The Weeknd got misty-eyed recalling the lessons his idol Quincy Jones taught him at the Black Music Action Coalition’s first annual Music in Action Award show in Los Angeles. The organization, formed last year in the wake of a racial reckoning in the music industry, was created to “advocate on …
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How does a 45-year old heavy metal band with fewer than 10 million monthly Spotify listeners manage to break intothe best-performing albums of 2021? The answer is, true to the band’s style, rather old-fashioned: By throwing vinyl LPs and CDs into Targets and Wal-Marts. Over the past week, while Kanye …
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Four days after Hurricane Ida hit Louisiana as a Category 4 hurricane, much of New Orleans and its surrounding areas remain in the dark, both literally and metaphorically: Power outages persist and Entergy, the corporation responsible for fueling the region, has still not said clearly when power will be restored. …
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Dead and Company played at the Darien Lake Performing Arts Center in Darien Lake, New York, on Wednesday night, and midway through the second set they honored Charlie Watts by performing the 1965 Rolling Stones classic “The Last Time.” This was the first time Dead and Company played the tune, …
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Austin City Limits is the latest music fest to require that festival-goers show proof of vaccination or a negative test in order to attend. Organizers announced Thursday that anyone attending the fest must have “a printed copy of a negative Covid-19 test result” obtained within 72 hours of the festival, …
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Garth Brooks has canceled the remaining dates on his 2021 Stadium Tour. The country star cited the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic as the reason for his decision in a statement released on Wednesday. “In July, I sincerely thought the pandemic was falling behind us. Now, watching this new wave, I realize …
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To celebrate the 50th anniversary of George Harrison‘sAll Things Must Pass — and the album’s new reissue — the former Beatle’s son Dhani Harrison teamed up with floral artist Ruth Davis of All for Love London to make a special art installation in the center of London that recreates the …
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King Crimson may be currently on tour, but that hasn’t stopped Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox from continuing their YouTube series Sunday Lunch. The latest episode features a cover of the Divinyls’ “I Touch Myself.” Wilcoxx greets Fripp remotely — “Hello baby, I’m keeping the bed warm for you” — …
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Billy Strings has announced plans for a new solo album this fall. The rising bluegrass star’s Renewal will be released September 24th via Rounder Records and includes the new song “Fire Line,” which is out now. Produced by Jonathan Wilson and recorded in Nashville, Renewal does not include the previously …
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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Skulls, roses, dancing bears and, of course, tie-dye — Grateful Dead has teamed up with Levi’s for a new summer collection inspired by the band’s most iconic motifs. …
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