Whether it’s coming out of Nashville, New York, L.A., or points in between, there’s no shortage of fresh tunes, especially from artists who have yet to become household names.Rolling Stone Countryselects some of the best new music releases from country and Americana artists. (Check out our most recentlist.) Lily Meola, …
Read More »Rolling Stones Remember Charlie Watts With Video Tribute to Drummer
The Rolling Stones remembered Charlie Watts with a video tribute posted on Twitter Friday following the death of their legendary drummer earlier in the week. Mick Jagger’s Twitter also shared the two-minute video Saturday, soundtracked by the Rolling Stones’ “If You Can’t Rock Me” and featuring archival footage of Watts …
Read More »Baby Keem, Kendrick Lamar Link Up for New Song 'Family Ties'
Baby Keem and Kendrick Lamar have linked up for a new song, “Family Ties.” The track is split into two distinct halves, with Baby Keem opening the track with a barrage of bars that fly over sharp drums and, at first a blazing hornfarwe, before a lilting flute loop slides …
Read More »Watch Chvrches Showcase 'Good Girls' on 'Fallon'
Chvrches appeared on The Tonight Show for a raucous performance of their recent song “Good Girls.” Performing from a hilltop overlooking a city at night, the group juxtaposed a televised version of singer Lauren Mayberry with the real one. “Good Girls” comes off Chvrches’ upcoming fourth album, Screen Violence, out …
Read More »'The Coolest Dude to Play Rock & Roll': Patrick Carney Remembers Charlie Watts
The news about Charlie Watts, who died yesterday at 80, deeply impacted the Rolling Stones drummer’s colleagues and peers — but also subsequent generations of rockers. Like the Stones, the Black Keys cut their teeth on blues songs and went on to write their own material, songs that never lost …
Read More »RS Country Music Picks for the Week of August 23rd
Whether it’s coming out of Nashville, New York, L.A., or points in between, there’s no shortage of fresh tunes, especially from artists who have yet to become household names. Rolling Stone Country selects some of the best new music releases from country and Americana artists. (Check out our most recent …
Read More »Everly Brothers' Don Everly, Early Rock Pioneer, Dead at 84
Don Everly, half of one of rock’s earliest and most influential harmony groups, the Everly Brothers, died Saturday in his Nashville home at the age of 84. A rep for the singer confirmed his death to the Los Angeles Times. A cause of death was not immediately known. “Don lived …
Read More »Daptone Records Previews 20th Anniversary Collection With New Songs From Naomi Shelton, Saun and Starr
Daptone Records has released two more tracks from its upcoming live compilation The Daptone Super Soul Revue Live at the Apollo: Naomi Shelton and the Gospel Queens’ “Thank You Lord” and Saun and Starr’s “Confess It.” “Thank You Lord” finds Shelton — who died earlier this year at the age …
Read More »Bob Saget Buries Hatchet With Car Seat Headrest Over Feud That Wasn't Really a Feud
Comedian Bob Saget and Car Seat Headrest appear to have finally settled their extremely online spat, though one would not be blamed for not realizing the Full House star was “feuding” with the indie rock favorites (including the two parties involved). On Sunday, August 15th, Saget tweeted out an apology …
Read More »Texas Venue Called 'Hitler' for Hosting Vax-Only Jason Isbell Concert
When Billy Bob’s Texas, the 40-year-old Fort Worth honky-tonk mecca, announced earlier this week that it was hosting a concert by Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit and enforcing Isbell’s Covid vaccination policy for entry after a different Fort Worth venue wouldn’t, the venue’s general manager says he spent the …
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