This story was originally published in the April 22nd, 1976, issue of “Rolling Stone.” YOU’D THINK THAT BABA Ram Dass, who had been a Harvard psychology professor and psychedelic drug researcher in his former incarnation as Dr. Richard Alpert, Ph.D., would know all about mind games by now. And yet …

The ultimate goal of Birding With Charles was always to bring people together to marvel at the wonderful world of birds. In the spring, a very stoned Valee stood in awe of the majestic creatures as he learned how to use binoculars. As the summer ended, Doja Cat remixed her …

Live Nation — the world’s biggest concert promoter and owner of Ticketmaster, the world’s biggest concert ticketing company — has settled with the U.S. Department of Justice after a week of swirling rumors about government action against the company’s practices. The Wall Street Journal reported last week that the DOJ …

Harry Styles‘ sophomore album, Fine Line, is all but a cinch for the top spot on the Rolling Stone Top 200 Albums Chart. On Wednesday’s daily edition of the RS 200, the album had already pulled in 369,300 units, which is nearly nine times the units for the Number Two …

More than 20 years ago, Juan Esteban Aristizábal Vásquez, frontman of the hard-rock act Ekhymosis, was itching to break out of Colombia. As civil war and narcoterrorism raged back home, the Medellín band took their unique blend of cumbia rock to Los Angeles, hoping to follow in the footsteps of …

There’s a deceptively simple joy in the music of soul singer-songwriter Zawadi Noel. At a recent Brooklyn show, the New York-via-Washington D.C. musician pulled off the tricky feat of uplifting the audience without wading into maudlin waters that trip up other performers. Maybe it’s the childhood years spent living all …

Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani, his co-star on The Voice and romantic partner, have teamed up for the new duet “Nobody But You.” The song is one of a handful of new tracks from Shelton’s God’s Country: Fully Loaded, a hits compilation that includes the Grammy-nominated title track. A soaring …

King Princess has shared her new video for “Homegirl,” featuring a compilation of clips and behind-the-scenes footage from her early live shows in New York and Los Angeles. The track comes from the artist’s debut album Cheap Queen, released this past October on Mark Ronson’s label Zelig and Columbia Records. King Princess, …

Charlize Theron comes out blazing in Bombshell. But the first thing you notice about her deep-dive performance as former Fox News host Megyn Kelly is that you don’t see Theron at all. Through voice, posture, wardrobe, and the genius prosthetic makeup of Kazu Hiro, Theron is Kelly. It’s a marvel …

A former official for the Mexican government, Genaro Garcia Luna, was arrested and charged in the United States on Monday. He is accused of accepting millions in bribes to allow Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman’s Sinaloa Cartel to operate freely in Mexico and distribute drugs in the United States. Richard P. …