In September 1989, Wellsville, Kansas, native Chely Wright made the first of many appearances on the Grand Ole Opry, a venue that would become an important touchstone in her career. But after coming out as a lesbian in 2010, Wright, now 48, went more than nine years without an invitation …
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Neil Young may not be touring until next year, but that doesn’t mean he isn’t keeping busy. His new Crazy Horse album Colorado is coming out in October, and he announced that leadoff single, “Rainbow of Colors,” will arrive this month. “Ten new songs ranging from around 3 minutes to …
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Jorja Smith and Burna Boy try to beat the heat in the video for their new song “Be Honest.” The track marks the first new solo music from the British singer since her acclaimed 2018 debut album, Lost and Found. “Be Honest” was produced by Izy and Cadenza (who previously …
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When Tom Gabriel Fischer looks back on his first band, the pioneering black-metal group Hellhammer, he still sounds rattled by the cold reception they got. “We were ridiculed,” he says in a low and sincere tone. “We weren’t taken seriously.” When the trio formed in the early Eighties, underground metal …
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Jeezy and Meek Mill have teamed for the bruising new song “MLK BLVD,” set to appear on the former’s forthcoming album, TM 104: The Legend of the Snowman, out August 23rd via Def Jam Recordings. The track was produced by Lex Luger, who crafts a mighty beat of trap drums, …
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The story of how Jon Landau saw Bruce Springsteen play at Cambridge, Massachusetts’ Harvard Square Theater on May 9th, 1974 and then declared him “rock and roll future” in Boston’s Real Paper, creating a tidal wave of hype that crested with the release of Born to Run the following year, …
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Ariana Grande and Social House’s new collaboration “Boyfriend” debuted at Number One on the Rolling Stone Top 100. Fans streamed “Boyfriend” over 18 million times, and the track also earned more than 31,000 downloads, allowing it to squeeze by Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road,” which fell into the chart’s …
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Finneas discusses the creation of and inspiration for his single “I Lost a Friend” for the first installment ofRolling Stone‘s new series “The Breakdown.” The track is one of three new singles he has released this year in between touring with his sister Billie Eilish. “It was a point at …
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Kendrick Lamar raps about a “psychedelic fuse” and “infinity pools” on “Hair Down,” a new track by his Top Dawg labelmate, R&B singer SiR. “Baby, I’m just trying to let my hair down,” sings SiR against a light trap beat and echoey, surfy guitars. Midway through, he raps a short …
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King Princess has released the official video for her single “Prophet,” a track off the singer-songwriter’s debut album Cheap Queen, out this fall on Mark Ronson’s Zelig Records. Throughout the video, King Princess embodies a variety of identities: football player, construction worker and lounge singer. As she shifts between all …
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