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This story originally ran in an April 1974 issue of Rolling Stone. In Peru, one kept a daily journal; now Kristofferson bends grinning over its pages, on which, in the winter of ’70, Andes mud spilled and dried like blood spots. “Hell,” he offers rurally, “wouldn’t surprise me none you …

Country luminaries like Dolly Parton, Reba McEntire, Darius Rucker, and Sheryl Crow — and many, many, many more — paid tribute to Kris Kristofferson following the legendary musician and actor’s death this weekend. “What a great loss, what a great writer, what a great actor, what a great friend,” Parton …

Barbra Streisand has remembered her A Star Is Born co-star Kris Kristofferson following his death. In a post on social media, the singer and actress recalled casting him in the film after seeing him perform live. “The first time I saw Kris performing at the Troubadour club in L.A.,” Streisand …

By 1973, singer-songwriter Kris Kristofferson had starred in a handful of feature film roles, playing outlaw Billy the Kid in Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, which also co-starred Bob Dylan. That same year, just after her 14th birthday, Marie Osmond, of the performing Osmond clan, launched her recording career, …

When Eric Church recorded his last album, 2021’s Heart & Soul, he decamped for the mountains of his native North Carolina and created a makeshift studio in a shuttered restaurant. Over the weekend, he watched that very region being decimated by flooding from Hurricane Helene, essentially cutting off the mountain …

Frances Bean Cobain and Riley Hawk have announced the arrival of their baby boy, Ronin Walker Cobain Hawk. He was born on Sept. 17. Cobain shared three black-and-white photos via Instagram on Saturday: the first snapshot features a swaddled Ronin. In the second photograph, Ronin is seen grasping his mother’s …

Country singer and rapper Jelly Roll debuted on Saturday Night Live with performances of “Liar” and “Winning Streak,” both from his forthcoming 10th studio album, Beautifully Broken, which is set for release Oct. 11. The Tennessee native is coming off nominations for the CMA Awards’ Entertainer of the Year and …

I n the old chapel of a former Christian Science church in San Francisco, late-afternoon sun pours orange through the windows, and several giant servers are hard at work. The tall, black towers fill two large alcoves, and their cooling fans emit a serene, industrial hum as blue lights blink. …

The 2024 Global Citizen Festival took place Saturday in New York’s Central Park, and in addition to performances by Post Malone, Jelly Roll, Doja Cat, and Blackpink’s Lisa, the concert featured a surprise acoustic set by Ed Sheeran and Coldplay’s Chris Martin. The duo played four songs together, switching between …

Under the looming eyes of the Plaza and Golden Nugget hotels, Life Is Beautiful returned for the second night of its “Big Beautiful Block Party,” and this night was all about the tracks: music tracks and train tracks. The festival grounds sit adjacent to an active rail line, giving several …