Lady Gaga offered one final, prominent endorsement of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris — and yet another critique of President Trump — during an election eve campaign rally Monday in Pittsburgh. “To all the women and all the men with daughters and sisters and mothers — everybody, no matter how …
Read More »Alicia Keys, Brandi Carlile Release New Get-Out-the-Vote Duet 'A Beautiful Noise'
Alicia Keys and Brandi Carlile have released a new duet, “A Beautiful Noise,” meant to encourage voter turnout in the 2020 elections. The track is a straightforward but effective bit of piano balladry, with Keys and Carlile trading verses before coming together in perfect harmony, “It’s believing you belong/It’s calling …
Read More »Jimmy Page on His Vision for Led Zeppelin
Before Jimmy Page will entertain an interview, he has a question of his own: “Do you play the guitar?” The correct answer, of course, is yes. “That’s useful,” he says. It’s early October when Page calls from the home just outside London where he and his girlfriend have been quarantining …
Read More »Billie Eilish, Halsey, Foo Fighters Align With Planned Parenthood Voting Campaign
Billie Eilish, Halsey, Foo Fighters, Haim, Katy Perry, Andre 3000, Kacey Musgraves, Nine Inch Nails, and Beck are among the hundreds of artists to align with Planned Parenthood’s We Need Every Voice get-out-the-vote campaign. On Wednesday, Planned Parenthood published a full-page ad in six swing-state newspapers — including Detroit Free …
Read More »Doobie Brothers Team Up With Peter Frampton for Cover of Eric Clapton's 'Let It Rain'
The Doobie Brothers and Peter Frampton have partnered for a cover of Eric Clapton’s 1970 track, “Let It Rain.” The song and its accompanying video were recorded virtually, with Frampton and every member of the Doobie Brothers contributing their parts remotely. “Let It Rain” is a perfect choice for the …
Read More »Hear Zack de la Rocha's Unearthed Remix for Outkast's 'B.O.B.'
Outkast will mark the 20th anniversary of their 2000 classic Stankonia with a series of digital bundles featuring radio mixes, vocal-only tracks, instrumentals, and remixes of the album’s biggest singles. Among them is a rare remix of “B.O.B. (Bombs Over Baghdad)” engineered by Rage Against the Machine frontman Zack de …
Read More »Ariana Grande's New Album: Here's Everything We Know
On Thursday night, Ariana Grande gave fans a first taste of Positions — the follow-up to her most-successful album yet, 2019’s already-double-platinum Thank U, Next. Lead single, title track, and slow-burning bop “Positions” dropped alongside a music video that’s both flirtatious and empowering. In it, Grande traipses around the White …
Read More »Finneas Sings About His Hatred of the Internet on 'Can't Wait to Be Dead'
Finneas examines his relationship to online discourse on his new single “Can’t Wait to Be Dead,” released on Wednesday. In it, the artist expresses his frustration with political upheaval and racism in the U.S. (“Fuck your Confederate flag”), a country that appears to have only grown more divided on social …
Read More »Stevie Nicks Can't Wait for the Magic to Come Back
In another life, Stevie Nicks would have been a music-film editor. “I think I’m really good at it,” she says one Friday evening, calling from her home in Los Angeles. Her canine companion Lily is begging for her attention with a toy as Nicks reflects on her second life. “I …
Read More »Steve Winwood Remembers 'Big Brother' Spencer Davis
Following the death of blues rocker Spencer Davis on Monday, Steve Winwood has paid tribute to his former bandmate, who he called a “big brother.” “I’ve known Spencer since I was about 13, he would have been about 22,” Winwood tells Rolling Stone. “I was playing a show at Birmingham …
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