Anjimile Chithambo has always tried to do right by his students. The Boston-based singer-songwriter teaches after-school music classes for kids in kindergarten through fifth grade, and amid games of musical chairs and craft projects involving homemade instruments, he’s tried to mold their young minds by playing artists ranging from Madonna …
Read More »Bruce Springsteen Announces 'Letter to You,' New Rock Album With E Street Band
Bruce Springsteen will release Letter to You, a new rock album recorded live in his New Jersey home studio with the E Street Band, on October 23rd. The title track is also the first single and is available now. “I love the emotional nature of Letter To You,” he said …
Read More »RS Charts: Taylor Swift's 'Folklore' Spends Sixth Straight Week At Number One
Taylor Swift‘s Folklore enjoys a sixth straight week at Number One on Rolling Stone’s Top 200 Albums Chart, extending the record she set last week for the longest consecutive run at Number One in the chart’s history. From August 28th through September 3rd, Folklore pulled in 91,200 album-equivalent units, driven …
Read More »Sorry, But the Song of the Summer Is 'Roses'
A core concept of quantum physics is that objective reality doesn’t exist until we observe it. For example, a photon can be neither here nor there, neither strictly a particle nor strictly a wave, until we measure it. Or, perhaps a better example: The Song of the Summer. The Song …
Read More »Flashback: Genesis Play 'Invisible Touch' Instrumental 'The Brazilian' at Wembley Stadium
The 1986 Genesis album Invisible Touch is the closest thing the band ever had to a Thriller. Not only did it sell by the millions to a wide demographic of fans, but it produced five huge singles (“Invisible Touch,” “Tonight Tonight Tonight,” “Land of Confusion,” “In Too Deep” and “Throwing …
Read More »The Future of Katy Perry – and the Future of Pop
Katy Perry— who just gave birth to her first child, and also released her sixth studio album, Smile —is at a career and personal crossroads, which we discuss in detail in the new episode of Rolling Stone Music Now. The episode features Perry’s recent interview with Brittany Spanos (also captured …
Read More »Miranda Lambert, Marty Stuart Set for Country Music Hall of Fame Fundraiser
The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum will host an all-star virtual event on October 28th to raise funds for the museum and its programming. Among the artists slated to participate in “Big Night (At the Museum)” are Miranda Lambert, incoming Hall of Fame member Marty Stuart, and Rodney …
Read More »Flashback: Stevie Ray Vaughan Jams With Eric Clapton, Buddy Guy at Final Concert
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 …
Read More »Juvenile's 400 Degrees of Fine Furniture
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 …
Read More »Nigerian Star Burna Boy Is Reaching New Streaming Heights in the U.S.
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 …
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