The pandemic is a black light on America, bringing our imperfections into sharper relief. One of them is how we elect presidents. As I write, we are planning to do it the same way we always have come November, even though Americans will likely still be sick and dying throughout …
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It takes a certain amount of chutzpah and a lot of tact to pull off what bass player-singer-songwriter-producer Stephen “Thundercat” Bruner has over the past decade or so — to be a musician whose work traverses jazz, funk, hip-hop and pop, as well as the kind of artist who can …
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Honor Blackman, the British actress best known for portraying the James Bond girl Pussy Galore in 1964’s Goldfinger, has died. She was 94. “It’s with great sadness that we have to announce the death of Honor Blackman, aged 94,” Blackman’sfamily wrote in a statement to the Guardian. “She died peacefully …
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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. If you want to stay on beat, you’re going to want to use a metronome. Whether you’re a drummer, pianist, composer or conductor, a metronome is an essential …
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Megadeth will livestream their 2018 set at Spain’s Resurrection Festival Friday as part of a weekly series presented by Slipknot‘s Knotfest. The heavy metal band’s Dave Mustaine will provide a video introduction prior to the livestream — taking place 3 p.m. EST/12 p.m. PST at Knotfest.com — with bassist Dave …
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A review of this week’s Brooklyn Nine-Nine, “Admiral Peralta,” coming up just as soon as I watch the show about the karate lizards… Jake Peralta’s daddy issues are perhaps his most defining character trait (it’s that or his love of Die Hard). But Brooklyn has usually been more comically successful …
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Karol G and Anuel AA are making the best of self-quarantine in their new music video for “Follow.” The pair recorded the track while staying at home in Miami, and they filmed and directed the video themselves, offering up a snapshot of quarantine life: playing video games, taking bubble baths, …
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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. If you’re going to take on a home project, be it upgrading your outlets to become smart or have USB ports, installing a TV stand, or fixing your …
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Five months after the 1975 Grammys, Elton John and Diana Ross drove onto the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium stage in a futuristic-looking golf cart to host a ludicrous awards show that has been forever lost to time. Producer-manager-impresario Don Kirshner, who had long since earned his bona fides as the …
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Jason Isbell, one of the greatest songwriters of his generation, sits down with host Brian Hiatt in a new episode of Rolling Stone Music Now to discuss his excellent upcoming album, Reunions (with his band the 400 Unit), his whole career, the challenges of sobriety, fatherhood, why he almost didn’t …
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