With the Joan Baez documentary opening to a wider release this weekend, the legendary folk singer was joined by self-proclaimed acolyte Lana Del Rey at a screening for I Am a Noise Friday at Los Angeles’ Nuart Theatre for a conversation about the film and Baez’ legacy. “The emotion you …
Read More »Brittany Howard Announces New Album 'What Now,' Shares Title Track
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 …
Read More »J Balvin Responds to Bad Bunny's Supposed 'Thunder Y Lightning' Diss
Bad Bunny’s new album Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Mañana just dropped, and people have been poring over all the revelations on the LP. One particular line took fans by surprise: On “THUNDER Y LIGHTNING,” a hard-hitting track with Eladio Carrion, the Puerto Rican star seems to take …
Read More »Watch Queen + Adam Lambert Perform an Emotional 'Is This The World We Created…?' in New York
When Queen + Adam Lambert launched the 2023 leg of their Rhapsody tour last week, they dipped deep into the Queen catalog and resurrected the 1984 deep cut “Is This the World We Created…?” for the first time since Lambert stepped into the role as frontman. The song was written …
Read More »Taylor Swift Pulls Up to Another Travis Kelce Game, a Day After 'Eras Tour' Premiere
Taylor Swift is jetsetting for her alleged man, Travis Kelce. On Thursday evening, just hours after attending the premiere of her Eras Tour concert film, the singer was spotted in the stands of the Chiefs versus Broncos game at Kansas City’s Arrowhead Stadium. Swift was seen chatting in one of …
Read More »Darlene Love on Her 60-Year Friendship With Cher, New 'Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)' Duet
Earlier this year, Darlene Love picked up the phone and heard a voice on the other end she didn’t quite recognize at first. “Doll, hi!” she heard. “This is Cher.” Love asked her to repeat who was calling. “Cher, bitch!” She was calling to see if Love would sing “Christmas …
Read More »Heavy Hedonism and Four Other Takeaways From Offset's 'Set It Off'
Since mid-2022, heavy news and speculation have followed Offset. Rumblings of tension among his rap group Migos began when Quavo and Takeoff set off as a duo that May and continued even after Takeoff was tragically murdered last November. In recent months, things began to look lighter: He and Quavo …
Read More »Watch Dolly Parton Nail 'Hit Me With Your Best Shot' Cover for First-Ever Rock Album
Dolly Parton‘s rock era is in full swing, and the country music icon is sliding into it with an effortless ease. Rockstar, her long-awaited full-length rock album, will arrive on Nov. 17 and takes on defining records from giants within the genre — but she’s a force within it, too. …
Read More »Ice Spice and Rema Bridge their Worlds on 'Pretty Girl'
Ice Spice and Rema have released their first collaboration with “Pretty Girl” — a twinkling, poppy love song straddling the lanes of Ice’s “Boy’s a Liar Pt. 2” with PinkPantheress and Rema’s breakout single “Dumebi.” It’s simple and full of delicate synths until breaking out into fluttering polyrhythmic percussion. “Haters …
Read More »Hear Frank Zappa's Unreleased 'I'm the Slime' Demo From 'Over-Nite Sensation' 50th Anniversary Reissue
This year marks the 50th anniversary of Frank Zappa’s landmark Over-Nite Sensation, and in November, Zappa Records/UMe will celebrate the LP with a deluxe reissue of the 1973 album complete with unreleased tracks, outtakes, two concerts from the era, and more from one of Rolling Stone’s 250 Greatest Guitarists of …
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