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Bon Iver is back. The band, which started as a solo project for frontman Justin Vernon, will release their first full-length album since 2019’s I,I. Titled SABLE, fABLE, the new album is set for release on April 11. Last fall, Bon Iver previewed the full-length project with the Sable, EP, …

Spike Lee, like millions of other Americans, tuned in to the Super Bowl halftime show to watch Kendrick Lamar‘s history-making spectacle. As Lee reflected on the Pulitzer-Prize winning artist’s show, the first rapper to headline the coveted mid-game performance, he drew parallels to his own film work. Samuel L. Jackson, …

When Jon Batiste performed the national anthem in front of millions of Americans watching the Super Bowl LIX broadcast from New Orleans’ Superdome, he paid homage to generations both past and present on the hallowed stage. For the first time in the NFL’s championship history, Batiste weaved a sample into …

Kendrick Lamar‘s halftime performance at Sunday’s Super Bowl was the most-watched in history, with more than 133 million people tuning in — and it also may have been the most uncompromising. In a slot that every previous artist has reserved mostly for greatest hits, Lamar only played bits of two …

The Cross Canadian Ragweed comeback is expanding to Texas. The Red Dirt pioneers, along with co-headliners Turnpike Troubadours, are bringing their Boys From Oklahoma showcase to McLane Stadium in Waco, on the campus of Baylor University, on August 23. Ragweed and Turnpike — who confirmed the details to Rolling Stone …

Kendrick Lamar played on the term “the Great American Game” with a polarizing, Samuel L. Jackson-narrated performance that felt like a Spike Lee Joint in music form. Like every Kendrick Lamar offering, the 13-minute set left observers with a lot of takeaways — but they aren’t all good things. Some …

From the start, director Bernard MacMahon and writer and producer Allison McGourty knew there would be obstacles involved in making a documentary about Led Zeppelin, especially one done with the band’s cooperation. This is a group that has famously and diligently guarded its legacy, always maintaining a sense of mystique …

Kanye West has been sued by a former Yeezy staffer, who claims the rapper frequently referred to himself as Hitler and a Nazi, targeted her because she’s Jewish, sent her pornographic materials and insulted her looks when he was upset. The woman, who is suing under a Jane Doe pseudonym, …

Monica Barbaro’s Academy Award-nominated portrayal of Joan Baez in the Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown has introduced an entirely new generation of fans to the folk icon, even though Baez retired from the road following a 2019 farewell tour and rarely performs live these days. She made an exception …

Jack White is in a giving mood, surprise-releasing a new live EP and revealing a new initiative to offer college students $20 tickets to all his No Name tour gigs. No Name Live features five songs taken from shows White played last year in Denver, Atlanta, New Haven, and Dallas, …