Though Kenny G is known primarily as a legendary sax player whose work has transcended into the pop-culture firmament, he is a man of many talents. He is a plus-0.6 handicap golfer, a licensed pilot, and by all accounts a seriously skilled baker. He was also one of the 10 …
Read More »Sonic Youth Unearth 1989 Kyiv Concert to Raise Money for Ukraine Aid
Exactly 33 years ago Thursday, on April 14, 1989, Sonic Youth staged a concert in Kyiv, Ukraine, one of the last Western acts to play in the then-Soviet city prior to the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the U.S.S.R. Amid the current Russian invasion, the pioneering …
Read More »Lizzo Wants Us to Twerk Our Asses This Summer and It's 'About Damn Time'
Get your swimsuits out, Lizzo has officially declared her new song “About Damn Time” the “song of the summer.” On Thursday, the singer released her feel-good groovingsingle alongside the video. Her first track of 2022 will appear on her highly anticipated album,Special,which arrives July 15 via Nice Life Recording Company/Atlantic. …
Read More »Stop Calling Yourselves 'Americans,' Rapper Residente Says
“The whole project for ‘This Is Not America’ is to change the world,” says Residente. In the new episode of Rolling Stone Music Now, the Puerto Rican rap star – who’s won more Latin Grammys than any other artist – tells Julyssa Lopez about the concept behind his incendiary new …
Read More »Watch Daft Punk's Original Storyboards for 'Around the World' Music Video
Daft Punk have shared a behind-the-scenes clip revealing the original storyboards for their beloved 1997 Michel Gondry-directed music video for “Around the World.” The video — originally part of the band’s DVD, D.A.F.T., also released in 1997 — showcases hand-drawn storyboards with scribbled instructions. The original music video features numerous …
Read More »'We All Have Our Own Shit': How Tomberlin Learned to Feel Her Feelings — and Pour Them Into Her Best Music Yet
Sarah Beth Tomberlin has only lived in New York for a short time, but she leads the life of a native. The artist, who performs as Tomberlin, owns a Honda Civic, but she usually leaves it parked near her Brooklyn apartment, choosing instead to wander the boroughs by foot — …
Read More »'I Should Have Died': Dave Alvin, Seminal California Country-Punk Guitarist, Talks Private Cancer Battle
By the end of 2019, Dave Alvin knew something was wrong. He’d spent 11 of the past 12 months on the road, and for the first time in his career, he no longer felt physically capable of keeping up his furious touring pace. “I started feeling like, ‘I don’t think …
Read More »Jam Master Jay's Alleged Killer Wants Charges Dismissed or Solo Trial Due to 'Playboy' Article
Jam Master Jay’s alleged shooter, now charged with the Run-DMC DJ’s 2002 slaying, wants his murder indictment dropped or a separate trial that’s severed from a co-defendant who previously spoke about the killing in Playboy magazine. In a new motion filed Monday in Brooklyn Federal Court, lawyers for Karl Jordan …
Read More »Charlie Puth Turns On the Charm With 'Light Switch' Performance on 'Ellen'
Charlie Puth appeared on The Ellen Show to perform his recent single, “Light Switch” — and the viral sensation also shared how criticism from Elton John impacted his music. Puth told host Ellen DeGeneres that he learned over time that it’s important to “tell the truth” when writing a song. …
Read More »Queen, Journey, Wu-Tang Clan Among 2022 National Registry List
To anyone who doubts that every vote matters, we offer the following proof: Journey are in the Library of Congress. Today, the Library of Congress announces its list of 25 recordings chosen for the National Recording Registry.The genres represented by albums include girl group pop (the Shirelles’ Tonight’s the Night), …
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