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It’s an open secret: New York governor Andrew Cuomo is on the shortest of short lists of likely 2020 presidential candidates. He’s acting like it, too. The Empire State’s political favorite son has positioned himself as a leading anti-Trump voice, the tip of the Democratic spear. The president this week …

Aretha Franklin will be mourned as the “Queen of Soul,” which is as it should be. It was her rocket ride up the charts under Atlantic’s Jerry Wexler in 1967 and 1968 that established “soul” as a cultural given and transformed Franklin into the mythic presence she’d remain for half …

Michigan rock outfit Greta Van Fleet discussed their forthcoming debut album and the artists that inspired it during an interview with Rolling Stone at Lollapalooza. Last year, the group released a pair of EPs – Black Smoke Rising and From the Fires – and guitarist Jake Kiszka said the band …

Alejandro Escovedo’s expansive new song suite, The Crossing, is coming to life one track at a time ahead of its September 14th release, with a chugging, streetwise new chapter out in the form of gritty rocker “Outlaw for You.” As far as love songs go, “Outlaw for You” has style …

There was no harder-working rock star in the 1980s than Phil Collins. His solo career exploded in January of 1981 with the release of his debut single “In the Air Tonight,” the first of many massive hits he’d score throughout the decade. He also continued to record and tour heavily …

Alice in Chains cling to painful memories on their cathartic new song “Never Fade.” “Growing cold, try to numb my feeling/ Lose control/ All my friends are leaving,” the alt-metal band laments over venomous power chords. “Paid the price for all the lies I used to live/ Sacrifice for all …

Jim Acosta, CNN’s chief White House correspondent, talked on Wednesday’s Late Show about having to “fact-check” President Trump. The reporter detailed the history of Trump’s combative relationship with CNN, which began after Acosta asked the president during a January 11th, 2017 press conference about the explosive Steele Dossier –a line …

Animal Collective are here to freak you out. Again. The long-running psych-pop crew have teamed with Miami videographers Coral Morphologic for an album and film called Tangerine Reef – a weird, hypnotic, sensual, occasionally Cronenberg-ian look under the waves that gets up close and personal with spawning sealife. A strong …

Lady Gaga‘s Las Vegas residency will launch December 28th at Park Theater at the new Park MGM resort. The pop star will perform 27 shows at the Park Theater over the course of 2019, with the run wrapping November 8th. The residency will comprise two different shows, the majority of …

“You’re the last one to notice if you’re growing or changing, for better or for worse,” says John Hiatt, speaking with Rolling Stone Country during a break from a recording session. “It’s usually the people around you that it’s more obvious to, if you catch my drift.” He’s speaking about …