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As Chappell Roan continues to navigate her ever-increasing popularity, the singer established a boundary between her public and private personas in her most forceful statement to fans yet: “I feel more love than I ever have in my life. I feel the most unsafe I have ever felt in my …

Onstage Friday night at Atlanta’s Chastain Park, Blackberry Smoke’s Charlie Starr sang about home in the slow-burn rock ballad “Azalea,” a track off the group’s latest album Be Right Here: “Maybe it’s not out there/Maybe this leads nowhere/Home will always be right here.” For Blackberry Smoke, home is Atlanta. Since …

Over the past few years, everyone from Kiss and the Eagles to Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band, Aerosmith, the B-52’s, Foreigner, Dead and Company, and Lynyrd Skynyrd have launched farewell tours. But when Bruce Springsteen played Philadelphia’s Citizens Bank Park on Friday night, he made it very clear …

“Too twiddly didn’t really exist to us, in our minds,” guitar legend Steve Howe of Yes says in the new episode of Rolling Stone Music Now, explaining the musical mission of his band — and of prog-rock itself. “There wasn’t really such a thing. If you could play it, then …

Welcome to ourweeklyrundownofthebestnew music — featuring big new singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more.This week, Sabrina Carpenter delivers her long-awaited debut Short ‘n Sweet, Myke Towers switches lanes with the help of Peso Pluma, and Cash Cobain moves drill music forward with a crossover hit. Plus, new …

The Chicks took the stage at the final night of the Democratic National Convention to sing the National Anthem, joining other country artists who performed at the Chicago event, including Jason Isbell and Mickey Guyton on Monday. Natalie Maines, Martie Maguire, and Emily Strayer delivered the “The Star-Spangled Banner” against …

One little funny/bizarre/horrifying thing about the internet is the way it offers up everything and, in doing so, makes it possible to strip anything of its history. But to paraphrase Kamala Harris, you didn’t just fall out of the coconut tree. “You exist in the context of all in which …

Pink skipped the acrobatics of her typical show and instead delivered a heartfelt performance of her song “What About Us” Thursday night at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. The singer was joined by her daughter Willow Sage, who dueted the track with the singer. Together, Pink, Willow, and their …

After Sabrina Carpenter’s summer takeover with “Espresso” and “Please Please Please,” the anticipation for Short n’ Sweet was at an all-time high. On her sixth album, the pop singer keeps the surprises coming as she delivers a masterclass in clever songwriting and hops between R&B and folk-pop with ease. Carpenter …

All 36 minutes and 12 seconds of Short n’ Sweet are officially here. On Friday, Sabrina Carpenter released her sixth album after months of anticipation that followed her viral hits “Espresso” and “Please Please Please.“ “I feel a thread running through this album of not just self-discovery, but also getting …