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Thirty years ago this week, Stevie Ray Vaughan played the final show of his career when he opened up for Eric Clapton at the Alpine Valley Music Theatre in East Troy, Wisconsin. Shortly after the concert ended, Vaughan and three members of Clapton’s crew boarded a helicopter to travel to …

I’m about to hang up my Zoom call with Juvenile when shock spreads across the rapper’s face. He needs to show me one last thing. “You know I gotta let you see these pieces,” he exclaims. Situated in his suburban St. Louis backyard, Juvenile grins with pride as he pans …

One of the defining musical trends of the last decade has been the growing influence of international artists in the U.S. Cross-continental collaborations are now routine, and American major-labels are increasingly open to signing artists with buzz abroad. Even U.S. radio, which is notoriously resistant to change, has made room …

The R&B veteran Kem hasn’t released a new album since 2014: He took time away to get married, have two kids, change management, and chase a life of domesticity rarely conducive to the rigors of being a working musician. After returning from that sort of hiatus, most singers would try …

During the muggy last weeks of June 2019, Keith Raniere, the leader of the self-help organization NXIVM, sat in a downtown Brooklyn courthouse, owlish face peeking out from beneath a halo of pewter hair, looking like an overgrown prep-school boy in a jewel-toned crewneck, as prosecutors recounted a litany of …

Mariah Carey has dropped new song “Save the Day.” It appears on her upcoming The Rarities album, which collects the singer’s favorite songs from her vault spanning her 30-year career. The album arrives on October 2nd. The pop star began working on “Save the Day” with early collaborator Jermaine Dupri …

This piece is part of our ongoing coverage of the 20th anniversary of Almost Famous. When Cameron Crowe’s 1996 film Jerry Maguire grossed more than $270 million and was nominated for five Oscars, the writer-director finally had the freedom to make his most personal film yet: a chronicle of his …

Elizabeth Warren discussed her upcoming speech at the Democratic National Convention and bridging the gap between the progressive and establishment wings of the party during an interview with Stephen Colbert on The Late Show Tuesday, August 18th. The highlight of the interview, however, arguably happened about a minute in when, …

Sheryl Crow performed her revamped version of “Woman in the White House” on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Monday, August 17th. The country star — wearing a shirt emblazoned with the word “Vote” — was joined by her socially distant band as she breezed through the cut. Crow originally …

H e was almost home. In the early-morning hours of July 10th, 2016, Seth Rich walked alone across northwest Washington, D.C., making calls to his friends and family, thinking about his future. Like so many idealistic twentysomethings, he had moved to the nation’s capital after college to work in politics. …