In the latest installment of Rolling Stone’s In My Room IGTV series, Shaggy recruits — via video — recent collaborators Sting and the Last Bandoleros‘ Jerry Fuentes to perform alongside him for the reggae singer’s three-song set. Shaggy first perfectly syncs himself to Sting — his cohort on their 2018 …
Read More »'In My Room' With Grace Potter
Grace Potter attended Rolling Stone‘s Women Shaping the Future event on March 4th, a week before New York’s stay-at-home orders. Now, she joins us for the latest installment of our In My Room IGTV series. “This is an important time for us all to be within our homes and be …
Read More »Republican State Senator Dons Confederate Flag Mask, Then Things Get Weirder
A Michigan state senator wore a Confederate flag during a state senate vote on Friday, then denied the obvious by stating that the flag was not what it clearly was. Then, he ultimately halfheartedly apologized after also throwing his wife under the bus for the incident. On Friday, State Sen. …
Read More »Chris Cornell's Daughter Shares Temple of the Dog Cover at COVID-19 Benefit
Chris Cornell‘s daughter, Toni Conell, shared an acoustic cover of Temple of the Dog‘s single, “Hunger Strike,” during LiveXLive’s Music Lives digital music festival benefitting coronavirus relief efforts. The younger Cornell performed the track in her late father’s studio, calling “Hunger Strike” one of her favorite songs and adding, “I …
Read More »Watch Dr. Anthony Fauci Refute Trump Talking Points in Real Time
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and one of the American people’s only hopes for competency in the Trump administration as it combats the novel coronavirus, appeared on Fox News in an interview with Laura Ingraham Thursday night and — much like he …
Read More »A Legacy of the COVID-19 Pandemic Will Be That Even More Americans Own Guns
Greg Offner never wanted a gun. Growing up, Offner, 38, attended military school in Wayne, Pennsylvania, where he was first taught how to safely operate firearms. As an adult, he was no stranger to the firing range, but he happily relinquished his rented handgun or shotgun to the clerk at …
Read More »Bon Jovi's Richie Sambora Is the Latest Victory for Merck Mercuriadis
Richie Sambora is selling the rights to his nearly 200-song catalog to song-acquisition investment company Hipgnosis Songs Fund, Hipgnosis announced on Monday. Financial details between the company and the former Bon Jovi guitarist weren’t specified, but given Merck Mercuriadis‘ reputation to overpay for his acquisitions and the number of hits …
Read More »Music Streaming Is Down in the Time of Social Distancing
As the spread of COVID-19 isolates more and more Americans in their homes, many thought that they would be coping by streaming more music — and, in turn, helping to soften the inevitably catastrophic blow that the pandemic will have on the music industry. But that doesn’t seem to be …
Read More »Kenny Rogers, Country Music's 'The Gambler,' Dead at 81
From bold psychedelic rockers and cinematic story songs to sentimental country pop, Kenny Rogers covered considerable musical turf throughout six decades of recording and performing, using his gravel-tinged vocals to dramatic effect. Along the way, he also became a globally recognized actor, photographer, businessman, and philanthropist. When Rogers announced his …
Read More »Unable to Deport the Coronavirus, Trump Tries a Ban
When President Trump authorized his first travel ban only weeks after his inauguration, he was selective with its targets. The purported goal was to mitigate foreign terrorism, but even if such an action were to work, Trump excluded the nations that produced the 9/11 hijackers. Instead, he targeted seven predominantly …
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