Camila Cabello was Zane Lowe’s latest guest on Apple’s New Music Daily; she was in the studio to discuss her new songs, her boyfriend Shawn Mendes and an embarrassing track she wrote for Rihanna. “[I] would write when I was like 16 to instrumentals of other songs,” she said of …
Read More »See Will Smith Perform 'Fresh Prince' Lullaby at Times Square's 'Big Sleep Out'
Will Smith performed in Times Square to hundreds of people sleeping outdoors Saturday night in honor of the World’s Big Sleep Out, a worldwide fundraiser to end homelessness. Events in New York, London and New Delhi were just a handful of the 50 events that took place around the world …
Read More »Blink-182 Get Bummed Out for the Holidays on 'Not Another Christmas Song'
Blink-182 cut through the merriment, joy and cheer with a delightful downer of a holiday anthem, “Not Another Christmas Song.” The track is mostly vintage Blink, with chugging pop-punk riffs during the verse opening up into a full-throated chorus — although there are some expertly placed sleigh bells in the …
Read More »Brittany Howard Announces 2020 Tour Dates
In support of her debut solo album, Jaime, Alabama Shakes frontwoman Brittany Howard has announced a run of U.S. tour dates in 2020. “New shows for 2020! Can’t wait to get back on the road and play for you,” she wrote on Twitter. The tour kicks off on March 17th …
Read More »Song You Need to Know: Hinds, 'Riding Solo'
Loneliness has always been fertile territory when it comes to songwriting: Three Dog Night’s 1968 hit “One,” Eric Carmen/Céline Dion’s “All by Myself.” You know the drill. Madrid’s Hinds adds to that canon on Tuesday with “Riding Solo.” “Feeling lonely is one of the most common human feelings, right?”the band …
Read More »Kanye West Brings Family and a Choir to 'Closed on Sunday' Video
Kanye West spent his Thanksgiving releasing the video for “Closed on Sunday,” the latest single off his new album, Jesus Is King. The clip opens with West, wife Kim Kardashian West and children North, Saint, Chicago and Psalm lying in a rock formation before an armada of armored vehicles unload …
Read More »Flashback: Tina Turner Plays the Final Encore of Her Last Concert
Eighty years ago today, Anne Mae Bullock was born in Nutbush, Tennessee. The daughter of a poor farm worker, Bullock moved around the country a lot in her early years, eventually winding up in St. Louis where she met a charismatic bandleader named Ike Turner in 1957. He invited her …
Read More »RS Charts: Celine Dion's 'Courage' Powers to Number One
Celine Dion swept to Number One on the Rolling Stone Top 200 Albums chart this week. Courage, her first release since 2016’s Encore un Soir, earned more than 120,000 album-equivalent units. The overwhelming majority of those came from album sales, which were boosted by a bundle offer tying albums to …
Read More »Song You Need to Know: Bonny Light Horseman, 'Jane Jane'
The new folk supergroup Bonny Light Horseman (Anais Mitchell, Eric Johnson of the Fruit Bats and Josh Kaufman) have already given a few teases from their upcoming eponymous debut album, slated for early 2020. But “Jane Jane,” the trio’s third preview, offers the clearest portrait of the type of folk …
Read More »Grammys 2020: Meet the Best New Artist Nominees
The Recording Academy revealed the full list of nominees for the 62nd annual Grammy Awards on Wednesday, with breakout stars Billie Eilish, Lizzo, and Lil Nas X leading with the most nominations — including nods for Best New Artist. For the second year in a row, the academy has nominated …
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