Nio Garcia, the urbano artist known for massive hits such as “Te Bote” and “Sola,” says in a new court filing that his management company is tanking his career. In a motion for preliminary injunction filed in Miami Sept. 8, obtained by Rolling Stone, Garcia asks a U.S. District Court …
Read More »Asake Is Pumping Nigerian Street-Pop Full of New Life. Next Stop: 'Greatness'
Asake appears on the Zoom screen, a puff of smoke rising behind him, his chunky dreads — often dyed gold and green — hidden under a black Ushanka that contrasts his plain white shirt. Asake’s music evokes a deep connection to the gritty realities of Lagos, and our interview had …
Read More »'The Stamina This Woman Had': Annie Lennox on Meeting the Queen
Over the decades, Buckingham Palace summoned a select group of musicians to be awarded by Queen Elizabeth II. Mick Jagger, Paul McCartney, Elton John and Bob Geldof were knighted, and Robert Plant was named Commander of the Order of the British Empire. One of the few female musicians to receive …
Read More »Hear Norah Jones' Striking Rendition of Leonard Cohen's 'Steer Your Way'
Norah Jones reinterprets one of Leonard Cohen’s late masterpieces with a cover of “Steer Your Way” for the upcoming all-star tribute album Here It Is, due out Oct. 14. Here It Is features covers of Cohen’s songs spanning the rock poet’s entire career, and for the tribute LP Jones picked …
Read More »Young Thug Sent An 'Innocent' Tweet to Michael Phelps. Prosecutors Used It Against Him
A week after Young Thug used his Twitter account to ask Olympic champion Michael Phelps if he could swim a hundred miles in the ocean – and Phelps hilariously responded that he could – Georgia prosecutors successfully used the exchange to win a clampdown on evidence shared in the Grammy-winning …
Read More »Drummer David Kemper on His Years With Bob Dylan and Jerry Garcia
Rolling Stone interview series Unknown Legends features long-form conversations between senior writer Andy Greene and veteran musicians who have toured and recorded alongside icons for years, if not decades. All are renowned in the business, but some are less well known to the general public. Here, these artists tell their …
Read More »Harry Styles Gets a Big Round of Applause Going in Honor of Queen Elizabeth II
Harry Styles added to the Queen Elizabeth II tributes Thursday night, leading the crowd at Madison Square Garden in a round of applause honoring the late British monarch, who died at the age of 96. Following his pre-show spiel encouraging everyone to enjoy themselves — which itself was preceded by …
Read More »Rosalía Explores the Trappings of Fame on Deluxe Edition of 'Motomami'
After teasing the possibility of new material during her wildly successful Motomami World Tour, Spanish songstress Rosalía delivered Motomami+ — a deluxe edition of her critically acclaimed album that features her latest single “Despechá,” along several reworkings of Motomami standouts and a handful of new tracks. Rosalía first announced the …
Read More »Titus Andronicus Pursued Rock Perfection — and Learned to Love 'The Monitor' — to Find 'The Will to Live'
Patrick Stickles has returned to the bar’s backyard with a Guinness, finished marveling at the absurdity of a Pringles commercial in which a man dies with a chip can stuck on his hand, and is meditating on the interconnectivity of all life on Earth — bound by the will to …
Read More »Meghan Trainor Strikes a Work-Life Balance on New Single 'Don't I Make It Look Easy'
Meghan Trainor has crafted a clever ode to her work-life balance with her new song “Don’t I Make It Look Easy,” the latest single from her upcoming album Takin’ It Back. “When I started recording the album I was learning how to be a working mom,” Trainor said in a …
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