Tinashe wasn’t always the type of artist to lead with her political beliefs. It’s not that she didn’t have her convictions, but trying to keep your recording career alive inside a company that’s not built for you to succeed tends to be a full-time job. She parted ways with RCA …
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“What’s the name of that fantastic Netflix series about hip-hop?” Bruce Hornsby asks. “You’re going to have to make a plea for my inclusion!” Hornsby is joking, of course, but this summer has brought another reminder of the keyboardist-singer’s unexpected impact on the genre. Nearly 35 years ago, Hornsby had …
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Editor’s Note: This article has been updated to reflect the most recent documents made available. On Thursday night, a 600-plus-page trove of documents related to Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein‘s ex-girlfriend and alleged procurer, was unsealed. While many of the accusations within the 2,000 pages were already widely reported, the unsealed …
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Toni Cornell, daughter of Soundgarden singer Chris Cornell, covered “Black” by her late father’s Seattle compatriots Pearl Jam during the “Lolla2020” livestream. For the socially distanced virtual performance, Toni Cornell served up a faithful, acoustic rendition of the Ten classic. The Thursday portion of the Lolla2020 event is streaming past …
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Third Man Records is set to release a compilation of rare and unheard Indian violin music spanning from 1933 to 1952. How the River Ganges Flows, due out September 18th, “is a transcendent collection of Carnatic violin performances captured on 78 rpm disc between 1933 and 1952,” Third Man said …
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In a cozy, seaside cottage in Kent, with the winds of WWII still at a distance, Alice Bloom (Gemma Arterton) bangs out academic theses about folklore on her typewriter and launches verbal attacks on neighbors who dare to interrupt her work. The locals have the swaggering, chainsmoking Alice pegged as …
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The Muppets — specifically, the comedy-variety troupe featuring Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Gonzo the Great, et. al. — are in their sixth decade of existence, but they have never been more perfectly deployed than in their first project together, the Seventies syndicated hit The Muppet Show. A …
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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. It’s been almost 40 years since Bob Marley died, but as his daughter tells it, his music and fight has never been more relevant. “My father was the …
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In a normal country, we wouldn’t need a second round of expanded unemployment insurance benefits. The back-of-the-envelope math lawmakers did in late March would have been sufficient to see us through a temporary lockdown — the time it took to scale up testing, contact tracing, and the emergency production of …
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TikTok has been downloaded over two billion times, but some artists still remain wary of the app, uncomfortable with its reputation as an engine for dance crazes. “Some people think they’re too good for the platform, don’t want to disgrace their art — ‘this is the song, only play it …
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