Dolly Parton released her first album of holiday music in 30 years back in October with A Holly Dolly Christmas. Stacked with special guests, the record finds Dolly singing originals and chestnuts with names like Miley Cyrus, Jimmy Fallon, and Michael Bublé. She also reunited with old friend Willie Nelson …
Read More »Willie Nelson Announces Latest Frank Sinatra Tribute Album 'That's Life'
Willie Nelson learned how to write songs from listening to Hank Williams, Bob Wills, and more. But one person, above all, taught him how to sing: Frank Sinatra. And, on February 26th, Nelson will release That’s Life, a new collection of Sinatra covers. That’s Life digs a little deeper than …
Read More »JP Saxe, Julia Michaels Release Holiday Single 'Kissin' in the Cold'
JP Saxe and Julia Michaels have collaborated on a new holiday single, “Kissin’ in the Cold.” The song follows the artists’ previous collaboration “If the World Was Ending,” which earned a Grammy nomination for Song of the Year. On “Kissin’ in the Cold,” Saxe and Michaels muse over the passage …
Read More »Year in Review: So, How Was Your 2020, Wayne Coyne?
So, How Was Your 2020?is a series in which our favorite entertainers answer our questionnaire about the music, culture, and memorable moments that shaped their year. We’ll be rolling these pieces out throughout December. It takes Wayne Coyne a minute to remember he put out a record this year. “Oh …
Read More »Brad Elterman Channeled the Sunset Strip of the Seventies for Rolling Stone Cover
When Brad Elterman met Miley Cyrus, the photographer felt as if he’d gone back to his early days on the Sunset Strip, where he’d cut class as a teenager to take a candid shot of David Bowie walking down Fairfax Avenue and followed his runaway muse and friend — Joan …
Read More »Menahan Street Band Announce First New Album in Nearly 10 Years
Menahan Street Band, an all-star Brooklyn collective featuring members of Budos Band, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, and Charles Bradley’s backing band, have announced their first album in nearly a decade. The Exciting Sounds of Menahan Street Band, available to preorder now via Daptone Records ahead of its February 26th, …
Read More »Thom Yorke, Burial, Four Tet Reunite for New Songs 'Her Revolution,' 'His Rope'
Nearly a decade after Thom Yorke, Burial, and Four Tet first collaborated on a pair of tracks, the Radiohead singer, dubstep pioneer, and electronic musician have reunited for a surprise 12-inch boasting two new songs, “Her Revolution” and “His Rope.” News of the 12-inch black label vinyl first arrived via …
Read More »Fleet Foxes' Robin Pecknold Plots Solo Acoustic Livestream
Fleet Foxes‘ Robin Pecknold will play a virtual solo concert at Brooklyn church St. Ann and the Holy Trinity on Monday, December 21st at 9 p.m. ET. Tickets and merch for the acoustic show, dubbed A Very Lonely Solstice Livestream, are on sale at the NoonChorus site. Pecknold’s set will …
Read More »Year in Review: So, How Was Your 2020, 'Weird Al' Yankovic?
So, How Was Your 2020? is a series in which our favorite entertainers answer our questionnaire about the music, culture and memorable moments that shaped their year. We’ll be rolling these pieces out throughout December. “Weird Al” Yankovic was always planning on spending much of 2020 at home after touring …
Read More »George Harrison Estate Releases New Mix of 'All Things Must Pass' Title Track
Of all his post-Beatles undertakings, George Harrison was especially fond of All Things Must Pass, the 1970 triple-LP set he released months after the group had officially imploded. “It was a really nice experience making that album — because I was really a bit paranoid, musically,” Harrison said a few …
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