The Bob Dylan musical Girl From the North Country has been shuttered since the pandemic closed down Broadway back in March. But the cast will reunite on December 15th at 7:30 p.m. ET for a free event on Facebook moderated by Elysa Gardner, a veteran music journalist that has interviewed …
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It’s Thanksgiving in America and where are we? Deep in the woods with Taylor Swift, in a secluded rustic cabin in upstate New York, strumming through her most personal and heartfelt and just-plain-superb album yet, Folklore. On Tuesday, Swift announced she had a November surprise up her sleeve: a live …
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In the latest episode of Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums, our new podcast on Amazon Music, we go inside the emotional true story of Tom Petty’s Wildflowers, a 1994 solo album that Petty thought was the best work of his career. Long after he released it, Petty never could stop …
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For a brief moment in time, Blood, Sweat & Tears were one of the biggest rock bands in America, scoring giant hits like “You’ve Made Me So Very Happy” and “Spinning Wheel,” winning a Grammy for Album of the Year — despite facing off against the Beatles’ Abbey Road — …
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Anitta returned to the Latin Grammys via a virtual performance from Lapa Arches in Rio de Janeiro Thursday night. The Brazilian superstar performed a medley that included her hit “Me Gusta” sans featured acts Cardi B and Myke Towers. (You can watch it in full here.) Representing Brazil, Anitta opened …
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It was an album created in isolation and, 20 years later, rerecorded under quarantine: The Sophtware Slump — the sophomore album byModesto, California alt-rockers Grandaddy — arrived in 2000; the byproduct of frenzied sessions where frontman Jason Lytle recorded on (as the story goes)music equipment he had to return to …
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Bruce Swedien, the celebrated audio engineer and producer who worked on records by Michael Jackson, Mick Jagger, Donna Summer, Duke Ellington, Paul McCartney and many more, died Tuesday at the age of 86. Swedien’s daughter, the musician Roberta Swedien, confirmed his death on Facebook, writing, “A legend in the music …
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“I’ve never seen such an outpouring of positivity,” says Wolfgang Van Halen, who’s used to dealing with cranky Van Halen fans online. Usingthe band name Mammoth WVH, he released his first solo single and video, “Distance,” on Monday, paying tribute to his late dad, Eddie Van Halen — and fans …
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How long has it been since Valerie June released new music? When her last album, The Order of Time, dropped, Donald Trump was two months into his presidency. Since then, June and her intoxicating mélange of folk, blues, and new-age R&B have been praised by the likes of Bob Dylan, …
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The annual Guitar Legends benefit concert is going virtual this year with a show featuring host Billy Gibbons alongside Ashley McBryde, Brothers Osborne, Big and Rich, Tedeschi/Trucks, Mike Love, Kenny Loggins, Julio Iglesias Jr., Keb’ Mo’, the Bacon Brothers, Lindsay Ell, and Larkin Poe. It will air the air throughout …
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