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 »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 »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 …
Read More »Norah Jones Offers Comfort With Soothing New Song, 'Tryin' to Keep It Together'
Norah Jones has shared “Tryin’ to Keep It Together,” a bonus track from her forthcoming album, Pick Me Up Off the Floor. Co-written and produced by Thomas Bartlett, the song is a steadfast ballad to offer comfort in trying times. “This song is going to be a bonus track for …
Read More »Song You Need to Know: Jason Isbell, 'Dreamsicle'
Pandemics can do funny things to a person’s mind. Dreams can turn strange, with random, poignant memories emerging unbidden from the hidden folds of our brains. Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit’s newest song, “Dreamsicle,” is full of images like those: ice cream melting on fingers in the twilight, fireflies …
Read More »NFL Legend Terry Bradshaw Now Has a Quarantine-Themed Country Song
These days, NFL legend, broadcaster extraordinaire and national treasure Terry Bradshaw can be found on his 800-acre quarterhorse ranch in Thackerville, Oklahoma, located right on the Texas-Oklahoma border. Bradshaw, his wife Tammy, his three grandchildren, and nine dogs have been home for six weeks when a recent chance phrase by …
Read More »Yungblud Assesses How 'Weird' Life Is Right Now on New Song
Yungblud‘s new song “Weird!” was written before the coronavirus pandemic forced many people to self-isolate, but the rising star decided it was an appropriate time to release the track. He is currently working on his sophomore album. On “Weird!” Yungblud examines his feelings of fear and anxiety — while injecting …
Read More »Orville Peck Shares Low and Lonesome Acoustic Rendition of 'Summertime'
Orville Peck has shared a sweet and stripped-down version of his recent single, “Summertime.” The clip finds Peck — decked out in a pink cowboy hat and his trademark mask — performing the melancholy ballad in a studio with just his acoustic guitar and some piano accompaniment from Duncan Hay …
Read More »The Psychedelic Furs Unveil Dark New Track, 'No-One'
The Psychedelic Furs dropped a scorching new single Monday — “No-One,” off of their upcoming LP, Made of Rain, out July 31st on Cooking Vinyl. “Who’s gonna wear your crown, no one/The queens of the underground or no one,” frontman Richard Butler sings against a crunchy guitar riff. “The sirens …
Read More »Taylor Swift Delivers Moving 'Soon You'll Get Better' on 'Together at Home' Special
Taylor Swift delivered a stripped-down at-home rendition of her Lover song “Soon You’ll Get Better” – a fitting choice given the global pandemic – as part of Global Citizen’s One World: Together at Home special, which raised funds for COVID-19 relief. The performance came a day after Swift announced that …
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