Contrary to popular belief, rappers try very hard. The idea that they don’t is based on a clichéd facade, full of claims that a song “only took 15 minutes to make,” or that an artist “doesn’t write anything down.” In fact, even mustering the energy and wherewithal to enter a …
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The producers of the Eurovision Song Contest will bring the long-running competition to American televisions in 2021. Similar to its continent-spanning cousin across the Atlantic, American Song Contest will feature musical acts from all 50 states, with each artist trying to win the live television event with the best original …
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Qello Concerts will be streaming classic performances from Janis Joplin, the Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney and more as part of their Summer Encore Festival virtual lineup. On Monday, Qello shared an exclusive clip of Joplin performing at the Woodstock Festival, featuring an impressive vocal belt from the iconic singer to …
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Alanis Morissette channeled mothers across the world during quarantine when she performed with her daughter in tow on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, which will air on Thursday night. Morissette and her band joined the late-night show virtually to debut “Ablaze,” off her ninth studio album, Such Pretty Forks …
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In a normal year, a few thousand lucky ticket-holders would be descending on Fort Adams in Rhode Island right now for the Newport Folk Festival, gearing up for a series of one-off performances in one of the most stunning settings imaginable. One unforgettable Newport performance happened in 2017, when John …
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Indigo Girls have released “Change My Heart,” the first music video from the duo’s latest album Look Long. Band member Emily Saliers wrote the track after watching the documentary Inner Worlds Outer Worlds, by Canadian meditation teacher Daniel Schmidt. “‘Change My Heart’ is about the intersection between spirituality and the …
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AC/DC‘s landmark 1980 LP, Back in Black, turns 40 on July 25th, and they’re marking the occasion by releasing vintage videos from the era on YouTube. The newest one is a performance of “What Do You Do for Money Honey” from a February 1981 show at Nippon Seinenkan in Tokyo. …
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Donald Trump has been playing “Rockin’ in the Free World” at his rallies for the past few years despite Neil Young‘s fervent objections, and over the weekend he added “Cowgirl in the Sand” and “Like a Hurricane” into the mix at an event near Mount Rushmore. Young initially called Trump …
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Since May, Rolling Stone has brought you “Music at Home,” a weekly playlist series for the pandemic era. Whether it’s feel-good pop jams, songs for lonely nights, or a collection of classics from October 1980, these playlists are meant to ease isolation and make you forget that your daily consumption …
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Alanis Morissette is getting cathartic in quarantine in the new video for “Smiling,” one of the original songs she wrote for the jukebox musical based on her work, Jagged Little Pill. Filmed by Morissette and the cast of the Broadway show, the video shows everyone getting freaky in their own houses, …
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