Andrew Leahey & the Homestead sell band T-shirts that read “Rock & Roll Makes You Feel Alright.” As far as credos go, it’s a solid one — and one that Leahey drives home in his song “Good at Gone.” “When the smoke’s all cleared , and it’s safe to breathe,” …
Read More »Did the Rolling Stones Peak 40 Years Ago with 'Tattoo You'? Discuss.
Few of us knew it at the time, since its credits were skimpy and vague, but the Rolling Stones’ Tattoo You — released 40 years ago this fall — was far from the typical album cranked out to accompany a tour. Desperate for fresh product to plug in time for …
Read More »Musicians on Musicians: Miley Cyrus & Mickey Guyton
W elcome to Rolling Stone’s 2021 Musicians on Musicians package, the annual franchise where two great artists come together for a free, open conversation about life and music. Each story in this year’s series will appear in our November 2021 print issue, hitting stands on November 2nd. Even by her …
Read More »Kanye West Donned a Creepy White Mask to Have Coffee With Former Trump Fixer Michael Cohen
Kanye West — or, technically, the artist formerly known as Kanye West, and now legally just “Ye” — enjoyed a lovely fall afternoon in New York City with former Trump lawyer and fixer, Michael Cohen, The New York Post reports. West donned an uncanny, feature-less mask for the meet-up, which …
Read More »Expanded 'Let It Be' Shows the Beatles at Their Most Human
One frigid morning in January 1969, Ringo Starr walked into London’s Twickenham Studios and took a look around. “Morning, everybody,” he cheerily told his bandmates. “Another bright day. Morning, camera.” Beatles studio banter always offers us a glimpse of what the Fab Four were really like — a dusty stained …
Read More »Musicians on Musicians: Alicia Keys & Kehlani
W elcome to Rolling Stone’s 2021 Musicians on Musicianspackage, the annual franchise where two great artists come together for a free, open conversation about life and music. Each story in this year’s series will appear in our November 2021 print issue, hitting stands on November 2nd — with four special …
Read More »How Lorde, Dr. Dre, Snoop, Kanye, and Biggie Hit the Top 40 of Our Greatest Songs List
In the new episode of our Rolling Music Now podcast, we continue our deep dive into Rolling Stone’s new and totally revamped 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list, with Brittany Spanos and Rob Sheffield joining host Brian Hiatt for the discussion. The panel debates some of the most controversial …
Read More »Modern English Push 'After the Snow' U.S. Tour to 2022
UPDATE (10/11):After a handful of cancellations, Modern English have pushed their tour celebrating their 1982 album, After the Snow, to 2022. The headlining tour will be split into three legs: The first will kick off March 12th in West Palm Beach, Florida and wrap March 27th in Phoenix; the second …
Read More »Mick Jagger Takes Magical Journey to a Nashville Junkyard
Since kicking off the Rolling Stones‘ fall tour last month, Mick Jagger has documented himself in every city — from posing at the Gateway Arch in St. Louis to sipping a beverage at a saloon in Charlotte, North Carolina. His next stop? Nashville. Before the band hits Nissan Stadium on …
Read More »Flashback: Radiohead's Rejected James Bond Theme 'Spectre'
The long-awaited James Bond movie No Time to Die opens this week, with Billie Eilish taking on the franchise’s famed theme song. It’s part of a long tradition of selecting the biggest name in pop to cover the honor, a distinction that has included Carly Simon, Duran Duran, Tina Turner, …
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