Travis Denning‘s “After a Few” is an odd song to be a summertime country hit. A stormy account of a physical attraction that just won’t quit, the brooding mid-tempo tune is shot through with longing and shadowy regret, rather than your typical warm-weather optimism. The Warner Robins, Georgia, native penned …
Read More »Bail Funds Face New Challenges as Police Brutality Protests Continue
Following the police killing of George Floyd and subsequent nationwide protests, social media has lit up with people across the U.S. looking for ways to help out, both on the streets and off. Links to local organizations and funds — first in Minneapolis, then around the country — that combat …
Read More »New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy on COVID, Protests and Not Being a Knucklehead
“Don’t Be a Knucklehead” — the signs glow above highways all over New Jersey like the eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg in The Great Gatsby. Just as the faded optician sign stood in for God in the 1925 F. Scott Fitzgerald novel, the highway signs sub in for Governor …
Read More »Bruce Springsteen: 'We Remain Haunted By Our Original Sin of Slavery'
Bruce Springsteen took to the SiriusXM airwaves on Wednesday morning to play songs as part of his ongoing Bruce Springsteen — From His Home to Yours series on E Street Radio and reflect on the protest movement that has erupted all across America in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death. …
Read More »Mickey Guyton Addresses Racial Inequality in Personal New Song 'Black Like Me'
Mickey Guyton has released “Black Like Me,” an intimate new piano ballad that chronicles her journey of navigating American life, and the country music industry, as a black woman. Guyton co-wrote the song with co-producer Nathan Chapman, Emma Davidson-Dillon, and Fraser Churchill. The song’s plaintive chorus puts a fine point …
Read More »The Best Bandanas
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Few things are as versatile as a good bandana. Whether you need something to hold your hair back, to keep sweat at bay, or to beat back dust …
Read More »'In My Room' With Haim
Danielle Haim tears through three new songs in latest installment of Rolling Stone‘s ‘In My Room,’ a series in which artists perform from home while in quarantine. Surrounded by equipment, she kicked off with “Don’t Wanna,” the latest single from the band’s upcoming LP Women in Music Pt. III. “Well, …
Read More »Jimmy Buffett Dips His Toes Back into the Surf on 'Life on the Flip Side'
Jimmy Buffett opens his 30th studio album with some thankful notes of reflection. “We all know just how lucky we are,” he sings over a breezy, south-of-the-border-tinged melody on “Down At the La Di Da,” an ode to a perfect beach bar “at the end of the world.” One song …
Read More »Bill Burr Deals With Daddy Issues and Lamaze Classes in New 'F Is for Family' Trailer
Comedian Bill Burr and Michael Price’s animated comedy, F Is for Family, has shared a new trailer for its fourth season, set to premiere June 12th on Netflix. Burr stars in the Seventies-set show as the Murphy family patriarch, Frank, while Laura Dern voices his wife, Sue. The new season …
Read More »50 Classic Movies to Watch on HBO Max
Should you be one of the many who’ve signed up for HBO Max, you’ll have access to a deep bench of popular TV dramas and sitcoms, plenty of HBO’s greatest hits (Game of Thrones, The Sopranos), some oonly-available-here original programming, the bulk of Studio Ghibli’s animated work, and a good …
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