers who played on the band’s debut album, has died at the age of 64, the band confirmed Friday. No cause of death was provided. “We of the RHCP family would like to wish Jack Sherman smooth sailing into the worlds …
Read More »
With Soundgarden, Kim Thayil often experimented with how he played guitar, changing the strings’ tunings and incorporating feedback into the band’s sound. He brings that sense of musical adventuring to “The Firebird,” a track off the upcoming album by the Barrett Martin Group, a jazz-fusion ensemble that the former Screaming …
Read More »
Blues-rock guitarist G.E. Smith and R&B singer-songwriter LeRoy Bell have a rock & roll day at the beach in the video for their new single “Let the Sunshine in.” Directed by Fabian Rodriguez, the visual features Smith and Bell jamming on their guitars while lounging around and exploring the sandy …
Read More »
Arcade Fire’s Will Butler has shared a new song and video, “Close My Eyes,” from his upcoming solo album, Generations, out September 25th via Merge. The song has a breezy, bouncing pop groove that opens up into a lush chorus that places Butler’s voice against a wall of backing harmonies. …
Read More »
Early in Caylee Hammack‘s career as a staff songwriter with Universal, she was on a writers’ retreat in Florida when she got the news that her house in Nashville had burned down. She lost nearly everything. Fortunately, the 26-year-old Ellaville, Georgia, native had already learned a few things about resilience. …
Read More »
On Friday, Disney released the music video for “Loyal Brave True,” Christina Aguilera’s thematic song for the live-actionMulan remake. It’s one of two contributions that Aguilera has made to the new movie’s soundtrack, along with an updated version of “Reflection,” her theme from the original Mulan in 1998. “The filmMulan …
Read More »
If you have spent any amount of time on TikTok this year, you have certainly encountered Cookiee Kawaii’s breakthrough hit “Vibe (If I Back It Up).” It’s a song accidentally tailor-made for TikTok fiends: a sharp earworm full of playful sounds (bed creaks and snare cracks) and a stop-start Jersey …
Read More »