Call him the great collaborator. In the past year, Noah Kahan has duetted with Kacey Musgraves, Brandi Carlile, and Gracie Abrams, as part of his Stick Season (We’ll All Be Here Forever) series. Now, he’s found the ultimate counterpart: A literal stick. Or as literal as it gets on Sesame …
Read More »Beyoncé's 'Cowboy Carter' Started With This CMAs Performance
About six weeks back, Beyoncé announced plans to release a country album titled Act II: Cowboy Carter. “This album has been over five years in the making,” she wrote on Instagram. “It was born out of an experience that I had years ago where I did not feel welcomed…and it …
Read More »Mick Jagger Dances Like There's Nobody Watching to 'Moves Like Jagger' at a Bar
It’s been 13 years since Maroon 5 and Christina Aguilera topped charts with “Moves Like Jagger,” and still nobody loves it more than Mick Jagger himself. On Wednesday, he posted an Instagram Reel of himself dancing to the song as played by a covers group in a bar with a …
Read More »Latin Grammys Finally Add Contemporary Mexican Music Album Category
Peso Pluma, Eslabon Armado, Junior H, and other artists will now have a better chance of taking home Latin Grammys thanks to changes the Latin Recording Academy has made to its eligibility guidelines, ahead of the 25th annual edition of the awards show. The organization has created a new category …
Read More »Waxahatchee Taps MJ Lenderman for Vibrant 'Right Back to It' Performance on 'Colbert'
Waxahatchee took the stage at The Late Show to perform her folk-tinged song “Right Back to It.” The musician, Katie Crutchfield, was joined by her band and collaborator MJ Lenderman, who was part of her most recent LP, Tigers Blood. “Right Back to It” appears on the album and was …
Read More »Willie Nelson's 4th of July Picnic Moves to Philly, and Bob Dylan Will Perform
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Willie Nelson‘s 4th of July Picnic is moving to Philadelphia. (Well, actually the aptly named Freedom Mortgage Pavilion across the Delaware River in Camden, New Jersey.) On Tuesday, …
Read More »Mdou Moctar's 'Imouhar' Is a Riff-Heavy Plea to Preserve a Dying Language
Mdou Moctar have dropped a scorching new plea, “Imouhar,” off the Nigerien band’s upcoming album, Funeral for Justice, out May 3 via Matador. “Imouhar” begins with a shaggy, lo-fi groove but quickly launches into the kind of propulsive, head-spinning desert blues Mdou Moctar’s best known for, replete — of course …
Read More »The Beach Boys Will Tell Their Own Story in New Documentary
A new Beach Boys documentary featuring a plethora of previously unreleased footage, plus new interviews with the band, will arrive on Disney+ on May 24. Directed by Frank Marshall and Thom Zimny, The Beach Boys will chronicle the California outfit’s singular sound and career as they evolved from a family …
Read More »SiR is Going Through Some Prickly Growing Pains on 'Heavy'
SiR’s stately croon exudes grown-and-sexy. The Inglewood, California, R&B singer-songwriter’s style is careful and studied, influenced by the timelessness of Stevie Wonder and John Mayer’s sensitive edge. His 2019 release, Chasing Summer, was a gauzy yarn that still holds up in the field of modern R&B. With its bounce and …
Read More »Korn Sold Out a 30th Anniversary Concert, and Now They're Hitting the Road
Arrre youuuu readyyyyy? … to celebrate Korn‘s 30th anniversary? The pioneering nu-metal group already announced — and sold out — a commemorative concert in L.A. this October. Support for that show includes Evanescence, Gojira, System of a Down’s Daron Malakian with his Scars on Broadway side project, Spiritbox, and Vended. …
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