Ariana Grande released Thank U, Next, her fifth studio album, on Thursday at midnight. The 12-track collection includes the title track and “7 Rings,” both of which previously debuted at Number One on the Hot 100. While working onThank U, Next,Grande returned to the studio with a number of longtime …
Read More »Justin Moore Depicts War, School Shootings in New 'Make It Back Home' Video
Justin Moore has announced April 26th as the release date for his upcoming fifth studio album, titled Late Nights and Longnecks. Meanwhile, he’s also shared the intense music video for the project’s first single, “The Ones That Didn’t Make It Back Home.” Co-written by Moore with Jeremy Stover, Paul DiGiovanni …
Read More »Rolling Stone Live: Atlanta Big Game Weekend Party Recap
On Saturday, February 2nd, Rolling Stone took over the Goat Farm Art Center by Skylight — a performance venue nestled among the ruins of an old cotton gin factory — for Rolling Stone Live: Atlanta, presented by Mercedes-Benz and in partnership with LDV Hospitality. The event featured special performances from …
Read More »Hear an Emotional 'Growin' Up' From Bruce Springsteen's New Live Album
Just five days after keyboardist Danny Federici died from melanoma in April of 2008, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band played one of the most emotional shows of their long career at the St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa, Florida. The entire band attended Federici’s funeral at Red Bank, …
Read More »Song You Need to Know: Jenny Lewis, 'Redbull and Hennessy'
“What’s the matter with me?” Jenny Lewis sings on her latest single, “Redbull & Hennessy.” On her first solo offering since 2014’sThe Voyager, Lewis offers a darkly suggestive tale of dissolution and desire. Riding a sparkling Seventies pop-rock piano riff, Lewis’ narrator second-guesses herself into a haze of liquor and …
Read More »Hear Country Trio Fairground Saints' Breezy New Song 'California'
Before packing up their acoustic guitars and making the 2,000-mile move to Nashville, Fairground Saints played their earliest shows in California. Formed in Santa Barbara, the trio carved out a sound that nodded to their homeland’s rich musical past, from the layered harmonies echoing throughout the hills of Laurel Canyon …
Read More »Dawn Rides Mechanical Bull in Sensual New 'Sauce' Video
In honor of her newly-released album New Breed, Dawn’s “Sauce” video has the rising R&B singer showing off some serious sex appeal. Dawn writhes in cut-off denim shorts with the letters spelling out her new album dangling down her backside. She rides a mechanical bull in slow-motion, sings about “working it …
Read More »Pink, Muse, Chris Stapleton to Perform Intimate L.A. Shows During Grammy Week
Pink, Muse and Chris Stapleton will be performing during Grammy week at Los Angeles, California’s Hollywood Palladium for Citi Sound Vault. Presented by Citi and Live Nation, the series of intimate concerts run February 7th through the 10th and tickets are exclusively available to Citi cardmembers. Pink, whose Beautiful Trauma …
Read More »R. Kelly Hit With 66 Violations for His Sauna-Filled Recording Studio
A judge slapped R. Kelly‘s Chicago recording studio with 66 building code violations on Tuesday, totaling a potential $66,000 per day, and ordered that the studio — a space that the singer has turned into illegal living quarters, complete with kitchen, bar room and sauna — no longer be used …
Read More »Chris Stapleton, Brandi Carlile Sing 'Hunger Strike' at Chris Cornell Tribute
A diverse array of artists from Miley Cyrus to Metallica honored the memory of Chris Cornell at the I Am the Highway tribute concert in Los Angeles last week. While the show was appropriately heavy on rock artists, it also highlighted two of country and Americana’s most powerful vocalists: Chris …
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