Jon Bon Jovi honors his family in the new video for “Story of Love,” a track off his latest album 2020. The video features Bon Jovi in a large living room filled with family artifacts — an old clock, a tricycle, and several framed photos on the wall. He strums …
Read More »Flashback: Sister Rosetta Tharpe Stages Public Wedding at D.C.'s Griffith Stadium
In 1951, rock & roll pioneer Sister Rosetta Tharpe married her soon-to-be manager Russell Morrison in front of 25,000 paying customers at Washington, D.C.’s Griffith Stadium. Though the marriage was for show, Tharpe’s very public nuptials became an early stadium rock event. By this time, Tharpe had been a recording …
Read More »Song You Need to Know: Cloud Nothings, 'Nothing Without You'
When Dylan Baldi started releasing music in the early 2010s, he was a teenage recording machine from suburban Cleveland, cranking out tune-happy, noise-caked, supremely lo-fi power-pop. At first he obscured his identity, early-Pavement-style, and rode his music blog hype towards a kind of instant success that might’ve taken a basement …
Read More »Watch Nathaniel Rateliff Bring Powerful 'Redemption' to 'SNL'
Nathaniel Rateliff performed a powerful rendition of his hit “Redemption” during his stint as musical guest on the latest episode of Saturday Night Live. The cathartic track features in the new Apple+ film Palmer, starring Justin Timberlake. “When I was first asked to write a song forPalmerI was told what …
Read More »Jewel to Perform at Valentine's Day Fundraiser for Navajo Nation
Jewel has partnered with the Orenda Tribe and Wonders Around the World for a Valentine’s Day fundraiser for the Navajo Nation in New Mexico. The event will support the Diné Skate Garden Project, which is raising funds to build a culturally inspired skate park and garden in Grey Hills, New …
Read More »The Weeknd Invades the Charts After Super Bowl Halftime Show
The Weeknd is poised to have one of his biggest weeks in Rolling Stone Charts history after his Super Bowl Halftime performance delivered triple-digit growths in sales. Three days after Sunday night’s show, a sparkly red jitter through his greatest hits from “The Hills” to “Blinding Lights,” The Weeknd rises …
Read More »Berry Gordy Remembers Mary Wilson: 'She Was a Trailblazer, a Diva'
Motown founder Berry Gordy remembered Mary Wilson as “a trailblazer” and “a diva” in a tribute following the Supremes singer’s death Monday at the age of 76. “I was extremely shocked and saddened to hear of the passing of a major member of the Motown family, Mary Wilson of the …
Read More »Olivia Rodrigo Makes Her Late Night Debut With 'Drivers License'
Olivia Rodrigo brought the biggest song in the country to late night Thursday, when she performed “Drivers License” on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Seated at a grand piano under a spotlight in the darkness, Rodrigo delivered an intimate performance of her debut single, which has been Number One …
Read More »Demi Lovato, Sam Fischer Team for New Song 'What Other People Say'
Demi Lovato has teamed with Australian singer-songwriter Sam Fischer for the single “What Other People Say.” “This song is a reflection on what it’s like to lose who you truly are in an effort to please other people and society,” Lovato said of the single. “It’s why I wanted to …
Read More »Questlove's 'Summer of Soul' Wins at Sundance
Questlove‘s directorial debut, Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised, was awarded both the U.S. Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award in the U.S. Documentary category at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. The documentary about the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival, dubbed “the Black Woodstock,” features …
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