Music

Rufus Wainwright came by Rolling Stone’s video studio earlier this year to share the stories behind his greatest recordings in a new episode of “My Life in Songs.” The Canadian-American singer-songwriter, whose new album, Unfollow the Rules, is out July 10th, talks candidly about early conflicts with his late mother, …

Charlie Daniels was synonymous with country music and Southern rock, yet a decade before scoring his commercial breakthrough as a recording artist with the 1973 novelty pop hit “Uneasy Rider,” the North Carolina native notched a significant feather in his cap when a swirling pop ballad he co-wrote called “It …

Could your weekend playlist use a little more seasoning? Rolling Stone Latinselects some of the best new music releases from Latin America, Spain and Portugal.Keep track of the latest in Latin via our playlist on Spotify. Jhay Cortez, “Dime a Ve” Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Jhay Cortez beckons an old flame during …

The late John Prine has been named the first honorary poet laureate of the state of Illinois, Governor J.B. Pritzker announced Tuesday, nearly three months after the singer-songwriter’s death from complications related to COVID-19. “He leaves behind an unparalleled musical legacy and was beloved by family and millions of fans …

Lenny Kravitz will chronicle the first 25 years of his life in a new memoir, Let Love Rule, set to arrive October 6th via Henry Holt and Company. In the book, Kravitz will cover his childhood up through the release of his 1989 debut album, also titled Let Love Rule. …

Megan Thee Stallion took to the desert in aMad Max: Fury Road-themed performance. The rapper won Best Female Hip-Hop Artist earlier in the evening. The Houston rapper and her crew of female dancers opened her performance riding through the desert on ATVs. Once they stopped, she launched into her new …

Apple TV+ has released the first official trailer for Little Voice, a new original series from J.J. Abrams and the team behind the Broadway musical Waitress, Sara Bareilles and Jessie Nelson. A half-hour coming-of-age drama series set in New York, Little Voice follows Bess King (Brittany O’Grady), a young musician struggling to pay …

The Old 97’s began recording their new album Twelfth in Nashville this spring, on the very day that tornadoes decimated sections of the city. That March night, from the floor-to-ceiling windows of their rented condo in the city’s Melrose neighborhood, the band watched transformers explode in the distance and debris …

Twenty One Pilots have launched a unique “never-ending” music video for their recent single, “Level of Concern.” The clip debuted just after midnight on Monday, June 22nd, and is still going, mixing footage of the band with clips and photos uploaded by fans to the Twenty One Pilots website. Every …

After the Mekons released their first album in eight years in 2019, the long-running cowpunk outfit make a quick return with their surprise new LP Exquisite, which the band wrote and recorded while in isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic. The album — “recorded in splendid physical isolation on mobile phones, …