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Who needs verses? Let the bassoons speak for themselves. The title track of RZA’s upcoming orchestral album, A Ballet Through Mud, benefits from light and shade, give and take between the strings and woodwinds. It’s not classical music per se since it owes more of a debt to John Williams, …

Never one to skip an opportunity to twist the proverbial knife on an old foe, Taylor Swift marked the release of Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign’s new album Vultures 2 by briefly releasing a live version of “thanK you aIMee” with a not-so-subtly tweaked title: “thank You aimEe.” (The …

This story was originally published in the April 3, 2003, issue of “Rolling Stone.” JACK RUSSELL MIGHT have piled on a few pounds, but his blues-rock band Great White, twenty-five years old, was thriving in the winter of 2003. Guitarist Mark Kendall had quit drinking — which had nearly killed …

While some people are having a Brat summer and bumping “365” by Charli XCX, others are keeping things very demure and very cutesy with Waxahatchee‘s “365” from her latest album, Tiger Blood. The indie musician performed the record during her latest appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live, with an introduction from …

Halsey promised some more rock music, and she’s already delivering. On Thursday, the pop star released the dark rock single “Lonely Is the Muse,” providing a stark contrast to the 2000s pop-referencing single “Lucky.” “I always knew I was a martyr and that Jesus was one too / But I …

Let’s be honest here: how could anybody match Tinashe’s freak? Ten years after turning heads with her excellent debut Aquarius, and the smash “2 On,” Tinashe is hitting new peaks this year. “Nasty” was one of the most indelible hits of summer 2024—a pop summer that was not exactly skimpy …

The announcement of Willie Nelson‘s 76th studio album, Last Leaf on the Tree, comes with good news and better news. The good news is that the lead single is Nelson’s cover of Tom Waits’ “Last Leaf,” a track that Waits cut with Keith Richards for 2011’s Bad as Me. The …

The pop music legend behind iconic music videos for songs “Roar,” “E.T.,” “Last Friday Night,” and “California Gurls” is getting the VMAs‘ most-coveted award. On Thursday, MTV announced that Katy Perry will be given the Vanguard Award at this year’s ceremony on Sept. 11. She’s also slated to perform at …

Eighties hitmaker Greg Kihn, best remembered for his early MTV-era smashes “The Breakup Song (They Don’t Write ‘Em)” and “Jeopardy,” died Tuesday at age 75. The cause was complications of Alzheimer’s disease. Kihn started his career as a folksy singer-songwriter in his hometown of Baltimore, but moved to San Francisco …

A year ago, Chappell Roan marched through Springfield, Missouri with a new dance befitting of the Birthplace of Route 66: the Hot to Go Dance. Now the artist, who grew up nearby, is releasing a behind-the-scenes clip of how she got the town to move in her hit music video …