Tedeschi Trucks Band marked the release of their live album Layla Revisited (Live at Lockn’) by performing three Derek and the Dominos songs for CBS This Morning’s Saturday Sessions. Performing from a New Haven, Connecticut’s Westville Music Bowl, Susan Tedeschi, Derek Trucks and company covered “Bell Bottom Blues,” “Why Does …
Read More »Mark Hoppus Reveals He's Battling an Aggressive Form of Lymphoma
Mark Hoppus stunned fans last month when he revealed that he’s undergoing chemotherapy for an unspecified form of cancer. In a new Twitch Q&A with Chilean Blink-182 fans, the musician shared his diagnosis. “[I have] diffuse large B-cell lymphoma,” he said. “My classification is stage IV-A, which means, as I …
Read More »Pop Smoke's Life and Legacy Focus of New Spotify Podcast Series
The life and death of Pop Smoke will be the focus of an upcoming podcast series from Spotify and Complex Networks. The six-episode Complex Subject:Pop Smoke — premiering on July 20th, which would have been Pop Smoke’s 22nd birthday — highlights the late Brooklyn drill rapper who was tragically shot …
Read More »John Mayer Explains How Making His New Album 'Sob Rock' Was the Music Equivalent of 'Shitposting'
John Mayer explained how a driving creative force behind his new album, Sob Rock, was a desire to make a record that was equivalent to “shitposting” on the internet, in a new interview with Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1. Recalling how he was told at the start of his …
Read More »'The Final Girl Support Group' Brings Slasher Films Into the Real World
Much like the bad guy in a slasher film, author Grady Hendrix had one book idea that just kept coming back. He wanted to take on the horror movie trope of the final girl — the last character standing at the end of the flick — and bring it into …
Read More »RS Country Music Picks for the Week of July 12th
Whether it’s coming out of Nashville, New York, L.A., or points in between, there’s no shortage of fresh tunes, especially from artists who have yet to become household names.Rolling Stone Country selects some of the best new music releases from country and Americana artists. (Check outlast week’sbest songs.) Kate Vargas, …
Read More »See the Wallflowers Perform 'Exit Wounds' Songs on 'CBS This Morning'
The Wallflowers performed three songs from their just-released new album Exit Wounds for CBS This Morning’s latest “Saturday Sessions.” Performing inside a Los Angeles mechanics garage, Jakob Dylan and company showcased “Roots and Wings,” “The Dive Bar in My Heart” and “I’ll Let You Down (But Will Not Give You …
Read More »Florida Farmworkers, Rocked by Covid and a Fatal Police Shooting, Are Demanding Justice
In the early hours of a September morning last year, Nicolas Morales Besanilla, a 37-year-old farmworker, woke his 12-year-old son and namesake, Nicolas Jr., from sleep in their home in Immokalee, Florida. He told his son he was seeing “spirits and creatures,” and shortly thereafter climbed through a back window …
Read More »Rauw Alejandro, Pi'erre Bourne Lead Breakthrough 25 Chart
In a four-star review, Rolling Stone declared that with his sophomore album Vice Versa, Puerto Rico native Rauw Alejandro has established himself as “the next Latin pop star,” pushing the boundaries of reggaeton to incorporate synth-pop, funk and drum ‘n’ bass. And it seems the numbers back it up. After …
Read More »Piece of Me: The Best Britney Spears Books, from the Singer Herself
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Much has been written about Britney Spears over the years, from glossy cover stories about the pop princess’ rise to fame, to revealing profiles about her struggles in …
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