Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas covered Bobby Hebb’s Sixties hit “Sunny” during Global Citizen’sOne World: Together at Home special to raise money for COVID-19 relief. The eight-hour concert helped raise $127 million to help the World Health Organization’s efforts to fight the pandemic around the globe. Eilish prefaced the …
Read More »Youth Climate Activist Jamie Margolin on Why We're Caught in a Climate Emergency
In honor of Rolling Stone’s Climate Crisis issue, we asked artists to contribute messages about what they, their governments, and everyday people can do to stand up to the threat of climate change. From England to Jamaica to the United States, we are hearing from artists and activists around the …
Read More »Paul Simon Helps Detail 2020 Jazz at Lincoln Center Gala Lineup
Wynton Marsalis and an array of musicians from around the world will perform remote sets for Jazz at Lincoln Center’s 2020 gala concert, Worldwide Concert for Our Culture, which will premiere April 15 at 7:30 p.m. EDT on various digital platforms. Paul Simon helped announce the event in a short …
Read More »Hear Loretta Lynn's New Recording of Patsy Cline's 'I Fall to Pieces'
Just ahead of the forthcoming Me & Patsy Kickin’ Up Dust, Loretta Lynn’s memoir of her friendship with fellow country-music icon Patsy Cline, Lynn releases a new version of one of Cline’s most indelible hit songs, “I Fall to Pieces.” Backed by the familiar 4:4 shuffle beat and stinging steel …
Read More »Watch Joe Biden Respond to the Coronavirus Pandemic on 'Kimmel'
Jimmy Kimmel has tapped several guests to appear virtually during his at-home “quarantine minilogues” and his latest is Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden. Biden joined Kimmel via video chat from his home to discuss his campaign and the current COVID-19 pandemic. “With all that’s been going on over the past …
Read More »Dave Grohl Recalls 'Baptism of Boom' in Fourth of July-Themed Instagram Story
Dave Grohl waxes ecstatic on fireworks and recording consoles in the first story for his Instagram series, @DavesTrueStories. The 10-image story — which is set around July 4th, 1998, after he moved back home to Virginia after the first two Foo Fighters albums — starts off with Grohl’s mother telling …
Read More »Why Conway Twitty Is the Butt of 'Family Guy' Jokes
With a voice as deep as his pompadour was high, Conway Twitty scored 55 Number One country hits by 1990, with his biggest, “Hello Darlin’,” released 50 years ago on March 23rd, 1970. Its spoken introduction — delivered in a come-hither tone by Twitty — remains one of the most …
Read More »Sparks Channel Our Collective Angst on 'I'm Toast'
Sparks voice our worst fears on the new song, “I’m Toast,” an ominous tune accompanied by a rainbow-splashed lyric video. “One tries to be uplifting in one’s songs, but occasionally a cloud appears in the sky and one’s demeanor leads to songs like ‘I’m Toast,’” keyboard player/songwriter Ron Mael tells …
Read More »'SNL': Debbie Downer Returns to Ruin Wedding With Coronavirus Fears
With the coronavirus outbreak threatening the nation, it was an opportune time for Saturday Night Live to bring back Debbie Downer, with former cast member Rachel Dratch reprising her role as the series’ resident party pooper. During a lively wedding reception, Debbie enters wearing an over-the-top face mask. “Unfortunately, with …
Read More »Eric Church's CRS Keynote Q&A: 5 Things We Learned
“We all are in this room because music touched us in some way,” Eric Church told a crowd of radio programmers gathered for a Q&A with radio personality Lon Helton during Country Radio Seminar in Nashville on Thursday, in a conversation called “Chasing Creativity.” In addition to letting slip some …
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