Tag Archives: music

Missy Elliott has unveiled a striking new video for “DripDemeanor,” a track off her recent comeback EP, Iconology. Directed by Elliott and Derek Blanks, the “DripDemeanor” clip sits squarely in the rapper’s tradition of mind-bending visuals. The concept is (relatively) simple to start, with Elliott, Sum1 and a crew of …

Jason Isbell has spent a good deal of 2019 focusing less on his Grammy-winning songwriting and more on the instrument that enabled his rise from Muscle Shoals to Music City —his guitar. Isbell, whose six-string skills helped define a trio of Drive-By Truckers albums before he found solo success, has …

Eric Church, Carrie Underwood, and Thomas Rhett will headline the 2020 Stagecoach Festival. The lineup for the Indio, California, country music gathering was announced by Midland following their performance of “Mr. Lonely” on Ellen. The throwback trio, who released their album Let It Roll in August, will also perform at …

For the past half-decade, there has been an explosion of male musicians realizing that marriage wouldn’t kill them; Jay-Z, Justin Timberlake, Kanye West, and Offset have spent much of the 2010s sharing seemingly every peak and valley of their marriages. Now, Justin Bieber, riding high off his marriage to Hailey …

One of three men charged with providing the counterfeit drugs that led to the fatal overdose of rapper Mac Miller has pleaded not guilty. Cameron James Pettit, 28, of West Hollywood, entered the plea in federal court Thursday in Los Angeles. Petitt is charged with conspiring to distribute controlled substances …

Songs from DaBaby‘s Kirk flooded the RS 100 this week. “Intro” took the top spot with 20.4 million streams, beating Post Malone’s multi-week Number One “Circles” by a narrow margin. In total, DaBaby placed four Kirk songs in the Top 10 and 13 tracks in the Top 40, an impressive …

In 2009, Ginger Baker demanded I come live with him in South Africa to write his story and fulfill my lifelong dream of becoming a Rolling Stone journalist. I did it, but the article wasn’t enough for Ginger. He insisted that I make a movie about him, “So they can …

Norah Jones and Mavis Staples have teamed for a new bittersweet ballad, “I’ll Be Gone.” Written by Pete Remm, who co-produced the song with Jones, “I’ll Be Gone” is a slow and steady soul tune with a gospel edge befitting the song’s lyrics, which convey a potent mixture of grief, …

Garth Brooks will become the latest recipient of the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. The 57-year-old is the youngest person to receive the honor, which will be presented alongside an all-star tribute concert in Washington, D.C., next March. The concert is set to air sometime in the …

In this second installment of our two-part deep-dive into the history and influence of King Crimson‘s “21st Century Schizoid Man,” we look at how various lineups of the band have made the song their own, and how it’s inspired artists from the worlds of prog, metal, punk, hip-hop, and beyond …