On Friday night, the lobby of the Apollo Theater was filled with life-size photos of artists together, two by two: Lisa and Tyla, Reneé Rapp and Cynthia Erivo, Bruce Springsteen and Zach Bryan, and more. They were shots from Rolling Stone’s sixth-annual Musicians on Musicians issue, and on this night …
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Rolling Stone’s 2024 Musicians on Musicians live event is going bigger than ever, bringing together four major talents for intimate conversations and unique performances at Harlem’s historic Apollo Theater. Today, we announce the stars of this year’s incredible lineup: New York hip-hop icon Busta Rhymes will join rising Memphis star …
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When a bunch of all-stars get together to record a song for a cause, the result can often be cringey. But “Tennessee Rise,” featuring the pulpit-ready voices of Brittany Howard, Allison Russell, Katie Pruitt, Amanda Shires, Fancy Hagood, Emmylou Harris, and more, hits all the marks. The heavenly choir anthem …
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Brittany Howard appeared on The Tonight Show to showcase her recent single, “Prove It to You.” Performing with a live band and two back-up singers, the singer emphasized the psychedelic vibe of the track with smoke and a hazy rainbow backdrop. Howard released “Prove It to You” last month ahead …
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“THE ROUTE I’M TAKING to being a farmer is ridiculous,” Brittany Howard says, sitting at the William Vale luxury hotel during her press trip to New York. She’s fantasizing about a potential future, one where she would maybe own a farm like the one she grew up on. It’s one …
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“I’ve been staying open, you don’t wanna grow,” Brittany Howard sings on the title track from her second solo record. The song is a hard-funk failing-relationship jeremiad that might leave the “you” in question reduced to a puddle on the floor by the time it’s done. But whoever she’s singing …
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Actions speak louder than words for Brittany Howard on her latest single “Prove It to You.” The song will appear on the Alabama Shakes singer’s upcoming solo album What Now, out Feb. 9. “My next song is one I’m really proud of,” Howard wrote on TikTok last week while previewing …
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Brittany Howard has announced her new album What Now, the Alabama Shakes singer’s first solo LP since her acclaimed 2019 debut Jaime. Ahead of What Now’s release, Howard has shared the album’s first single and title track, complete with a video directed by Danilo Parra: “‘What Now’ is maybe the …
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Brittany Howard has scheduled a fall tour, inked a major label record deal, and teased some new music as she prepared to follow-up her celebrated 2019 solo debut, Jaime. To start, Howard will launch a short North American tour this November. The run starts Nov. 6 at Iron City in …
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For Brittany Howard, Grammy-winning solo artist and frontwoman for the Alabama Shakes, Tina Turner was a lifelong hero. After Turner’s death on Wednesday, May 24, at age 83, Howard shared some thoughts on her life and work. (Meanwhile, Howard reveals that her own second solo album will be “coming quicker …
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