Some music fans will spend their entire lives mourning the concerts they were never able to attend. Concert films have remedied this slightly, but Janelle Monáe has discovered an even better solution: time travel. In conversation with Lucy Dacus for Rolling Stone‘s Musicians on Musicians series, Monáe recalled her experience …
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Mariah Carey won’t be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame next month, despite being on the ballot twice already, but another award awaits her. Continuing an annual tradition that has honored everyone from Joni Mitchell, Stevie Wonder, and the Grateful Dead to opera singer Luciano Pavarotti and …
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Joy Oladokun is making her Grand Ole Opry debut — and one of her heroes broke the news! On Monday night, Oladokun shared a video of herself finding out from Sheryl Crow that she’ll be performing at the storied Nashville venue for the very first time on Dec. 2. “Hey …
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Since news broke that Bad Bunny will headline the Super Bowl halftime show next year, a Change.org petition has been circulating with people urging the NFL to replace the Puerto Rican singer with George Strait. The racially tinged petition — put together by someone using a pseudonym — asks the …
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Dan + Shay are accepting their Swiftie fate, and dropping a cover of a Speak Now favorite! Over the weekend, the country duo released their rendition of Taylor Swift‘s “Back to December,” weeks after sharing a clip of them performing the song during a soundcheck. “What started as an impromptu …
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Since September, ICE agents deployed by President Donald Trump have wreaked havoc on the Chicagoland area, with raids, detainment, and what rapper Recoechi tells Rolling Stone amounts to “abduction” taking place in predominantly Black and brown communities. In September, Silverio Villegas Gonzalez, a 38-year-old Chicago man, was fatally shot by …
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Rosalía is unveiling new details about her album Lux, which drops Nov. 7. On Monday, the Spanish singer officially shared the album cover and track list details of her upcoming project, released via Columbia Records. Rosalía recorded Lux with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Daníel Bjarnason, and executive-produced it. …
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In 2015, alongside the release of his fourth album, Cherry Bomb, Tyler, the Creator released a limited-edition zine featuring interviews with figures like Seth Rogen, as well as ephemera related to the album, such as a scan of the Moleskine notebook in which he jotted down his ideas. He dedicates …
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Oscar Isaac showcased his musical talents on The Tonight Show last night, performing Tears for Fears’ “Shout” on the bagpipe and “Sweet Caroline” on electric bass. Host Jimmy Fallon enlisted the Frankenstein actor for the “Random Instrument Challenge,” which saw them playing songs for house band the Roots to guess. …
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Reba McEntire celebrated her 70th birthday back in March, an age when many people may be thinking about retiring, but the country-music and TV great still thinks she’s got another couple of decades left before retirement. When asked when she might retire in a new interview with People, McEntire replied …
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