Plenty of artists have taken to shooting their music videos at home during Covid-19, but for Miranda Lambert, the unfortunate circumstances of the pandemic have presented a unique opportunity to flex. In her new music video for “Settling Down,” directed by Trey Fanjoy, Lambert shows off her impressive farm outside …
Read More »RS Charts: 21 Savage, Metro Boomin's 'Savage Mode II' Repeats at Number One
21 Savage and Metro Boomin‘s Savage Mode II spent a second week at Number One on the Rolling Stone Top 200 Albums chart. The album amassed 81.6 million streams and 1,400 downloads, just enough to beat out Pop Smoke‘s posthumous release Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon, which …
Read More »Mary J. Blige Drops 'See What You've Done' From 'Belly of the Beast' Documentary
Mary J. Blige has released the powerful “See What You’ve Done,” from the new documentary Belly of the Beast. Co-written by Blige, Nova Wav, and DJ Camper, the track opens with warm piano chords. “What’s goin’ on,” Blige sings. “When I gotta fight for a right that is rightfully mine?/What’s …
Read More »Veteran Sideman Brett Tuggle on His Years With Fleetwood Mac, David Lee Roth, and More
Rolling Stone interview series Unknown Legends features long-form conversations between senior writer Andy Greene and veteran musicians who have toured and recorded alongside icons for years, if not decades. All are renowned in the business, but some are less well known to the general public. Here, these artists tell their …
Read More »Billy Strings Plots Ryman Auditorium Livestream
Billy Strings hasn’t allowed the pandemic to completely quash his live game. The guitar prodigy has been consistently playing concerts — some virtual, some socially distanced or drive-in — since July. On Wednesday, Strings announced his latest show, a two-hour, crowdless livestream from Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium. Set for Sunday, October …
Read More »LP Releases Acoustic Performance Video for 'The One That You Love'
Singer-songwriter LP has released a performance video for her single “The One That You Love,” recorded live at the Hotel Havana Studios in Los Angeles. The visual follows the official music video for “The One That You Love,” featuring dramatic footage of the Long Island-born musician on horseback in the …
Read More »Song You Need to Know: John Calvin Abney, 'When This Blows Over'
John Calvin Abney had a busy spring lined up thanks to his day job as John Moreland’s guitar player, but the pandemic obliterated those plans in March. The Tulsa, Oklahoma, musician and singer-songwriter instead hunkered down and began working on a new batch of his own songs, with his pal …
Read More »How Kelsea Ballerini Remade Her Album — And Herself — During the Pandemic
Of all the Nashville artists who released albums during the pandemic, few got as raw of a deal as Kelsea Ballerini. Her third record, Kelsea, dropped March 20th, right as the uncertainty and rightful fear of Covid-19 was taking hold across the country. Music was the last thing on anyone’s …
Read More »Eddie Van Halen, Hall of Famer Who Revolutionized the Guitar, Dead at 65
Eddie Van Halen, the legendary guitar innovator and virtuoso who led Van Halen through five decades and three lead singers, establishing himself as one of the all-time great players in rock history, died Tuesday after a long battle with cancer. He was 65. “I can’t believe I’m having to write …
Read More »Bruce Springsteen Announces 'Letter to You' Documentary Release Date
Bruce Springsteen’s Letter to You will stream on Apple TV+ on October 23rd, the same day as the Letter to You album’s release. The documentary chronicles the five days Springsteen and the E Street Band spent in his Colts Neck, New Jersey, studio to record his new album late last …
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