Sean Combs’ reported plan to get out of federal custody and counsel domestic violence abusers is striking a nerve with his accusers. “This is utterly preposterous,” Douglas Wigdor, the victims’ rights attorney who represents Combs’ ex-girlfriend Casandra “Cassie” Ventura tells Rolling Stone. “How are you going to counsel someone else …
Read More »Drummergeddon 2025: Why We're Witnessing a Global Percussion Apocalypse
Welcome to Drummergeddon 2025, when the entire music world wants to know: What the hell is going on with the drummers? There’s an epidemic of high-profile bands dumping their drummers, or getting dumped by them, and nobody has any clue why. It’s not just the Who or the Foo Fighters. …
Read More »Did Bob Dylan Send a Political Message By Singing 'Masters of War' for the First Time Since 2016?
Bob Dylan kicked off his Outlaw Music Festival set Friday evening at the Darien Lake Performing Arts Center in Darien Center, New York, by playing “Masters of War” for the first time since the Desert Trip Festival in 2016. Dylan has taken very few political stances since the Civil Rights …
Read More »Eli Young Band Rediscover Their Country Mojo by Going Indie
After more than two decades, Eli Young Band is finally having a full-circle moment. The four-piece released Strange Hours, its seventh studio album, on Aug. 1 and the project marks the group’s return to independent music for the first time since their 2005 debut, Level. It made sense, then, that …
Read More »Eladio Carrión Surprises Fans With New Music and 'Los Archivos' on Vintage Website
If there’s one thing Eladio Carrión loves to do, it’s surprise his fans with new content and music. On Saturday, the Puerto Rican musician shared the link to his “Los Archivos,” a website that features unreleased songs, videos, and clips from the last few years. During a visit to Rolling …
Read More »Listening to Merle Haggard, Playing Dominoes: How Lukas Nelson Spends Time With Willie
Since the release of his superb new album American Romance, Lukas Nelson has been fully in solo career mode, promoting the record with a headlining tour. But one consequence of a solo tour is the fact that it often separates him from his father, Willie Nelson. Nelson has been an …
Read More »Roc Marciano and DJ Premier's 'The Coldest Profession' Could Score A Blaxploitaiton Film
Depending on how tapped in of a hip-hop head you are, the following statement is either a fact of life or a revelation: Roc Marciano is one of the most impactful MCs of his generation. Since 2010’s MarcBerg, he’s been a catalyst of a new indie rap scene, dropping albums …
Read More »Big Freedia Takes Us to Church
Baptist preacher and blues musician the Rev. Robert Jones Sr. once told an interviewer that “the sacred and the secular grew up right next to each other,” backing his claim with Psalm 30:5: “Weeping endures for a night but joy comes in the morning.” Such is the sentiment behind Pressing …
Read More »Bailey Zimmerman and The Kid Laroi Ride Limos and SEMA Trucks in 'Lost' Video
On Friday, Bailey Zimmerman marked the release of his album Different Night Same Rodeo on Friday with a desert-racing video for his new single “Lost,” featuring The Kid Laroi. The playful video shows Zimmerman and The Kid Laroi leaning into their opposite lifestyles — Zimmerman behind the wheel of a …
Read More »Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros Singer Defends 'Home' Amid 'Worst Song' Debate
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros frontman Alex Ebert has come to the defense of the band’s hit “Home” after social media discourse dubbed the 2009 single the “worst song ever made.” Over the past week, a decade-old video of the band’s Tiny Desk performance of “Home” has been unavoidable …
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