Miley Cyrus is set to take the stage to deliver “Flowers” at the Grammys this Sunday evening, Variety reports. Cyrus rehearsed for the big night at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on Friday, a source told the outlet. The singer, who is nominated for six awards this year — …
Read More »Jelly Roll Says 'Every Senator in America' Has Called Since He Spoke to Congress About Addiction
Speaking in front of Congress about fentanyl and the effects of addiction on his life will always be the “single most impactful moment” of Jelly Roll‘s life. The country musician spoke to Rolling Stone‘s Ilana Woldenberg for an episode of the Green Room before performing at Spotify’s Best New Artist …
Read More »Bruce Springsteen, Shania Twain, Jelly Roll Play Bon Jovi Hits at MusiCares Gala
Jon Bon Jovi was honored as the MusiCares Person of the Year on Friday to kick off this year’s Grammy Weekend, joining other legendary artists including Joni Mitchell, Lionel Richie and Dolly Parton to have been honored at the glitzy annual dinner over the past 30 years. Flanked between two …
Read More »Wayne Kramer Looks Back at the MC5 and His Wild Life
Wayne Kramer, who died Feb. 2 at the age of 75, lived a truly rock n’ roll life, from his gloriously unhinged guitar playing with influential proto-punk revolutionaries MC5 to a prison term, years of addiction, and a musical comeback in the Nineties. In this 2018 interview, previously available only …
Read More »Watch Jason Isbell Shred 'Wanted Dead or Alive' at Jon Bon Jovi Tribute
You only had to look at Jason Isbell’s silhouette to realize what song he was about to perform at the MusiCares tribute to Jon Bon Jovi on Friday night in Los Angeles. Wearing a large-brimmed hat and a long duster coat and holding — the giveaway —a double-neck guitar, it …
Read More »Aston 'Family Man' Barrett, Bassist and Rhythmic Backbone of Bob Marley & The Wailers, Dead at 77
Aston Barrett, the Jamaican bassist known as “Family Man” who served as the rhythmic architect for reggae legends like Bob Marley and the Wailers, Burning Spear, and Augustus Pablo, has died at the age of 77. Barrett’s death was announced on social media Saturday by his son Aston Barrett Jr. …
Read More »See Billy Strings and Chris Thile Bring Bluegrass Classics to 'Saturday Sessions'
Fresh off Billy Strings and Chris Thile’s first collaborative concert, the Grammy-winning bluegrass artists reconvened once again for a television audience as part of CBS Saturday Morning’s Saturday Sessions. For the performance, the virtuosic guitar picker and the mandolin master delivered three traditional bluegrass classics: the oft-covered “I Am a …
Read More »21 Savage and Brandy Will Join Burna Boy for Historic Grammys Performance
Burna Boy will be the first Afrobeats performer ever to play the Grammys at Sunday night’s ceremony —and he’ll be joined onstage by Brandy and 21 Savage, executive producer Raj Kapoor tells Rolling Stone Music Now. The collaboration will also mark 21 Savage’s Grammy performance debut, while Brandy hasn’t sung …
Read More »Wayne Kramer, MC5 Co-Founder and Activist, Dead at 75
Wayne Kramer, founding member of the legendary Detroit proto-punk outfit MC5 and one of rock’s greatest guitarists, has died at the age of 75. The singer-songwriter-political activist’s death was announced Friday via his official social media accounts. Kramer died at Cedars-Sinai hospital in Los Angeles from pancreatic cancer, Jason Heath, …
Read More »City Girls' JT Takes Aim at False Friends on Single 'Sideways'
City Girls‘ JT has dropped a new solo single, “Sideways,” along with a lively music video for the track. On the song, the rapper narrows in on girls who are “phony.” “Bitch, I ain’t friendly, I don’t fuck with y’all bitches (At all),” she raps. “Try to take who? It …
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