The Lumineers are lending their home state of Colorado a helping hand with a livestream fundraiser, Colorado Gives Back, to take place Friday from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. ET on the band’s YouTube channel. The all-star lineup will feature the Denver-based group and other musical guests including OneRepublic, Jewel …
Read More »Pandora Launches 'Game Night' Playlists That Pair Pop Hits With Classic Board Games
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Streaming service Pandora is teaming up with Hasbro to make your at-home game night feel a little more musical. The two brands unveiled their “Bring Home the Fun …
Read More »American Football's Mike Kinsella Announces New Solo LP, Drops 'A New Muse'
American Football‘s Mike Kinsella continues his solo project Owen with “A New Muse,” a new single off The Avalanche, out June 19th via Polyvinyl. “Dear Lord/Let me be anything but bored or in love,” Kinsella sings across subtle guitar. “I’ve been comfortably cursed/Almost blessed to sleep.” The Avalanche is Owen’s …
Read More »Sony Music Is Hiring Some Serious Game Designers
There was no question that Travis Scott’s groundbreaking Fortnite performance would kick the music industry’s interest in video games into high gear — and a spate of new job listings in the last week seems to already support that claim. In the last week, major label and publishing group Sony …
Read More »How the 'Red Dirt' Music Scene Is Trying to Survive the Pandemic
This is the seventh installment of Rolling Stone’sMusic in Crisisseries, which looks at how people all across the music industry are coping with thecoronaviruspandemic. Randy Rogers left the stage at Terminal 5, the multitiered concert hall in west Manhattan, waving thank-you’s to the crowd’s calls for one more song. Rogers …
Read More »'The First Time': Jeffrey Wright
Acclaimed actor Jeffrey Wright chatted over video with Rolling Stone for an at-home installment of “The First Time.” In addition to reminiscing about getting to meet his childhood heroes and working his first summer job, Wright, who released his most recent film All Day and a Nightlast week, also discusses …
Read More »Scientific Study Looks at Praying COVID-19 Away
With most health experts saying a coronavirus vaccine is likely more than a year away, a cardiologist at the Kansas City Heart Rhythm Institute has begun a scientific study to see if something called “remote intercessory prayer” might initiate God to heal those afflicted with the virus. On Friday, Dr. …
Read More »Watch Sammy Hagar and the Circle Cover AC/DC's 'Whole Lotta Rosie' in 'Lockdown' Video
Sammy Hagar and the Circle’s newest Lockdown Sessions video is a cover of the 1977 AC/DC classic “Whole Lotta Rosie.” It begins with drummer Jason Bonham calling up Hagar to suggest the song. “Give me a call,” he says, while a recording of AC/DC’s “Hell Ain’t a Bad Place to …
Read More »Samantha Bee Advocates for Saving the Postal Service on 'Full Frontal'
As Samantha Bee and other late-night hosts have pointed out, President Trump’s New York jet flyover demonstration in celebration of essential workers this week may not have been the best way to support them. On her at-home edition of Full Frontal —filmed in front of a greenscreened forest background and …
Read More »Stevie Nicks on Her Life in Isolation: 'We Have to Believe'
Stevie Nicks had always intended 2020 to be a relatively quiet year, but not quite this quiet. She’s been battling a case of Epstein-Barr virus since January, and has been safely holed up in one of her California properties with three friends and her dog Lily for weeks now. She …
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