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A maarae is scrolling through the Notes app on her phone, which is crammed with questions and observations about Tinashe. When she was a teenager in Ghana, Amaarae was obsessed with the singer’s mix of melody and movement. It’s part of why she’s so excited about their Musicians on Musicians …

Twenty years ago, Fall Out Boy found themselves at odds with reality. Their everyday lives consisted of slogging through an intense tour schedule and stuffing all four members into one hotel room — sometimes, lead singer Patrick Stump, bassist Pete Wentz, guitarist Joe Trohman, and drummer Andy Hurley even slept …

If U2 is accepting an award named for folk singer Woody Guthrie, it’s a safe bet that Bono is going to use the opportunity to say a little something about music, protest, and the changing political climate. That happened Tuesday night in Tulsa, Oklahoma, when the U2 frontman and the …

When Ozzy Osbourne performed what would be his final concert, the all-star Back to the Beginning celebration, in his hometown of Birmingham, England, he was surrounded by a rock & roll army of special guests. Members of Guns N’ Roses, Metallica, and Aerosmith were all onstage to salute Ozzy and …

W ithin minutes of arriving at the studio for their Musicians on Musicians shoot, Redman and Black Thought are exchanging daps and catching up like old friends — because they are. The two voluble MCs, who took parallel paths to fame in the Nineties, laugh and swap stories in the …

Following the death of Sam Rivers, the founding bassist ofLimp Bizkit who died on Oct. 18 at age 48, Thundercat says talking about it in an interview feels “necessary.” Rivers was just 19 when the band’s debut album, Three Dollar Bill, Y’all, was released in 1997, and was with the …

Throughout the first decade or so of his career, Bruce Springsteen felt it was important to limit his public commentary, and simply let his music do the talking. Early manager Mike Appel had to twist his arm to speak with Time for a 1975 cover story, and Springsteen generally stayed …

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 …

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 …

Earlier this year, American Aquarium passed the 20-year mark as a band, but frontman BJ Barham isn’t tapping the brakes. The independent, roots-rock outfit is closing out 2025 with a flurry of shows and a block of studio time with producer Shooter Jennings in Los Angeles, all while Barham finalizes …