Pharrell‘s Something In The Water festival returns to Virginia Beach this weekend after a one-year detour to the nation’s capital. The legendary producer pulled the 2022 festival from his hometown because of what he deemed a “toxic energy” from the local government after the fatal police shooting of his cousin, …
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Joy Oladokun recently started re-watching Nashville, the soapy TV series centered on country music dreams and drama that helped usher in a wave of big change in the Tennessee capital. She had been thinking about her own place in Nashville — mainly, if she should stay as the state becomes …
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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. For me, getting to sleep at night is aprocess, and requires a number of very specific situational adjustments to have any shot at actually happening. This includes crisp …
Read More »'Cruel Summer': The Taylor Swift Hit We Deserve
In the summer of 2019, many Taylor Swift fans weren’t sure what to expect from her new music.Her first single of the year, “Me!,” had been so bubbly and over-the-top —so totally the opposite of Reputation — that fans were divided between excitement for a shimmery pop return, and confusion …
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Kesha has released a pair of new songs, “Eat the Acid” and “Fine Line,” from her upcoming album, Gag Order, out May 19. “Fine Line” is a deceptively atmospheric track that eschews percussion but pulls plenty of energy from its bruising synths and Kesha’s vocals, which build from a whisper …
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Country singer Jamey Johnson and saxophone player Dave McMurray have combined their talents for a new cover of Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter’s “To Lay Me Down” that’s out now. The song appears on McMurray’s upcoming album Grateful Deadication 2, a tribute album that reimagines the work of the Grateful …
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Perhaps inspired by the intimacy of playing solely for a judge and a jury of his peers in the ongoing copyright trial he’s entangled in, Ed Sheeran will hit the road next month to play smaller venues for what he’s dubbed the “ – “ tour. (If you want to …
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Xylø is not afraid of embracing her body in order to share her art. On Friday, the singer released the pop-perfect single “Super Sex Mona Lisa,” in which she unapologetically reflects on starting OnlyFans to help fund her music career. Doing so, she says, has given her a “newfound confidence.” …
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If we had a nickel for every time a musician has had to address concerns about their physical appearance in the last three weeks, we would have two nickels — which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird that it happened twice, right? Similarly to Ariana Grande earlier this month, Post …
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Bebe Rexha, 33, and Dolly Parton, 77, make sense of aging while staying young at heart on Rexha’s new single “Seasons.” “My mirror is a liar/Inside, I’m still a child,” Parton sings over a lilting acoustic guitar line, “who’s tryin’ to find her way back home.” In the same verse, …
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