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Rolling Stone interview series Unknown Legends features long-form conversations between senior writer Andy Greene and veteran musicians who have toured and recorded alongside icons for years, if not decades. All are renowned in the business, but some are less well known to the general public. Here, these artists tell their …

Madlib discussed the death of MF Doom in a new interview with NPR Music. The enigmatic rapper died on October 31st; his death was first announced two months later by his wife, Jasmine, on his Instagram page. “I found out when everybody else did, on social media,” Madlib said upon …

A rare demo recording of Black Sabbath‘s “Heaven and Hell,” the first song the band wrote after Ronnie James Dio replaced Ozzy Osbourne in 1979, has surfaced online. On the track are Dio, founding Sabbath members guitarist Tony Iommi and drummer Bill Ward, and bassist Geoff Nicholls, who joined the …

Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez spent time with striking New York City grocery workers instead of participating in Joe Biden’s inauguration. But that important local cause wasn’t the only reason she chose to forgo the event. Fear for her safety around fellow lawmakers was also a motivating factor. “I think we also …

It’s a new year and we have a new president, but one thing that hasn’t changed is that David Crosby is still fielding advice questions from readers — no topic off-limits. “When Rolling Stone asked me to do an advice column, I thought they were crazy,” he says in our …

Black Pumas performed their Grammy-nominated track, “Colors,” on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Tuesday, January 19th. To complement the song’s psychedelic soul, the Austin duo, their backing band, and a trio of singers delivered the track on a soundstage done up to recall the sets of music performance shows …

DaBaby has returned with his first new song of 2021, “Masterpiece.” The track finds the North Carolina rapper flowing with characteristic ease over a bouncing beat laced with serpentine synths. The lyrics are plenty boisterous (“I done made a whole lotta millions while in a pandemic/And ain’t even out there …

On Tuesday, Morgan Wallen celebrated the release of Dangerous: The Double Album in style, leading a livestreamed show at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium. The entire 75-minute performance was available for streaming via YouTube. Though the Ryman wasn’t filled to capacity as it would be in normal times, there were still enough …

Michael Apted, the director of Coal Miner’s Daughter, the James Bond film The World Is Not Enough and the Up documentary series, has died at the age of 79. Apted’s reps the Gersh Agency confirmed the filmmaker’s death to Variety, though a date or cause of death was not revealed. …

There are so many questions that remain after yesterday’s deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. How could the Capitol Police have let this happen? How many people are going to lose their jobs because the law enforcement response was so terrible? Why did it take so long for the National …