Ahead of the release of their latest album Look Long, Indigo Girls take a backward glance to a simpler time with the new track “When We Were Writers.” The sweetly melodic, gently rolling tune was penned by the duo’s Emily Saliers, reflecting the two years she studied at New Orleans’ …
Read More »At Work With Mitch Glazier, Frontman of the U.S. Recorded Music Industry
At Workis a weekly Rolling Stoneseries exploring how decision-makers in the fast-changing music business spend their hectic days — as well as what burgeoning ideas they’re keen to explore, what advice they’d give to industry newcomers, and more. Read earlier interviews here. One year ago, Mitch Glazier was stepping into …
Read More »Watch Ryan Reynolds Urge Companies to Give Back During the COVID-19 Pandemic on 'Colbert'
Ryan Reynolds stopped by The Late Show via video chat to speak with Stephen Colbert about the COVID-19 pandemic, his efforts to raise funds for coronavirus relief and why it’s essential for people and companies to give back. During the lengthy chat, Reynolds discussed being the only man quarantined in …
Read More »Extinction Rebellion: The New Eco-Radicals
One Monday morning last April, an Englishman named Simon Bramwell glued himself to a glass door at Shell’s London headquarters and refused to leave. Bramwell, 47, is a co-founder of Extinction Rebellion, a two-year-old climate-activist group dedicated to the belief that real change will only come through mass civil disobedience. …
Read More »'Home Before Dark' Review: What If 'Veronica Mars,' But Tinier?
“I’m a journalist!” Hilde Lisko tells her father, Matt. “You’re a fourth-grader!” he replies. Both are right. In the new Apple TV+ drama Home Before Dark, inspired by the real work of underage reporter Hilde Lysiak, Hilde (Brooklynn Prince) goes to elementary school and has trouble making friends, but she’s …
Read More »Watch Logan Ledger's Acoustic 'Starlight' Performance
Logan Ledger takes a stripped-down approach to his song “Starlight” in a newly released video, turning the rockabilly-tinged number into a yearning acoustic ode. Previously released as a single in 2019, “Starlight” will also appear on the California native’s upcoming self-titled debut album, which was produced by T Bone Burnett. …
Read More »Nineties Country Star Joe Diffie Tests Positive for Coronavirus
Country singer Joe Diffie has released a statement through his publicist that he has tested positive for COVID-19. “I am under the care of medical professionals and currently receiving treatment. My family and I are asking for privacy at this time. We want to remind the public and all my …
Read More »Watch Hugh Jackman Face Up to Corruption in 'Bad Education' Trailer
HBO has released a trailer for its upcoming film, Bad Education, which stars Hugh Jackman as a school district superintendent caught in the middle of an embezzlement scandal. Jackman stars alongside Allison Janney and Ray Romano in the film, which was directed by Cory Finley. The movie is based on …
Read More »The White Buffalo Preaches Living for the Moment in Majestic New Song 'Problem Solution'
The White Buffalo tees up issues of insecurity and fear and then resolves them all, in under five minutes, in the ambitious new track “Problem Solution.” It’s a majestic yin-and-yang composition and is the latest release from the singer-songwriter’s upcoming album On the Widow’s Walk. “This is a song in …
Read More »'Tiger King': Why Joe Exotic's Country Songs Are Just Right for the Times
With his bottle-blond mullet, tacky shirts, and this-close-to-offensive catchy songs (like “Pretty Woman Lover”), zookeeper-country singer Joe Exotic looks and sounds like he emerged from country’s less-polished past. And for that, as quarantined viewers who are as captive as Exotic’s own lions and tigers, we’re oh-so grateful. The narcissistic star …
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