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“The only friends I had were pretty low-life,” Jeff Beck said, looking back at his childhood in newly unearthed audio of an interview with Rolling Stone’s Kory Grow. “They were one step away from jail, most of them. The guitar saved me from that.” Beck – who died this week …

With two months left to go before the release of Lana Del Rey‘s ninth studio album, Did You Know That There’sA Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd, the singer-songwriter shared the official track list and new cover art on Friday in an Instagram post. She also announced that the upcoming album’s release …

Rolling Stone‘s interview series King for a Day features long-form conversations between senior writer Andy Greene and singers who had the difficult job of fronting major rock bands after the departure of an iconic vocalist. Some of them stayed in their bands for years, while others lasted just a few …

Billy Joel paid tribute to Jeff Beck Friday night at his monthly gig at New York’s Madison Square Garden, performing two songs popularized by the late guitar god. “He was a musician that I always loved. He was the best. Jeff Beck just passed away… I couldn’t let the night …

Stevie Wonder remembered his friend and one-time collaborator Jeff Beck in an interview that followed the death of the guitar virtuoso. “He was a great soul who did great music,” Wonder told the Detroit Free Press. “I’m glad that I was able to meet him and have him in my …

Boldy James is in stable condition after the rapper was involved in a car accident earlier this week in Detroit that left him with a broken vertebrae that required surgery. A rep for James confirmed Saturday that the rapper was involved in a “serious” two-car accident in his native Detroit …

Hosted by Chance the Rapper and his close friend and collaborator Vic Mensa, the inaugural Black Star Line Festival — a week of talks, parties, skating, and music in Accra, Ghana — was dreamt of and designed to catalyze physical connectivity, understanding, and eventually, radical movement-making among Black people globally. …

Sky Ferreira has opened up about the delay in the release of her new music. The singer took to Instagram to explain that the holdup between music releases “is not my fault & it’s not a conspiracy.” She alleges that unspecified people have deemed her “difficult,” which has apparently held …

Bluegrass aces Rob Ickes and Trey Hensley play with gusto on their new song “Moonshine Run,” which will appear on the duo’s new album Living in a Song. The project will be released by Compass Records on Feb. 10. As its name suggests, “Moonshine Run” crackles with outlaw attitude and …

Things are complicated for Gracie Abrams. On “Where Do We Go Now?” the singer’s emotional facade falls as she reflects on the little white lies that added up and took a new shape as bright red flags. Backed into a corner by her own feelings, she lays all of her …