Mary Higgins Clark, the bestselling and prolific mystery writer who earned the nickname the “Queen of Suspense,” has died at the age of 92. Clark’s publisher Simon & Schuster announced the author’s death Friday, revealing she died of natural causes in Naples, Florida. “It is with deep sadness we say …
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For anyone who thought 2016’s American Band would be the most explicitly political record of the Drive-By Truckers career, the quintet has nine new songs that’ll likely convince you otherwise. In 2016, the longtime road warriors found new life with its election year treatise, which saw the band more revved …
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It’s been two weeks since the ousting of Deborah Dugan sparked a riotous dispute between the former Recording Academy CEO and the organization she once shepherded. Since then, the two sides have engaged in multiple back-and-forth accusations, insults and one scorched earth complaint. With no signs of a slowdown or …
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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. The music business is one of the most competitive industries out there. For decades, the best a good band could hope for was to tour extensively, praying that …
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Alicia Keys appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show to perform her new single “Underdog” — and also took the opportunity to talk about her reaction to Kobe Bryant’s death. “Underdog” comes off Keys’ upcoming eighth album Alicia, which will be released March 20th; the singer told Ellen DeGeneres why she …
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Cheer, the six-part Netflix docuseries about an elite collegiate cheerleading squad, has a winning formula that’s made it TV’s first breakout hit of 2020: small-town athletics, Texas kitsch, and beautiful young girls in pain. In the three weeks since it premiered, coverage of the show has blanketed the internet and …
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While hosting the 62nd annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Alicia Keys brought out Boyz II Men for a moving tribute to Kobe Bryant, who died Sunday in a helicopter crash. “[It’s] music’s biggest night celebrating the artists that do it best, but to be honest with you, we’re all feeling …
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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. When it comes to creating smooth percussion sounds, handheld shakers are a simple means of adding additional sonic layers to musical arrangements. With the right textures and volume …
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A review of the penultimate episode of The Good Place, “Patty,” coming up just as soon as I sign like a middle-school girl with a crush on Zac Efron… What happens when you die? Of all the Big Questions humanity has been asking going back to the caveman days, that …
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James Taylor will take on the Great American Songbook on the singer’s upcoming album American Standard, due out February 28th. The LP is Taylor’s first since 2015’s Before This World and 19th overall. “I’ve always had songs I grew up with that I remember really well, that were part of …
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