No stranger to charitable causes in his native Asheville, North Carolina, with his annual Christmas Jam concert, Warren Haynes will once again lend a musical hand to help out his hometown following the devastation left behind by Hurricane Helene last month. Haynes will host a Nov. 24 benefit concert at …
Read More »Bruce Springsteen, John Legend Show Up for Kamala Harris in Philly
PHILADELPHIA — Eight days out from the 2024 election, thousands of Pennsylvania Democrats gathered at Temple University’s Liacouras Center in answer to the ugly, grievance-filled ragefest hosted by the Trump campaign at New York’s Madison Square Garden the evening prior. The Democrats’ event featured performances from Bruce Springsteen and John …
Read More »Benjamin Booker Is Looking for a Good Life. He Might Have Found It
B enjamin Booker’s years in Los Angeles, at the tail end of the 2010s, were filled with exploration and experimentation. The singer-songwriter lived for a while in Echo Park, but spent a lot of his time downtown. He’d grab his skateboard, coast down Glendale Boulevard, and spend the day taking …
Read More »Surprise! Inside Flying Lotus' Upbeat, Danceable New EP
Not too long ago, Flying Lotus was at home in L.A., coming off an extended sojourn in David Lynch’s surrealist world, when inspiration struck. “I mean, what do you do when you’re just off a binge of Twin Peaks?” he says. For some people, the answer might be to pop …
Read More »Olivia Rodrigo Says It's the End of Her 'Guts' Era –Here's What's Next
After spending most of 2024 on the road, Olivia Rodrigo is back home. Her time off, however, has come with a gentle reminder that she needs to take it easy for the time being. “I’m sick as a dog,” she says between coughs. Gen Z’s preeminent rock star is beginning …
Read More »Tinashe's Main Pop Girl Moment: 'I'm Not New to This. I'm True to This'
This year, Tinashe notched her first Hot 100 entry in eight years with the sexy, propulsive song “Nasty,” which started climbing up the charts in June. Around the same time, a TikTok video of dancer Nate Di Winer went viral: In the clip, the nerdy-looking white boy winds his hips …
Read More »Bonnie Raitt on What She Thinks of That Charli XCX Sample
One of the year’s least expected samples on a record started with an email. A few months ago, Bonnie Raitt received a note from Bon Iver auteur Justin Vernon. Raitt was already familiar with Vernon, especially after he covered her 1991 standard “I Can’t Make You Love Me,” with a …
Read More »Eric Church and Luke Combs Sing 'Carolina' Together for First Time at Massive Benefit Concert
Standing in front of more than 80,000 faces, Eric Church took a moment to absorb the spectacle at the Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Saturday evening. “I’ve never played a show this close to my heart,” the country singer and Tar Heel State native noted to …
Read More »Pony Bradshaw Doesn't Want to Ramble Any Longer
Pony Bradshaw, the rising Americana, alt-country, and indie-folk troubadour, knew he needed to switch gears. The spotlight had been getting just a bit too hot after his 2023 breakthrough album, North Georgia Rounder, and he found himself looking both inward and out across the crowds at his live shows — …
Read More »Fare Thee Well Organizer Peter Shapiro on Phil Lesh: 'He Showed Us How to Live a Life'
Peter Shapiro, the concert promoter who organized the Grateful Dead‘s 50th anniversary Fare Thee Well shows, spoke to Rolling Stone following the death of the band’s bassist, Phil Lesh. In recent years, Lesh staged annual birthday concerts for himself at the Shapiro-owned Capitol Theatre venue in Port Chester, New York. …
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