Lucy Flores, the former Nevada assemblywoman who accused former vice president Joe Biden of inappropriately touching her and kissing the back of her head, appeared on CNN’s State of the Union Sunday morning to talk about what happened and why she came forward. She began the interview by describing in …

David Byrne remembered the exact moment he fell in love with Radiohead at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Friday. “For me … Kid A, was my conversion moment,” Byrne told the crowd at Barclays Center. “The record joined together …

Perry Farrell unveiled a scorching new protest song, “Pirate Punk Politician,” which will appear on the Jane’s Addiction frontman’s new album, Kind Heaven, out June 7th via BMG. “Pirate Punk Politician” is an indictment of the rise of autocratic rulers around the globe, with Farrell calling it “a good old …

Theon Cross can still vividly remember when the instrument that’s taken him around the world was more of a liability than an asset. “Playing the tuba didn’t make me cool when I was at school,” the 26-year-old tells Rolling Stone, speaking via Skype from his London home. “On the bus …

R&B is in nostalgia mode. As the genre continues to experience a long existential crisis over where it’s going next, record companies are finding success repackaging the recent past for a murky present, by updating sounds audiences are familiar with (See Summerella’s “Do You Miss It,” Chris Brown’s “Undecided”); it’s …

This live-action re-imagining of Disney’s 1941 animated classic may be the sweetest film Tim Burton has ever made. It’s also the safest. If you prefer Burton’s big visionary swings into darkness (Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, Batman, Ed Wood, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Sweeney Todd), the family-friendly Dumbo will require adjustment to …

Not everyone in Knoxville, Tennessee, knows exactly what to make of Big Ears. “I’ll admit it. I’ve never heard of a single artist on this festival,” reads the top comment on last December’s lineup-announcement post on the city’s Reddit forum, a recurring sentiment among much of the city’s non-music-head contingent …

Oil executives have been reveling in all of the access and influence they now have because President Donald Trump is in office. A recording of a meeting of the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) obtained by Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting shows executives bragging about how they …

“I know he doesn’t like this version,” Patti Smith said, with a grin, of Van Morrison before launching into her iconic transformation of “Gloria” for the finale of Thursday’s Carnegie Hall tribute to the Belfast singer. “But I’m thanking him anyway.” The same could probably be said of many of …

Timothy Showalter is ready to put away childish things, or at least sing about it. Over the past decade, the singer-songwriter-multi-instrumentalist has made his mark as the mastermind auteur behind the blissed out jams and shaggy rock mythmaking of Strand of Oaks. “I was lonely,” he sang on the cautious …