If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Until recently, music fans have had to face an annoying choice: use a streaming service with compressed audio, or get CDs and high-resolution music a la carte. The …
Read More »How to Determine the Value and Worth of Social Networks
If you take a look at the followers your brand has attracted over the years, you might be surprised to find just how many supporters you have. Why do you have them, and what have they done for you lately (and vice versa)? If you are a product influencer, the …
Read More »Wilco, Lord Huron Lead 2021 Moon River Music Festival Lineup
The Moon River Music Festival will return to Coolidge Park in Chattanooga, Tennessee, for two days of music this fall. Leading the lineup for the September 11th to 12th event are artists including Wilco, Lord Huron, and Old Crow Medicine Show. Organized by Drew Holcomb (who will also perform with …
Read More »Demi Lovato to Launch New Podcast '4D'
Demi Lovato is set to launch a new podcast, 4D With Demi Lovato, May 19th, with new episodes arriving every Wednesday. In a trailer for the show, Lovato said 4D will find her sharing “what’s on my heart and in my mind through conversations with very special guests. We’ll dive …
Read More »Jason Isbell Announces New Signature Electric Guitar
Jason Isbell is often lauded for his immense skill as a songwriter — and rightly so — but he’s also a nimble guitarist who can trade fiery licks with the 400 Unit’s Sadler Vaden when their live shows get loud. On Tuesday, Isbell made it a little easier to get …
Read More »Kip Moore Plots Fall 2021 Tour Dates, Drops 'Good Life' Video
Kip Moore joins the many country artists going back on tour this fall. The Georgia native announced dates for his headlining How High Tour on Monday and released a video for his song “Good Life.” The How High Tour begins October 14th at the Riviera Theater in Chicago and currently …
Read More »See Miley Cyrus Cover Dolly Parton for 'SNL' Mother's Day Cold Open
Miley Cyrus covered her godmother Dolly Parton’s song “Light of a Clear Blue Morning” for Saturday Night Live’s cold open the night before Mother’s Day. Eschewing the usual topical opening sketch, SNL instead to have its cast members give thanks to their moms on the musical cold open. “Tomorrow is …
Read More »FBI Releases Long-Withheld File on Kurt Cobain
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/no-apologies-all-102-nirvana-songs-ranked-175683/ In the past month, Kurt Cobain and Nirvana have snuck back into the headlines. April 5th marked the 27th anniversary of Cobain’s death, an NFT of Cobain’s last photo shoot was put on the market, and Nirvana as a group were hit with a copyright-infringement lawsuit for alleged unauthorized …
Read More »Michael Stipe Helps Name Ant Species After Andy Warhol Superstar
A German entomologist and a research associate at Yale University, with some help from R.E.M.‘s Michael Stipe, have named a new ant species Strumigenys ayersthey, after Charles “Jeremy” Ayers, the artist and political activist who was part of Andy Warhol‘s legion of “Superstars” as the gender-bending Silva Thin. The story …
Read More »'Girls5Eva': A Pop Group Gets a Do-Over
In the case of some TV moguls, it’s instantly clear when they created a show versus when they’re just producing someone else’s work. There’s a marked difference in tone and style, for instance, between ER and the early seasons of The West Wing, even though John Wells was executive-producing both …
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