Latin Artists Dominate Streaming, But Few Are Invited to Play Festivals
Latin music has been generating dazzling commercial statistics for several years now: Artists rack up ridiculously high stream counts on multiple pla…
English Beat, General Publics Ranking Roger Dead at 56
Ranking Roger, lead vocalist for British ska punk band the Beat known as the English Beat in North America and founding member of General Public, d…
Drakes Care Package Is About the Enduring Power of Fleeting Pleasure
When Drake posted Dreams Money Can Buy on his labels blog in May 2011, two historic events were just over the horizon: the U.S. launch of Spotify in …
Deftones Recruit Chvrches, Gojira for 2019 Dia De Los Deftones Festival
Deftones have assembled an eclectic line-up that includes synth-pop act Chvrches, French metal quartet Gojia and experimental rapper JPEGMAFIA for th…
RS Charts: Slipknot Debuts at Number One on Top 200
New albums took up the top three positions on the RS 200 this week, as Slipknot, Rick Ross, and Trippie Redd all enjoyed solid debuts. Slipknot led t…
Tim McGraw to Release Songs of America Book With Historian Jon Meacham
Tim McGraw is collaborating with Pulitzer Prize-winning presidential historian Jon Meacham on a new book about the music that shaped the United State…
Gayle Kings R. Kelly Special Shows Tense Moments After Singers Outburst
Gayle Kings extended interview with R. Kelly aired Friday as a primetime special that showed the tense moments immediately after the singers outburst…
Flashback: Black Sabbath Play The Wizard With Tony Martin in 1994
Being in Sabbath was a complete drama, vocalist Tony Martin said in 2014 of his time in the iconic metal band Black Sabbath. I never really had the c…
Rebuilding the ARC: Americas Largest Music Collection Needs Your Help
The day the music died is a lie. Music never dies. Its the one thing our minds protect at all costs. If only our wallets were so loyal. Now they have…
Flashback: Bob Dylan and Neil Young Play Gates of Eden in 1988
Bob Dylan has invited only a tiny handful of guests onto his stage over the past decade, and Neil Young became one of them at a co-headlining show in…
Marcus King Previews Dan Auerbach-Produced El Dorado With Surging The Well
Guitar game recognizes guitar game on the new album by Marcus King, which finds the South Carolina musician teaming up with producer and Black Keys g…
See Judas Priest Play Killing Machine for First Time in 40 Years
Judas Priest dug deep into their catalogue for the Paris kickoff concert to their European tour Sunday night, pulling out hitman diary Killing Machin…
Heroes and Villains Clash in Chemical Brothers New Eve of Destruction Video
Ahead of the Chemical Brothers headlining gig at Glastonbury, the electronic duo have released their new video for Eve of Destruction, the opening tr…
Japanese Breakfasts Michelle Zauner on Grief, Wacky Synths and Writing Prose
Michelle Zauner has always written about grief. The 30-year-old musician, who performs under the name Japanese Breakfast, joined Rolling Stone for M…
Tool Set Summer Release Date for New Album
Tool will release their long-awaited new album, August 30th, per a video posted on the bands Twitter. According to Blabbermouth, the clip appeared on…
Bad Religion Address Perilous Times on New Album Age of Unreason
Los Angeles punk pioneers Bad Religion have been playing for nearly 40 years, but they havent lost their urgency: the band just announced they will r…
Celine Dion Plots First U.S. Tour in 10 Years
Celine Dion has announced her North American Courage World Tour. The trek, which launches in the fall, marks the singers first U.S. tour run in more …
Chasteness, Soda Pop and Show Tunes: The Lost Story of the Young Americans and the Choircore Movement
As on-the-road misbehavior went, it was pretty tame. On tour in Seattle in the spring of 1972, Jeff Forehan and three of his shaggy-haired bandmates …
Flashback: Mike and the Mechanics Hit Number One With The Living Years
Thirty years ago this month, one of the most profoundly sad songs in pop music history hit Number One on the Hot 100. It was The Living Years by Mike…
Jennifer Nettles Highlights Strength in I Can Do Hard Things Video
Jennifer Nettles premiered her latest video, the emotionally profound and powerful I Can Do Hard Things on Fridays episode of Today , during which sh…
