W HEN THE BAND ended their original run with a farewell concert in San Francisco in 1976, Martin Scorsese was there to capture it for his brilliant documentary “The Last Waltz.” The project marked the end of Robbie Robertson’s tenure in the group, but the beginning of a collaboration with …
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It’s late afternoon in the back of the Princess Theatre in downtown Decatur, Alabama. Sitting in front of a brightly-lit mirror in the green room of the historic venue, blues-rocker Samantha Fish is readying herself for the show alongside her musical-partner-in-crime of late, Jesse Dayton. The duo is in the …
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Under a starry western sky last weekend, Park City Song Summit founder Ben Anderson stood onstage and held court in front of an audience of creatives. “We’re going to change the legacy and culture of music on this mountain,” Anderson howled into the evening chill, his voice echoing far and …
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Olivia Rodrigo paved her own way for her excellent, guitar-drenched second album, Guts. It’s impossible to imagine a major pop artist pushing this hard into rock if she hadn’t already opened the door with the hardest-hitting moments of her 2021 debut, Sour. (That said, she doesn’t see herself as a …
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Welcome to our weeklyrundown of thebest new music — featuring big singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more.This week, Drake and SZA spar over the pains of modern love, J Balvin enlists DJ Khaled to revitalize Usher‘s 2004 hit “Yeah!,” and Doja Cat asserts her bragging rights. Plus, …
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When TJ Osborne announced to the world that he was gay in February 2021, it was both the beginning and the end of a journey. Coming out was a decision years in the making, a historic moment for country music that allowed him to finally go public with a part …
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During our two-hour Zoom call, Cleveland rapper/producer Kipp Stone tells me that his zest for writing started with stories about a character he deemed the “Cleverland Hero.” “It’s a shoebox under my bed [with] a bunch of stories,” he says while lounging in a chair in his home. “[They] would …
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Bahamas’ entire aesthetic is one of taking the piss. The Sad Hunk title of his last album, his Zoolander press photos shot at the gym, and even his very stage name suggest he’s telling a joke with an awfully long punchline. But on his new album Bootcut, the Canadian creative …
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Last year, Mick Jagger started feeling restless. Seventeen years had passed since the Rolling Stones had released an album of original material, and though they’d toured regularly — and made the difficult choice to soldier on after the devastating 2021 death of drummer Charlie Watts — the on-and-off sessions they’d …
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In the midst of recording his 2021 album Quietly Blowing It, Hiss Golden Messenger — the nom de plume of M.C. Taylor —seriously wondered if it was the end of the road for his indie-rock career. “That record was made during a time of absolute chaos — in the world …
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