Mick Jagger paid tribute to rock pioneer Little Richard Saturday following news of the icon’s death. “I’m so saddened to hear about the passing of Little Richard,” Mick Jagger wrote in a statement, “he was the biggest inspiration of my early teens and his music still has the same raw …
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Hop Along singer-songwriter Frances Quinlan performs three songs from her recent solo album,Likewise, from her Philadelphia home for the latest episode ofRolling Stone‘s “In My Room.” Playing simple acoustic renditions of “Now That I’m Back,” “Went to LA,” and “Piltdown Man,” all drawn from the new album, Quinlan shows off …
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Madonna said she she plans to take a long drive and “breathe in the COVID-19 air” after saying she tested positive for the coronavirus antibodies in the latest installment of her Quarantine Diary series on Instagram. “Took a test the other day and I found out that I have the …
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Jamaican reggae singer Chronixx sat down withRolling Stone earlier this year for The First Time, our video series in which artists look back on milestones in their career and their most formative creative inspirations. “The first time I wrote a song, I was definitely too young to write, so it …
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Tony Allen, the pioneering drummer who helped define Afrobeat during his tenure with Fela Kuti, died Thursday evening. He was 79. Allen’s manager, Eric Trosser, confirmed the musician’s death to Rolling Stone, adding that Allen was taken to Georges Pompidou European Hospital in Paris, where he died of abdominal aortic …
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Mykki Blanco enlisted Devendra Banhart for a spiritual odyssey on their new song, “You Will Find It.” “You Will Find It” boasts twinkling guitar and an atmospheric aura, although Blanco ramps up the tension with a run of crackling verses peppered with periodic synth throbs and drums. In their lyrics, …
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Rolling Stone and Gibson’s week-long performance series concludes with the former Runaway and Blackhearts leader, Joan Jett. Through the partnership, fans have the opportunity to make a charitable donation to support musicians and some will take home signature guitars — autographed by iconic Gibson artists, including an ES-339 signed by Jett. …
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Ariana Grande and Broadway star Shoshana Bean (Hairspray) will join composer Jason Robert Brown (The Last Five Years,13) for a special virtual concert to benefit the staff and musicians from famed Manhattan venue SubCulture. The intimate theater is currently shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic. The show will take …
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Jack Johnson will be hosting his own at-home music festival, Kokua Festival 2020 – Live From Home, in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Earth Day and in support of the Kokua Hawai’i Foundation. The two-hour livestream will be hosted by Johnson from the front porch of his home on …
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UPDATE: Fountains of Wayne will play their first live set in seven years at the Jersey 4 Jersey benefit concert, paying tribute to late band member Adam Schlesinger, who died earlier this month from complications related to COVID-19. Surviving Fountains of Wayne members Chris Collingwood, Jody Porter and Brian Young …
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