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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 …

The sound of Shakespeare turning in his grave shouldn’t deter you from taking a chance on The King, starring Timothée Chalamet as Prince Hal, the lad dragged reluctantly into playing his own game of thrones. An amalgam of the Bard’s history plays — Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2, and …

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 …

In the midst of the investigation into the vaping epidemic, which has resulted in the hospitalization of more than 800 people and 12 confirmed deaths nationwide, there’s been a rush to point fingers at the potential culprit behind the epidemic, as well as generate concern about issues that may be …

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 …

­This past Sunday, the Underground at Ink Block, an 8-acre underpass in Boston, transformed into the perfect festival backdrop for the final day of Cannabis Week. Headliner Lupe Fiasco impressed onlookers with a set that combined high-energy antics with masterful lyrical execution, while BIA brought raw stamina to a crowd …

Red Hot Chili Peppers performed a sizzling rendition of the Cars‘ “Just What I Needed” during a concert in Singapore Sunday. The cover pays tribute to frontman Ric Ocasek, who died unexpectedlySeptember 15th at the age of 75. In the video, a shirtless Anthony Kiedis and Flea take the reigns …

“I will do better at appearing more authentic from now on,” Astrid (Lucy Boynton), girlfriend to high school hero River (David Corenswet), says early in The Politician, after he suggests sex with her feels fake. River insists that she needs to be more authentic, not just appear that way. “I …

When the Doors‘ producer, Paul A. Rothchild, suggested adding orchestral strings and horns to guitarist Robby Krieger‘s song “Touch Me,” Krieger was not happy. It was two years after Sgt. Pepper, and he says he was wary of the band being seen as copycats. “I said, ‘Oh, God. Now we’re …

Listen to an audio version of this story below: By the time Shannon Scaletta was 25, she had lost her mom, dad, and sister to addiction. At eight, her father died of a cocaine overdose. At 20, her mother was sentenced to nearly 10 years in prison for killing a …