Brittany Howard performed her solo track “Baby” on The Late Late Show With James Corden Tuesday, September 29th. The musician and her backing band recorded the performance in an otherwise empty theater, with Howard guiding the reflective blues tune as it swung between its prickly lead guitar riff and rousing …
Read More »Jewel Previews 'Pieces of You' Reissue With Unreleased 'You Were Meant for Me' Demo
Jewel has shared a previously unreleased demo of her 1996 hit “You Were Meant for Me,” set to appear on the 25th-anniversary edition of Pieces of You, out November 20th. The demo (understandably) boasts a much rawer feel than the final product, with the woodwinds and soft drums stripped away …
Read More »Yungblud Announces 'The Weird Time of Life' Digital Tour
Yungblud will embark on a “global digital tour” this fall, the artist announced on Monday. With coronavirus restrictions on live music still in place in many parts of the world, Yungblud (a.k.a. Dominic Harrison) will kick off a 16-date virtual tour, presented by Moment House, on November 16th in London. …
Read More »Hear Two Songs From Late Tragically Hip Frontman Gord Downie's First Posthumous LP
Late Tragically Hip frontman Gord Downie‘s first posthumous album, Away Is Mine, will be released October 16th via Arts & Crafts. The label has shared two songs from the LP, “Hotel Worth” and “Useless Nights.” “Hotel Worth” swings between the serene and the unsettling, with acoustic guitar and lonesome slide …
Read More »Bootsy Collins Talks Upcoming Album 'The Power of the One,' Lessons Learned in Quarantine
“You don’t miss a kiss until the lips are gone.” That’s how Bootsy Collins describes making music by himself, ever since Covid-19 forced him and the musicians he wishes he could jam with into quarantine. “I think we took for granted the freedom that we had to be together and …
Read More »'Dune' Trailer Helps Young Music Fans Discover One of Rock's Most Popular Albums
It was a match made in soundtrack heaven: The new trailer for Denis Villeneuve’s upcoming adaptation of Dune — one of the most popular sci-fi novels ever — deploying a rearranged version of Pink Floyd’s “Eclipse,” the closing track from one of the most popular rock albums ever, The Dark …
Read More »Gladys Knight, Patti LaBelle Are Facing Off in Next 'Verzuz' Battle
Verzuz will feature its two most iconic artists yet when Gladys Knight and Patti LaBelle square off on the quarantine-era song battle show. Brandy and Monica duked it out on the last Verzuz stream. Knight and LaBelle’s match-up will air on Sunday, September 13th simultaneously via the Verzuz Instagram Live …
Read More »Conway the Machine, Method Man Link Up for Grimy 'Lemon' Video
Buffalo rapper Conway the Machine and Method Man have released a new video for their track, “Lemon,” which will appear on Conway’s upcoming album, From King to a God, out September 11th via Griselda Records/Drumwork/Empire. Directed by Langston Sessoms, the “Lemon” clip is the perfect no-frills visual to accompany the …
Read More »How Keith Richards is Spending His Quarantine
As the pandemic took hold in March, Keith Richards called up Mick Jagger with an idea: The Stones should rush-release “Living in a Ghost Town,” a funky song they’d recorded not long ago for their first album of new songs since 2005. “I said, ‘Hey man, if there’s a time …
Read More »Michael Des Barres Delivers Acoustic 'Obsession' in Documentary Outtake
From British nobility to posh schoolboy to glam rocker to addict to actor and everything in between, Michael Des Barres has lived more than his share of lifetimes — an existence perhaps best exemplified by his hit 1983 song, “Obsession.” Rolling Stone has an exclusive acoustic performance of the song …
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