Miranda Lambert opened the 55th annual CMA Awards with a medley of five of her hits. It was an agile performance, imbued with the Texas singer’s signature swagger. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGAbwsMxqUc Backed by her superb band (always keep an eye on Spencer Cullum Jr. on pedal steel) and dressed in a blue …

Ruston Kelly can still vividly recall hearing his father Tim sing and perform for the family when he was younger. It had an impact that’s being felt all these years later, when the younger Kelly is a working singer-songwriter with successful solo albums and tours to his name. “That’s the …

Josh Hawley, thesenator perhaps best known for cheering on the crowd of Trump supporters storming the Capitol on Jan. 6, is refashioning his political identity around the idea that the United States is in disarray because men are no longer men. What exactly does he mean? He can’t really seem …

Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update pushed Ice Cube — or Kenan Thompson — to explain his refusal to get vaccinated on the show’s latest episode. In late October, news emerged that the rapper exited his upcoming comedy with Jack Black, Oh Hell No, after declining the producers’ request to be …

Taylor Swift emerged from a long performance hiatus on Saturday night when she inducted Carole King into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and she kicked off the night with a synth-pop rendition of “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow.” “I cannot remember a time when I didn’t know …

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Beats, no doubt, has had a busy year. The Apple-owned brand released the Studio Buds earlier this year, which had some noteworthy features we loved (killer battery life …

The life of Bebe Buell, fashion model, singer, and fixture of the Seventies rock scene, will be the subject of a new documentary. The as-yet-untitled film charts Buell’s rise, fall, and rebirth as a model — she was fired by her agency after posing nude in Playboy — her relationships …

Omar Apollo and Kali Uchis have reunited for a mournful dirge to a one-sided relationship, “Bad Life.” The track starts sparsely with just the muted pluck of a guitar, but soon exhales outward with delicate strings and rich layers of vocals before ending with heavy, crackling drum beat. “That’s a …

Pavement have expanded their 2022 reunion plans to include a North American tour next fall. The run will precede a previously announced European trek, and it’s set to kick off Sept. 27 at the Balboa Theatre in San Diego, California, and wrap Oct. 11 at ACL Live at the Moody …

UPDATE (11/1): Le Tigre‘s Kathleen Hanna and Johanna Fateman have settled their lawsuit against Barry Mann, Pitchfork reports. Mann had previously filed a cease-and-desist complaint claiming Le Tigre’s “Deceptacon” infringed on the copyright for the 1961 hit Mann cowrote, “Who Put the Bomp (in the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp).” The parties …