Music Features

On November 21, De La Soul’s surviving members, Kelvin “Posdnous” Mercer and Vincent “DJ Maseo” Mason, shocked fans by denouncing Marcus J. Moore’s new biography, High and Rising: A Book About De La Soul across their social media accounts. “We’ve been receiving congratulatory messages about a book titled ‘High & …

Drake’s taken the Kendrick Lamar beef from the court of public opinion to actual court. This week, Drake’s attorneys made a pair of legal filings that state their intent to find out if Universal Music Group, the parent company of his label Republic Records, sought to artificially boost the acclaim …

Benjamin Tod walked away from the Lost Dog Street Band in late 2022. He barely caught his breath before he wrote the perfect Lost Dog record. Shooting Star, released last month, marked a sharp turn into old-school honky-tonk music for Tod. The 33-year-old got his start busking in Nashville with …

Next year marks the 50th anniversary of Patti Smith’s debut album Horses. To commemorate that moment , an array of indie and alternative rockers will gather at New York’s Carnegie Hall on March 26 for a Smith tribute concert. The lineup for “People Have the Power: Celebrating the Music of …

Tennessee-born, L.A.-based rapper Samara Cyn is feeling under the weather while she’s in Rolling Stone’s New York offices. The 26-year-old has been handling obligations for her now-released debut album, The Drive Home, and between performances, interviews, and the seasonal changes, her vocal cords are “burned out.” “It’s been a crazy …

In January 2000, Megadeth issued a press release announcing that longtime lead guitarist Marty Friedman had left the band, mid-tour, “to pursue other musical interests.” According to MTV, frontman Dave Mustaine praised Friedman as “an incredible player” and a “keystone” in the thrash-metal band. Behind the scenes, Friedman’s departure was …

H alfway through their set, Muna address the elephant in the stadium. “We just wanted to acknowledge that someone very special is missing tonight,” says the indie-pop trio’s lead singer, Katie Gavin. It’s day one of All Things Go, an independent music festival that fans nicknamed Lesbopalooza due to its …

Two of Griselda’s best connected on “Rabies,” a track from Boldy James and Harry Fraud’s aptly named new album The Bricktionary. Both artists are recognized as skilled scribes of R-rated drug epics through song, and their latest collaboration doesn’t disappoint. Harry Fraud laced the two with a soaring guitar-based loop, …

Earlier this week, Sammy Hagar announced plans to bring his Best of All Worlds show to Las Vegas next year for a residency at Dolby Live at Park MGM. Like last summer, he’ll be joined by bassist Michael Anthony, guitarist Joe Satriani, drummer Kenny Aronoff, and keyboardist Rai Thistlethwayte for …

Right from the start, Billy Preston: That’s the Way God Planned It, the first-ever documentary on the late pop-R&B singer, songwriter, and organ maestro, makes it clear that few communicated as much unabashed, unapologetic joy onstage as Preston. In its opening scene, from George Harrison’s 1971 Concert for Bangladesh, Preston …