The most-anticipated night in music is finally here! On Sunday, the biggest names in music gathered for the 65th Grammy Awards, marking the ceremony’s official return to Los Angeles following a Covid-induced move to Las Vegas last year. The competition is fierce this year, with Beyoncé leading all nominees, earning …
Read More »Watch Rolling Stone's Official Grammys 2023 Live Pre-Show
Beginning at 5 p.m. ET, we’re live from the red carpet at the 65th Grammys Awards. Led in-studio by Rolling Stone on Twitch host Charlie Cooper, and on the carpet with correspondents Delisa Shannon and Jon Weigell, the show will feature guest appearances by Rolling Stone writers Brittany Spanos and …
Read More »Viola Davis Locks in EGOT Status at 2023 Grammy Awards
Viola Davis is officially an EGOT winner. The actress joined the elite EGOT club on Sunday night after she took home the prize for Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording at the 2023 Grammy Awards for her work on Finding Me. An EGOT is an artist who has won …
Read More »Grammys 2023: The Country Music and Americana Winners
Carly Pearce and Ashley McBryde won their first-ever Grammys when the bulk of the country music categories were presented during the Grammy Awards Premiere Ceremony on Sunday afternoon in L.A. The country vocalists’ collaboration “Never Wanted to Be That Girl” was named Best Country Duo/Group Performance, besting nominees like Reba …
Read More »See Paul Shaffer Make One-Night-Only Return to Late-Night on 'Fallon'
Paul Shaffer made his one-night-only return to late-night Friday as he sat in for the Roots on The Tonight Show. “It’s such a coincidence we’re here tonight because 41 years ago this very week was when David Letterman came on the air right across the hall here at NBC… so …
Read More »How a 1979 Boxing Match Became the Fight of Marvin Gaye's Life
O N THE EVENING of Sept. 28, 1979, Caesars Palace in Las Vegas felt like the center of the universe. Sugar Ray Leonard was fighting Andy Price for the North American Boxing Federation welterweight title. In the crowd, sports legends like Joe DiMaggio and Joe Louis mingled with entertainers like …
Read More »Sexual Assault Survivors Call Out Music Industry Ahead of Grammys
Nomi Abadi has been a piano prodigy since she was three years old and has toured around the world as a classical pianist, releasing numerous albums and EPs. But as she stood at a podium in a downtown Los Angeles hotel conference room Friday afternoon, she wasn’t there to talk …
Read More »Smokey Robinson on Sharing MusiCares Honor With Berry Gordy, 'My Very Best Friend in the World'
It’s difficult to capture in just a few hours the depth of the influence Berry Gordy and Smokey Robinson have cast over the industry through their legendary Motown catalog, but the 2023 MusiCares Dinner looked to do just that, celebrating one of the most prolific creative collaborations — and one …
Read More »How Trippie Redd Keeps The SoundCloud Rap Spirit Alive
When Ohio-born rapper Trippie Redd first burst onto the scene in 2017, Donald J. Trump was about to start his first presidential term, Juice Wrld and XXXTentacion were alive, and SoundCloud rap was the new transgressive genre making waves. Back then, Redd contributed to the urgent-sounding genre with his first …
Read More »John Lydon and Public Image Ltd. Lose Bid to Represent Ireland at Eurovision
John Lydon (née Johnny Rotten) and his Public Image Ltd. have failed in their bid to represent Ireland at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. In January, the London-born Lydon announced plans to enter PiL’s latest single “Hawaii” — a song written for his wife Nora, who is suffering from Alzheimer’s …
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