Music

Now in its 18th year, Louisville, Kentucky’s three-day Forecastle Festival is a mid-sized city fest done right, with a cross-genre slate of national rock, hip-hop and Americana acts, a lovely waterfront setting, a user-friendly layout, and an emphasis on the unpretentious Ohio River city’s dual traditions of bourbon, of course, …

Dabbling in pop music has long been a country tradition, but with the unforeseen mega success of “Old Town Road” there may be an increase in crossover experimentations. Kane Brown is the next logical Nashville hitmaker to take his shot at pop radio, having already had success with his remix …

Future has tapped Meek Mill and Doe Boy for a hard-hitting new song, “100 Shooters.” The track boasts production from Tay Keith and Cubeatz, who balance bruising trap precision with synths that carry the low, ominous feel of a brooding organ and a deceptively light flute loop. Future, Meek Mill …

Drake retained the top spot on Rolling Stone’s Artists 500 chart with an impressive 110.8 million song streams, while Chris Brown leapt to Number Two with 110.6 million song streams for the week of June 28th through July 4th. Both artists were propelled to the top thanks to their recent …

Hip-hop festival Rolling Loud has added two new cities to its multi-city lineup. The fest will make its New York City debut at Citi Field on October 12th and 13th and in Hong Kong in on October 19th and 20th at West Kowloon Park. The festival also premiered in Sydney, …

Kanye West and Charlie Wilson‘s new song “Brothers” has been unveiled. A portion of the affirming song was featured during the Season Two premiere of Irv Gotti‘s BET series, Tales, which aired on Tuesday. On Wednesday night, Irv Gotti unveiled the full song via his Instagram account. In the Instagram …

“Within the Latin music community, we [LGBTQ people] are still very few,” Kany García tells Rolling Stone from Washington D.C., where she recently marched in the city’s local Pride parade. “Not to perform,” she adds, “but to have an amazing time with friends.” It’s no regular Pride Month for the …

On June 21st, Chicago’s Country LakeShake festival held its first women-only performance day, which was capped by a headlining set from Miranda Lambert. Artists who performed earlier in the day, including Maren Morris, Lindsay Ell, Lauren Alaina, and Cassadee Pope, later returned to the stage alongside Pistol Annies members Angaleena …

Meek Mill offers an in-depth look at the years he spent battling an unfair system in the new trailer for Free Meek, the new Jay-Z-produceddocuseries set to premiere August 9th on Amazon Prime Video. Meek Mill was arrested in 2008 on drug and gun charges, and his subsequent conviction earned …

Ahead of their July tour dates, Broken Social Scene stopped by CBS This Morning to perform songs from their 2019 EPs Let’s Try the AfterVol. 1 and Vol. 2. The Canadian indie rock band, which fluctuates in size from six to 19 members, delivered a thrilling rendition of “Can’t Find …