So, How Was Your Decadeis a series in which the decade’s most innovative musicians answer our questionnaire about the music, culture and memorable moments that shaped their decade. We’ll be rolling these pieces out throughout December. Few artists can truly stake a claim to the James Brown Honorary “Hardest Working …
Read More »'The Aeronauts': Ballooning Biopic Goes Up, Up and Away From the Facts
What do you say about a 19th-century ballooning movie that looks great in the air but doesn’t stick the emotional landing? That’s the problem with The Aeronauts, one of those “based on a true story” undertakings that are only partly true. The film reunites Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones, who …
Read More »FDA Issues Warning About CBD Products
When CBD first came on the market, it was immediately marketed as a cure-all for all manners of ailments, from depression to premenstrual cramps to opioid addiction. Yet as the market has expanded, so too has the number of distributors peddling phony or even dangerous products, prompting the FDA to …
Read More »Leonard Cohen's Profound 'Thanks for the Dance' Is a Posthumous Grace Note
Leonard Cohen wrote and recorded until near his final breaths — the work, it was understood, was keeping him alive. Arriving three years after his death, Thanks for the Dance is a surprise, a sort of séance as shiva, a magnificent parting shot that’s also that exceptionally rare thing — …
Read More »Mandy Moore Announces 2020 North American Tour
Mandy Moore has announced a North American tour for 2020, her first major tour in over a decade. It kicks off March 20th in Pittsburgh at the Benedum Center, with Moore playing shows in New York, Chicago, Nashville, San Francisco, Dallas and more before wrapping May 9th at Denver’s Gothic …
Read More »That Time Michael Bolton Wrote a Song With Bob Dylan
As Rolling Stone reported last month, Bob Dylan‘s heartfelt Time Out of Mind track “Make You Feel My Love” has oddly become one of his most-covered songs, with more than 400 interpretations to date. One of those is by Michael Bolton, who included a version with German singer Helene Fischer …
Read More »Watch Alessia Cara Perform 'Rooting For You' at E! People's Choice Awards
Alessa Cara gave a special performance as part of the 2019 E! People’s Choice Awards, which were broadcast live from Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California, on Sunday evening. The singer performed her song “Rooting for You” in a funky rendition that featured a horn section alongside her live band. …
Read More »Paul McCartney Remembers Beatles Photographer Robert Freeman
Paul McCartney remembered Robert Freeman as “imaginative and a true original thinker” in a tribute to the late photographer who shot some of the Beatles’ most memorable album covers. Freeman’s photos of the Beatles ended up the covers of albums like With the Beatles, Rubber Soul, Help! and Beatles for …
Read More »Luke Combs' 'What You See Is What You Get' Album: Track-by-Track Guide
At 17 tracks, Luke Combs‘ What You See Is What You Get isn’t a routine album as much as a miniature box set of recent tracks, pairing 12 unreleased songs with the entirety of this summer’s EP The Prequel. The result is an hour-plus collection of music, stacked to the …
Read More »Carrie Brownstein and Maggie Rogers Discuss Songwriting, Longevity in Exclusive Video
Carrie Brownstein and Maggie Rogers sat down to ask each other tough questions about songwriting, longevity and more for Rolling Stone‘s “Musicians on Musicians” package. Rogers launches into the conversation with a discussion of songwriting, asking Brownstein about her own process. “I do feel like I have to turn off …
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