From a young age, Ángela Aguilar always knew that her purpose was to keep traditional música Mexicana alive. It’s a family affair, really: Her grandfather was ranchera hero Antonio Aguilar and her father is the renowned singer Pepe Aguilar. The 20-year-old singer continues to invigorate traditional sounds as she releases …
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Give SZA a second, give her a minute! Rolling Stone can share an exclusive preview of the singer’s Apple Music Live show, with her rendition of “Kill Bill,” which will premiere tonight at 10 p.m. ET on Apple TV+ and Apple Music. “Kill Bill” was one of the most-streamed songs …
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The 2024 BAFTA Awards isn’t exactly the proper place to recreate Barry Keoghan’s freewheeling naked dance scene in Emerald Fennell’s film Saltburn. But Sophie Ellis-Bextor will deliver a far more appropriate performance of her 2001 hit “Murder on the Dancefloor,” which is currently experiencing a major resurgence thanks to the …
Read More »Conan Gray Announces Third Album 'Found Heaven,' Co-Produced by Max Martin
This Kid Krow is no longer Superache-ing. On Wednesday, Conan Gray announced his third album, Found Heaven, co-produced by Max Martin, Greg Kurstin, and Shawn Everett. The album is due out on April 5. Gray will also release “Lonely Dancers,” the fourth single off the album, on Feb. 9. Gray …
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Dead & Company’s “final tour” wasn’t the end of the road for the Grateful Dead offshoot, as the John Mayer-featuring band has confirmed they’ll reconvene this spring for a lengthy residency at Las Vegas’ Sphere. The group — featuring Dead legends Bob Weir and Mickey Hart alongside Mayer, bassist Oteil …
Read More »Del Water Gap and Holly Humberstone Are So Close But So Far Away on 'Cigarettes & Wine'
Whoever first said that distance makes the heart grow fonder might have been onto something. Singer-songwriters Del Water Gap and Holly Humberstone have experienced first-hand the gravitational pull of oceans separating them from the people they want to be closest to — and they poured those memories into their latest …
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While Taylor Swift has been in the stands to cheer on her boyfriend Travis Kelce at a slew of his football games this year, she will have to feel his support from afar on Sunday night at the 2024 Grammy Awards. During an appearance on The Pat McAfee Show Wednesday, …
Read More »He Was the 'Secret Weapon' of 'We Are the World.' 39 Years Later, Here's His Story
From singing backup at Elvis Presley’s 1968 comeback TV special to writing Michael Jackson‘s “She’s Out of My Life” to arranging the vocals on Billy Joel’s An Innocent Man, longtime Quincy Jones collaborator Tom Bahler has had an improbably jam-packed music career. But as he sees it, the peak of …
Read More »'I Was Scared': Jam Master Jay Witness Details DJ's Final Seconds at Trial
Jam Master Jay exclaimed “Oh shit” just before he was shot and killed in October 2002, according to testimony given in court on Wednesday. Uriel “Tony” Rincon, a friend and business associate of the late DJ (whose real name was Jason Mizell) explained his recollection of what happened when assailants …
Read More »Nicki Minaj Says Megan Thee Stallion 'Wanted a Rihanna Moment' After Being Shot
On the fifth day of Nicki Minaj’s intense fixation on Megan Thee Stallion following a jab the “Savage” rapper likely threw Minaj’s way on her latest track, Minaj invoked Rihanna to claim that Megan tried to force sympathy for herself as a victim of violence. She also refuted that she …
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