Music

Joe Elliott of Def Leppard, who will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in March, gave a career-spanning interview on our podcast, Rolling Stone Music Now. Below, he explains at length how the band drew on more diverse influences than many of their peers. To hear …

Listen to this week’s YouTube Music playlist here. Lil Jon, “All I Really Want for Christmas” Sounds like: A merry crunkmas for one and all Perfect for: Popping a holiday twerk Time to turn up for Santa: Lil Jon has released the year’s most lit holiday jingle. “All I Really …

Meek Mill paints a bleak and vivid picture of the traumatic life experiences he’s traversed in the powerful new video for “Trauma.” The track is a highlight from the rapper’s recently released fourth studio album, Championships. In the clip, Meek is seen both as a child and as an adult. …

Gary Clark Jr. leaves behind his guitar to perform a smoky rendition of “Night Time Is the Right Time” in this exclusive clip from Austin City Limits‘ upcoming ACL Hall of Fame New Year’s Special. The performance of the R&B classic was part of a tribute to Ray Charles, who …

Kurt Vile played an amiable version of his track “Loading Zones” on Jimmy Kimmel Live!The track mixes pealing guitars — the lead part sounded more than a little like Neil Young circaWeld— with cheerfully inscrutable lyrics. “Sure, they knighted me yesterday/But who needs armor when I have an exoskeleton?” Vile …

A judge has entered a nearly $5 million judgment against Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams in favor of Marvin Gaye’s family in the long-running lawsuit involving copyright infringement surrounding Thicke and Williams’ song “Blurred Lines” and Gaye’s 1977 hit “Got to Give It Up,”Billboard reports. In 2016, Williams and Thicke …

Americana singer-songwriter Rob Baird reflects on mortality, heartbreak and bad decisions throughout his heavy new song “Burning Blue.” The track highlights his upcoming fourth LP, After All, out January 11th via Hard Luck Recording Company. “Room and a bed with a parking lot view/ Star-crossed souls without a clue,” Baird …

On Friday night, George Strait took the stage in Las Vegas for the 19th show of his Strait to Vegas residency, but for first time in almost three decades, something was noticeably different. “We had some tragedy that happened to us Labor Day weekend,” Strait said a few minutes into …

Even with her growing success as this year’s ACM New Female Vocalist of the Year, Lauren Alaina admits that her rise to fame as a teenager took an emotional toll that she’s still working through today, with the support of family, friends and fans. Years ago, the criticism she received …

Cardi B has announced her split from husband Offset in an Instagram post Wednesday morning. The post, which included the caption “There you go..peace and love,” detailed the couple’s decision to call it quits. “So everybody been bugging me and everything,” Cardi said in the video. “And you know, I …