In the new episode of Rolling Stone Music Now, host Brian Hiatt and Rob Sheffield — author of Dreaming the Beatles: The Love Story of One Band and the Whole World — dig deep into the most revelatory moments of Peter Jackson‘s instant-classic Beatles documentary Get Back. The discussion ranges …
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Rolling Stone’s brand-new list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time got the whole world talking (including Carson Daly, who was super-mad about a perceived lack of classic rock). On the new episode of our Rolling Stone Music Now podcast, we begin what will become a multi-part discussion of …
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Charlie Watts, who died August 24th at age 80, combined the tastefulness of a jazz accompanist with an unearthly gift for groove and funk, driving the Rolling Stones for six decades straight, getting stadium-sized audiences all around the world out of their seats. In the new episode of our Rolling …
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“The coolest thing we achieved is we took all those different influences and made them ours in one song,” says Sublime co-founder Eric Wilson. “And that’s what no one else really did.” Sublime’s self-titled breakthrough album turns 25 on July 30th, and in an interview on the Rolling Stone Music …
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35 years ago, Janet Jackson broke out as a superstar with her third album, Control, which marked the start of a decades-long collaboration with Minneapolis producers and songwriters Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. As former members of the Time, Jam and Lewis were the bridge between the Jackson family and …
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Hipgnosis Songs Fund, Primary Wave, and other firms are on a shopping spree for high-profile music catalogs, snapping up publishing rights from songwriters ranging from Bob Dylan to Stevie Nicks to Neil Young. But Diane Warren, who’s been writing hits for 37 years, from DeBarge’s “Rhythm of the Night” to …
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When our Rolling Stone Music Now podcast isn’t spotlighting interviews with current stars and music legends, it features music discussions and debates that span genres and eras. Here’s the best of 2020; press play below to listen now, or go to iTunesor Spotify to hear any episode and subscribe. Claire …
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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 …
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