The Puerto Rican rapper Anuel AA, who helped popularize Latin trap before heading to prison, only to reemerge and pick up right where he left off, put out his second album on Friday. Emmanuel is sprawling, stretching across 22 songs and nearly 90 minutes, incorporating verses from Anuel’s peers (Bad …
Read More »Celebrate the 20th Anniversary of 'Oops!… I Did It Again' on Our New Podcast
The new episode of our Rolling Stone Music Now podcast celebrates the 20th anniversary of Britney Spears‘ classic second album, Oops!… I Did It Again, with Rob Sheffield (who wrote Rolling Stone‘s original rave review) and Brittany Spanos joining host Brian Hiatt for a track-by-track discussion. Plus, Nigel Dick, who directed …
Read More »The Killing of George Floyd and the Minneapolis Protests: A Timeline
On Monday, an unarmed black man was killed in Minneapolis when an arresting officer kneeled on his neck for over eight minutes after being called about a suspected forgery. By Friday, the city was in flames and President Donald Trump took aim at both protesters and Twitter alike — denouncing …
Read More »Molly Tuttle, Amythyst Kiah Set for Bluegrass Pride's Queer-antine Festival
Bluegrass and roots musicians will all perform at the new multi-day streaming event Porch Pride: A Bluegrass Pride Queer-antine Festival, starting June 27th. The event takes place on the days when San Francisco Pride was originally scheduled; like many Pride celebrations in 2020, it’s since been canceled because of COVID-19. …
Read More »Led Zeppelin's 'Celebration Day' to Stream on YouTube for Limited Time
Led Zeppelin will be holding an exclusive YouTube streaming event for the band’s concert film Celebration Day, chronicling their 2007 tribute concert to Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun. The film will be available on Led Zeppelin’s YouTube channel in its entirety for just three days, premiering Saturday, May 30th at …
Read More »Darren Criss to Star in Musical Comedy Series From 'Clueless' Director
Darren Criss and Kether Donohue star as Top 40 pop songwriters in the new Quibi musical comedy seriesRoyalties, which dropped its first trailer on Tuesday. The show is co-written and executive produced by Criss along with long-time collaborators Nick and Matt Lang — the team behind the YouTube series Team …
Read More »The Ohio Governor Listened to the Science on COVID-19, But Not on Climate. Why?
This article was originally published by Grist and is republished here as part of an ongoing collaboration. In his first State of the State address, a little over a year ago, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine took time out to recognize his “amazing” health and human services team, asking them to …
Read More »These Smartphone Video Rigs Help Stabilize Your Shaky Phone Camera Footage
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Smartphone cameras have become way more powerful over the past few years thanks to significant advances in software, DSP (digital signal processors), and the miniaturization of lenses and …
Read More »Bruce Springsteen on Lockdown Life, the Legacy of Little Richard
Bruce Springsteen played DJ again Wednesday morning on SiriusXM’s E Street Radio as part of his ongoing Bruce Springsteen — From His Home to Yours series. His selections included Glen Campbell’s “Times Like These,” The Magnetic Fields’ “Andrew in Drag,” Bob Dylan’s take on “Some Enchanted Evening,” and his own …
Read More »America's First Pandemic Concert Shows How Far the Live-Music Industry Has to Go
Following weeks of contention between the state of Arkansas and Fort Smith music venue TempleLive over plans to stage the country’s first pandemic concert, the art deco theater opened its doors Monday night to host Travis McCready, the singer of blues-rock band Bishop Gunn. It was America’s first concert since …
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