Leading up tothe Grammy nominations on Nov. 8, Rolling Stone is breaking down 13 different categories. For each, we’re predicting the nominees, as well as who will (and who should) win on Grammy night. With many of Americana’s biggest recent Grammy winners (Jason Isbell, Rhiannon Giddens) absent from this year’s …
Read More »Carole King on the 2024 Election: 'Kamala Has Brought Joy Back into Politics'
SinceKamala Harrisstepped up as the candidate to face off with Donald Trump in November, she’s sparked a wildly energetic response from the music world. Megan Thee Stallion, Quavo, Bon Iver, and Olivia Rodrigohave all performed at Harris rallies or offered their support, and they are far from alone. Rolling Stone …
Read More »Cross Canadian Ragweed Reunion: The Dierks Bentley Hit That Name-Drops the Band
Cross Canadian Ragweed didn’t just send their fans into a frenzy when they announced their 2025 reunion concerts in Stillwater, Oklahoma, last week. Fellow artists also got fired up: During his headlining concert in Nashville on Sunday, Koe Wetzel told the crowd, “God bless, Cross Canadian Ragweed” and performed his …
Read More »Chappell Roan's Controversies Won't Define Her Career
“This world is bullshit,” Chappell Roan recently said, during an extended TikTok rant. “You shouldn’t model your life on what we think is cool and what we’re wearing and what we’re saying and everything. Go with yourself.” All right, fine, that was actually what Fiona Apple said on the VMAs …
Read More »Kendrick Lamar Should Dominate the Grammys' Best Rap Song Race With an Undeniable Diss Track
Leading up tothe Grammy nominations on Nov. 8, Rolling Stone is breaking down 13 different categories. For each, we’re predicting the nominees, as well as who will (and who should) win on Grammy night. This year’s nominations for Best Rap Song will likely celebrate the two most exciting things in …
Read More »Bon Iver's Justin Vernon Endorses Harris-Walz: 'I've Been Feeling Patriotic'
Since Kamala Harris stepped up as the candidate to face off with Donald Trump in November, she’s sparked a wildly energetic response from the music world. Megan Thee Stallion, Quavo, and Olivia Rodrigo have all performed at Harris rallies or offered their support, and they are far from alone. Rolling …
Read More »Tim Heidecker Doesn't Mind Getting Serious
Tim Heidecker doesn’t love traveling, but he loves touring. He enjoys living out of a bus, waking up every morning in a new town, even showering at the venue, living light, living on his toes. “I don’t really like vacations,” says the 48-year-old comedian-musician-actor-writer-producer, whose multi-hyphenates alone could attest to …
Read More »Kris Kristofferson Told Rosanne Cash to 'Write About It.' So She Did
I dreamed about him. I got up at 5 a.m. to go downstairs and have a private cry. There was a Kris-shaped mantra running through my head, right in the center of the deep sadness: “Do better. Be bigger. Speak truth. Don’t let the bastards get you down. Write about …
Read More »Def Leppard's Phil Collen on 'Hysteria' Graphic Novel, 'Dangerous' Guitars, and His 'Darkside'
When Phil Collen was growing up in London in the 1960s, comic books weren’t as popular as they were in the U.S. But the Def Leppard guitarist was a fan anyway. “Some of the news agents would sell these American comics, and I used to just load up on them,” …
Read More »Sleater-Kinney's Corin Tucker: 'Everybody Needs To Be Voting'
Since Kamala Harris stepped up as the candidate to face off with Donald Trump in November, she’s sparked a wildly energetic response from the music world. Megan Thee Stallion, Quavo, and Olivia Rodrigo have all performed at Harris rallies or offered their support, and they are far from alone. Rolling …
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