Music Features

T.G. Sheppard knows exactly how people at home may havefelt when they were watching Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever, the landmark 1983 TV special honoring one of the most enduring record companies ever. The singer was feeling the same way backstage at the Pasadena Civic Center in California, marveling at …

Are you hot? Are you young? Is your stocking well-hung? Then you’ll enjoy Sabrina Carpenter’s A Nonsense Christmas, her new Netflix special, out just in time for the holidays. The pop star caps her year of explosive stardom — from “Espresso” all the way to her Grammy nominations in the …

J.R. Carroll has zero interest in being hailed as country music’s next savior. Although his debut album, Dark Cloud, released on Friday after five years of singles and short EPs, may land him there against his will. “I’m only doing things that I really want to do,” Carroll tells Rolling …

Before making their new album, the War and Treaty decided it was time to play ball with Nashville. Two years after the husband-and-wife roots duo signed to a major label, they wanted to show the mainstream country industry that they understood the conventions most country artists are expected to adhere …

It’s been a banner year for Fontaines D.C. The Irish rock group released one of the best albums of 2024 with Romance in August, expanding their sound and style, amassing widespread critical acclaim, and thrusting them in front of their biggest audiences yet. They also scored a pair of Grammy …

In Dante Alighieri’s Inferno, the author describes Virgil and Dante’s grueling journey through hell and purgatory as they encounter horrifying creatures and weather revolting conditions. They develop an enduring sense of trust and care between one another throughout the poem. But when they reach heaven, Virgil is barred from entering …

Welcome to ourweekly rundown of the best new music — featuring big singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more.This week Bad Bunny cries in the club, Rosé introduces listeners to her toxic ex, and Sky Ferreira returns with bold promises. Plus, new music from Hozier, Quavo, Luke Bryan, …

Sky Ferreira has been waiting for a call from A24 for years. “I’ve always wanted to do something like this for a long time because I felt like so many of my peers have worked with A24 musically,” she tells Rolling Stone over the phone. “I was like, ‘Why am …

During a key moment on her triumphant Short n’ Sweet tour, Sabrina Carpenter poses a winking question to the audience while singing the song “Juno”: “Wanna try out some freaky positions? Have you ever tried … this one?” She then picks one of 17 different sex positions, just before being …

In 2023, the Brooklyn Public Library’s ‘The Book of HOV’ exhibit drew more than 600,000 visitors to learn about Jay-Z’s one-of-a-kind life and career. That exhibit is now being celebrated in book form with ‘The Book of HOV: A Tribute to Jay-Z,’ out today through Assouline, collecting unseen photographs, selected …