UPDATE: On Monday, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office charged four people, two men and two teenagers, with killing the rapper Pop Smoke. The two men, Corey Walker and Keandre Rodgers, were charged with murder during a robbery and burglary, which makes them eligible for the death penalty, or …
Read More »'In My Room' With Charlie Puth
Charlie Puth performed intimate, stripped-down renditions of his songs in the latest installment of Rolling Stone‘s ‘In My Room,’ a series in which artists perform from home while in quarantine. “I’m gonna perform them the way that I originally thought of them,” Puth tells the camera. “Not a whole lot …
Read More »Watch Diplo's Desert Dance in Playful 'Do Si Do' Video
Diplo line dances in the desert throughout his playful “Do Si Do” video. The harmonica-heavy track appears on the producer’s recently issued country LP, Diplo Presents Thomas Wesley Chapter 1: Snake Oil. Frequent Diplo collaborator Brandon Dermer directed the clip, which also features vocalist Blanco Brown and a guest dancer. …
Read More »Robbie Robertson Explains Why He Turned Down Playing on Bob Dylan's New Album
If Bob Dylan had gotten his way, the Band’s Robbie Robertson would have played on his just-released album Rough and Rowdy Ways, the guitarist says – which would’ve been Robertson’s first performance on a Dylan studio LP since he and the rest of the Band played on 1974’s Planet Waves. …
Read More »Watch 'Hamilton' Original Cast Virtually Reunite for 'Helpless'
Members of the original cast of Hamilton, along with the Roots, staged a virtual reunion to perform the musical’s “Helpless” as part of Global Citizen’s “Global Goal: Unite for Our Future” live stream event Saturday. The performance featured actress Phillipa Soo reprising her Tony-nominated role of Eliza Hamilton, with the …
Read More »Flashback: Madonna and Lenny Kravitz Play 'Ray of Light' at the 1998 Video Music Awards
MTV is taking a rare break from Ridiculousness and Teen Mom OG marathons on Friday for something they are calling “Flashback Friday: Made in New York.” It’s a 24-hour block of classic Nineties programming like The Real World: New York, Yo! MTV Raps, The State, Diary: Pink, and the Pearl …
Read More »Global Citizen Recruits Miley Cyrus, Dwayne Johnson and More for COVID-19 Concert
UPDATE 6/24/2020: Lin-Manuel Miranda and the cast ofHamilton have been added to the lineup for Global Citizen’s virtual concert. The Broadway cast will perform remotely with Jimmy Fallon and The Roots. ~~~ Global Citizen and the European Commission are airing a special titledGlobal Goal: Unite for Our Future — The …
Read More »My Morning Jacket, Brittany Howard, Emily King Appear on Black Lives Matter Comp
My Morning Jacket, Brittany Howard, Emily King and more appear on Silence Is Not an Option, an ATO Records compilation out now. The tracklist includes My Morning Jacket’s “I’m Amazed,” Drive-By Truckers’ “What It Means,” “Goat Head” by Brittany Howard, Black Pumas‘ “Colors” and more. You can hear Emily King’s …
Read More »'Some Kind of Wonderful' Songwriter John Ellison Shares New BLM-Inspired Song 'Wake-Up Call'
John Ellison — frontman for the Soul Brothers Six and writer of their biggest hit “Some Kind of Wonderful” — has shared a fiery new song, “Wake-Up Call (Black Like Me),” inspired by the recent protests in response to the police killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor. Ellison delivered …
Read More »Lester Bangs, Cameron Crowe Appear in New 'Creem' Magazine Documentary
Legendary rock critic Lester Bangs and his protégé Cameron Crowe appear in the new trailer for Creem: America’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll Magazine, in select theaters on August 7th. Directed by Scott Crawford, the trailer features vintage videos and various Creem covers throughout the Seventies and Eighties.Several musicians appear in …
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