On her new album Childstar, the Mexican pop star Danna introduces herself to fans in Latin America who thought they already knew everything about her. To start, the 13-track concept LP, which dropped last week, is the singer’s first project under her new stage name “Danna.” (She’s removed the “Paola” …
Read More »Bon Jovi, Forever Young, Comes Face-to-Face With Mortality in 'Thank You, Good Night'
You can’t watch Thank You, Good Night: The Bon Jovi Story and walk away with anything but respect for Jon Bon Jovi. The four-part, nearly five-hour documentary about the singer-songwriter and his namesake New Jersey rock band (streaming now on Hulu) unflinchingly addresses the vocal problems that plagued Bon Jovi’s …
Read More »Bess Atwell Is Learning To Be at Peace With Herself
“Got a lot to be forgiven for, gave a lot of hell,” Bess Atwell sings on “Release Myself,” the second track of her upcoming album Light Sleeper. Her whimsical vocals float poised and steady atop a wall of rousing guitar riffs, as the Brighton, U.K.-based singer-songwriter reflects on the idea …
Read More »See Ne-Yo Showcase Hits-Filled Songwriting Catalog With Tiny Desk Concert
Ne-Yo performed his own hits, singles he penned for artists like Rihanna and Beyoncé, and debuted a new song during the R&B singer’s Tiny Desk concert that NPR Music shared Friday. The hitmaker and his eight-person backing band kicked off the 23-minute set with a trio of his 2000s tracks …
Read More »Cris Jacobs Rediscovered His Joy for Bluegrass by Cold-Calling Jerry Douglas
On the edge of Baltimore, where urban sprawl slowly transitions into Mid-Atlantic farmland, sits the home of singer-songwriter Cris Jacobs. In the backyard is a small barn where Jacobs concocts and woodsheds his melodies. “It feels like we’re in the country,” Jacobs tells Rolling Stone. “Even though we’re not.” Last …
Read More »'Challengers' Is Sex, Tennis and Zendaya in Full Beast Mode, Not in That Order
You will never see sweat shot as lovingly, as carefully, or as carnally as you see it filmed in Challengers, Luca Guadagnino‘s doubles match of tennis drama and tortured love triangle. It virtually glistens off of the two male players competing to win — on the court, off the court, …
Read More »Is Taylor Swift Teasing 'Tortured Poets Department' Additions to the Eras Tour?
Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour was already a marathon — three hours, a 45-song setlist on average — and now, ahead of the European leg of the trek, she has 31 more tracks from her new album, The Tortured Poets Department, to choose from. Swift returns to the stage in just …
Read More »What's Next for Harvey Weinstein After His New York Rape Conviction Was Overturned?
When New York’s top court overturned Harvey Weinstein’s Manhattan-based sex crimes conviction in a surprise move Thursday, questions about Weinstein’s reversal of fortune and what comes next for the disgraced movie mogul started to multiply. Will there be a new trial in New York? Could Weinstein be released on bail …
Read More »Here's How to Watch 'Call Me Country: Beyoncé & Nashville's Renaissance' Doc Online
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. “When I first heard the two singles drop, I was like, ‘Shit, that’s country,” says Aaron Vance in the teaser for CNN’s Call Me Country: Beyoncé & Nashville’s …
Read More »The Success of 'Fancy Like' Challenged Walker Hayes' Sobriety. His New Project Celebrates It
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Country singer Walker Hayes was six years into his sobriety journey when he scored a surprise number-one hit, instantly giving him the biggest platform of his career, while …
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