From superstar pop, hip-hop, and Afropop, to indie-rock, K-pop, reggaeton, R&B, and reggae, Rolling Stone‘s list of the Top 100 albums of 2022 may well be our most musically diverse year-end round-up ever. In the new episode of our Rolling Stone Music Now podcast, we zero in on that list’s …
Read More »Tyler Childers Duets With Warren Haynes, Brothers Osborne Tear the Roof Off 'Christmas Jam'
Warren Haynes is taking a breather in his dressing room at Harrah’s Cherokee Event Center in Asheville, North Carolina, after powering through a wicked jam of the Allman Brothers Band’s “Melissa” with country duo Brothers Osborne. He’s due back onstage in an hour for another inspired collab: performing Charlie Daniels …
Read More »Megan Thee Stallion to Face Tory Lanez in Shooting Trial Today: 'I Want Him to Go to Jail'
Opening statements in the Megan Thee Stallion shooting case will finally begin today, well over two years after Tory Lanez allegedly shot the rapper in her feet. It’s an incident that’s loomed large over Megan’s meteoric rise, and one that left both physical and emotional scars, as she told Rolling …
Read More »Sheryl Crow Gets Her Flowers on 'ACL,' Sings 'Every Day Is a Winding Road' With Brandi Carlile
Sheryl Crow performs and gets her flowers in the upcoming second half of the 48th season of Austin City Limits, which returns Jan. 7, 2023. The special episode of the long-running live-music program will feature Crow’s induction into the Austin City Limits Hall of Fame and is highlighted by a …
Read More »Pop Heavyweights Taylor Swift, Rihanna, and Lady Gaga Are All Up for the Same Golden Globe
Three of the biggest stars in the pop pantheon — Taylor Swift, Rihanna, and Lady Gaga — will be competing against each other not at the Grammys next year, but at the Golden Globes, for Best Original Song. The category is led by Swift’s “Carolina” (for Where the Crawdads Sing), …
Read More »Ab-Soul is Finally Ready to Share His Truth
I n the parking lot of Anderson Memorial Park in Carson, California, just south of Compton and north of Long Beach, Ab-Soul chain-smokes Newports and speaks gently. We’re close to the houses he grew up in alongside his mother, aunts, and paternal grandparents. “I kinda like to call it the …
Read More »Janet Jackson Announces 2023 'Together Again' Tour With Ludacris
After four years, Janet Jackson will make her touring return with the Together Again trek. The singer has scheduled shows at arenas and amphitheaters in 33 cities across North America, set to begin in 2023. The Together Again tour will kick off on April 14 in Hollywood, Florida, and will …
Read More »A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie's 'Me vs. Myself' Is Musically Pleasant But Topically Tedious
It’s been a little over two years since A Boogie wit Da Hoodie released his third official album, Artist 2.0. In an interview with Apple Music, he said that caring for his mother, who had cancer, as well as mourning the death of PnB Rock in September contributed to his …
Read More »Lizzo to Fill in for Yeah Yeah Yeahs on Next Week's 'SNL'
Saturday Night Live revealed that Lizzo will now serve as musical guest on the Austin Butler-hosted episode next week, with the rapper filling in for the previously announced Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Soon after SNL announced the switch-up, the YYYs issued a statement on social media explaining that all of the …
Read More »Lil Baby, Seventeen and Snoop Dogg Highlight Day One of LA3C Festival
It was an uncharacteristically cold and cloudy day in downtown Los Angeles as LA3C kicked off its inaugural festival on Saturday, but that didn’t stop thousands of attendees from flocking to Los Angeles State Historic Park for the event, albeit a bit more bundled than usual for festival attire. Headliner …
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