Anderson .Paak recruited Kendrick Lamar to perform their funky collaborative track “Tints” on Saturday Night Live.  In addition to singing the laid-back R&B-funk cut, .Paak showcased his drumming skills throughout – opening with some jazzy hi-hat flourishes before settling into a simple, grooving backbeat. Lamar joined to add his nimble …

Jazz, like many other genres, has a long history with the Beatles‘ songbook. Since the Sixties, artists from Count Basie to Medeski Martin & Wood have covered a wide array of Fab Four tunes. A new release, A Day in the Life: Impressions of Pepper, brings this concept into the …

Cassadee Pope will embark on her first headlining tour next spring when the 11-date CMT Next Women Of Country trek kicks off April 11th in Tampa, Florida. Stops will include Atlanta, Boston, New York and Washington, D.C. Joining the Grammy-nominated singer on tour will be her fellow CMT Next Women …

Not long ago, the rapper Chester Watson played a show in Brooklyn to support the release of his short, assured new album, Project 0. After the performance, he and fellow Nü Age Syndicate member Kent Loon met a guy from Italy who knew all the words to Watson’s song “Phantom.” …

As strange as it may seem, Major League Baseball has its own political action committee. It isn’t afraid to spread its money around Washington, either. According to the Center for Responsive Politics, the league has given $245,000 this year to a diverse array of politicians, from Republicans like Rep. Kevin …

“My greatest heroes have really paired their music with humanitarian efforts, activism, so I wanted to do that right away,” Brandi Carlile says in a mini-documentary depicting her work with her own charitable Looking Out Foundation. The short film, premiering on Rolling Stone Country, chronicles Carlile’s visit during the holidays …

Vic Mensa delves into the darkest corners of his mind on his new song, “Dark Things.” The track will appear on the rapper’s forthcoming EP, Hooligans, which is set to arrive December 14th. “Dark Things” finds Mensa spitting a torrent of brutally honest bars about love, addiction, death and depression …

You know how some costume epics can be such a bloody bore? Not The Favourite. It’s a bawdy, brilliant triumph, directed by Greek auteur Yorgos Lanthimos with all the artistic reach and renegade deviltry he brought to Dogtooth (2009), The Lobster (2015) and The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017). …

Years before recording her latest album Meet Me at the River with countrypolitan monolith Fred Foster, Dawn Landes cut her teeth in Louisville, New York City and Branson, Missouri. It was an unusual country-music education, shaped by the towns she called home and the local music that filled her stereo. …

Metallica announced Friday that the band, through their All Within My Hands foundation, had donated $100,000 toward wildfire relief efforts in California. The heavy metal legends also encouraged fans to “support those in need and first responders.” “Sadly once again communities in California are experiencing historically devastating wild fires in …