One day when Graham Nash was 10 years old, the police knocked on his family home in Salford, England, and said there was a problem with the camera Nash’s father had recently gifted him. “They told him that the camera had been stolen, and who was it that sold it …
Read More »Juárez Won't Let Juan Gabriel Die Again
On a busy street in downtown Juárez, people gather around a house playing music. Some of them carry flowers, a few hold photos, and others use their phones to take pictures of the house with the music so loud it drowns out the noise of the early Saturday afternoon traffic. …
Read More »Max Weinberg: 'There Was Only One Charlie Watts'
E Street Band drummer Max Weinberg had one inspiration in mind as he prepared to record his part for “Born in the U.S.A.” back in 1982: the late Charlie Watts‘ crisp playing on the Rolling Stones‘ “Street Fighting Man.” “When Bruce pulled out that riff, I went right to ‘Street …
Read More »Laura Jane Grace Gave Four Seasons Total Landscaping a Cleansing Ritual
Standing on a makeshift stage surrounded by shrubbery, the smell of cedar chips lacing the humid summer air, Laura Jane Grace addressed the sold-out crowd that had shambled through the industrial wasteland of the Philadelphia outskirts to see her play a pretty unconventional venue: Four Seasons Total Landscaping. “I’ve performed …
Read More »Phoebe Bridgers Taps Bartees Strange for 'Kyoto' Remix
Bartees Strange, the Marias, and Glitch Gum have dropped their own remixes of Phoebe Bridgers “Kyoto,” from her recent album Punisher. Strange’s rendition (above) stays in the same vein as the original, but with subtle keyboard and his signature vocals.“I wanted to find a way to make this song hit …
Read More »Hear Eddie Vedder's Daughter, Olivia Vedder, Croon New Tune 'My Father's Daughter'
Eddie Vedder’s daughter, Olivia Vedder, has released a new song, “My Father’s Daughter,” which will appear on the soundtrack for Sean Penn’s upcoming movie, Flag Day. “My Father’s Daughter” is a tender ballad led by heavy piano and Vedder’s delicate vocal performance as she sings of potent familial bonds: “They …
Read More »Amara La Negra Is 'Unfiltered and Uncensored' on 'Exactly Amara' Podcast
Amara La Negra has a magnetic quality that’s followed her from her days as a child performer on the famed Spanish-language variety show Sábado Gigante to VH1’s Love & Hip Hop: Miami, where she quickly became a breakout star. When she talks, people tend to listen — and she’s continually …
Read More »Watch Isaiah Rashad's Homecoming in New Rolling Stone Video
Isaiah Rashad’s The House Is Burning earned him a warm welcome back to music after a nearly five-year hiatus between projects. The album debuted in the top 10 of the RS 200, where it currently sits at number seven. We joined the Los Angeles based rapper as he was similarly …
Read More »Fleetwood Mac's Christine McVie Sells Catalog Rights to Hipgnosis
Seven months after HipgnosisSongs Fundbought 100 percent of Lindsey Buckingham’s publishing rights, theMerck Mercuriadis-led group has acquired the catalog of fellow Fleetwood Mac member Christine McVie. The deal includes every song McVie penned both with the band and solo, including the Mac hits “Say You Love Me,” “Little Lies,” “Don’t …
Read More »'Framing Britney Spears' Director Understands Why Singer Criticized the Doc
Framing Britney Spears director Samantha Stark and senior story editor Liz Day are featured in a new Hollywood Reporter interview about the documentary, produced by The New York Timesfor Hulu/FX, about the pop star’s ongoing battle to break free from her conservatorship. Shortly after the documentary premiered on February 5th, …
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