There’s something overwhelmingly endearing about Ringo Starr’s “What’s My Name?” — the title track off of his 20th studio album, which dropped in October. Perhaps it’s because, despite being all about Ringo, it was written by long-time All-Starr Band member Colin Hay. Or maybe it’s the fact that the chorus …

Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz created waves in Washington last week with the release of a lengthy report about the origins of the “Crossfire Hurricane” Trump-Russia investigation. Pundits focused on his finding of no “political bias” in the decision to investigate Donald Trump, while conservatives focused on abuses of …

Red Hot Chili Peppers fans got a pretty huge shock on Sunday when, without any warning, the band announced via Instagram that longtime guitarist Josh Klinghoffer was departing the group and that John Frusciante, who left for a second time in 2009, was rejoining. “We are deeply grateful for our …

There’s a distinct daughters-of-Carol-Clover vibe in the new remake of Black Christmas that hits you almost immediately — a kind of knowingness with a serrated edge that’s different from the meta-winks of something like Scream, or the in-joke camaraderie that happens when horror franchise entries start getting into the double …

The Washington Post this week released a blockbuster expose called “The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War.” After a lengthy legal battle, the Post got hold of documents compiled by SIGAR, the Special Inspector General for Afghan Reconstruction. John Sopko, the Inspector General, interviewed over 600 people connected …

So, How Was Your Decadeis a series in which the decade’s most innovative musicians answer our questionnaire about the music, culture and memorable moments that shaped their decade. We’ll be rolling these pieces out throughout December. This decade witnessed Tim Heidecker, one-half of acclaimed, offbeat comedy duo Tim & Eric, …

Jazz continued to explode in 2019, shooting off in countless directions. There wasn’t one dominant trend, sound, or scene in the genre this year, but there were clear areas of focus, informal constellations of like-minded players and conceptualists: artists who harnessed the energy of rock, devised unusual instrumental textures, pushed …

The Weeknd was the only artist standing between Mariah Carey and Number One on the latest Rolling Stone Top 100 Songs chart. The Weeknd launched “Heartless” and “Blinding Lights” to Numbers One and Two, respectively; the singles amassed more than 40 million streams between them. But Carey’s canonical holiday single …

Aventura broke the Latinternet in April when they dropped “Inmortal” — their first new single since 2009 — on frontman Romeo Santos‘ fourth studio album, Utopia. They did it again in September, when they joined Santos at his solo concert at New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium. This Monday morning, the Latino …

Jason Aldean performed his first full headlining concert in Las Vegas in more than two years on Friday, kicking off his Ride All Night Vegas three-show residency at the Park MGM. The country star was onstage at the Route 91 Harvest Festival in October 2017 when a gunman opened fire …