“You don’t know who I am, but you’ve been affected by the things I did,” Tony Conrad told The Guardian in what may well have been his last interview. Though not a household name, the pathbreaking experimental violinist and filmmaker, who passed away over the weekend at age 76, was… Source: RollingStone Link: Tony Conrad: […]

Nobody would ever accuse Blake Shelton of being a saint, but he has occasionally shared small glimpses of his spiritual life over the years, like his reverent cover of Dave Barnes’ “God Gave Me You” or by gamely anchoring a Christmas special for ABC. But his hymn-like new song “Savior’s Shadow”… Source: RollingStone Link: Hear Blake […]

In 1974, David Bowie’s manager invited photographer Steve Schapiro to spend a day capturing images of the star. The extended shoot yielded the now-iconic cover photos for Low and Station to Station, and led to a fruitful collaboration between the two artists. Now Schapiro is collecting his images in Bowie,… Source: RollingStone Link: See Wild […]

Members of the National and Grizzly Bear unite for an ornate cover of the Grateful Dead’s symphonic-prog suite, “Terrapin Station.” The 17-minute all-star epic highlights Day of the Dead, a 59-track Grateful Dead tribute LP also featuring the Flaming Lips, Wilco with Bob Weir, Jenny Lewis, Jim James, Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon and Mumford & Sons,… Source: RollingStone Link: Hear the […]

Eight years after teaming up for their Love Pain & the Whole Crazy Carnival Ride tour, Keith Urban and Carrie Underwood are gearing up for another round of shared shows. This time, they’re heading overseas to Australia, where the two will close out the year playing arenas in Adelaide, Melbourne,… Source: RollingStone Link: Carrie Underwood […]

“Stromae is on vacation now,” says Paul Van Haver, the Francophone dance-pop sensation whose gender-bending persona has been shaking up the international music landscape since 2008. Although Van Haver’s firmly declared a break from the spotlight, the star has set his sights on a whole new endeavor; this month sees the launch of his new clothing store, MOSAERT. Founded in… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch Stromae […]

Family, friends, bandmates and peers attended Merle Haggard’s private funeral on Saturday, April 9th, with many paying tribute to the late legend through song. Held at Haggard’s own ranch in Shasta County, California, the outdoor funeral was pre-planned by the country star himself, who had requested that Marty Stuart serve as… Source: RollingStone Link: Merle […]

Early in Kill ‘Em and Leave, James McBride writes that “the
 James Brown story is not about James Brown. It’s about who’s getting paid, whose interest is involved, who can squeeze the estate
 and black history for more … It’s reflective of the sad state of the American popular emporium… Source: RollingStone Link: James Brown: […]

Jesse Jarnow’s fascinating new book, Heads: A Biography of Psychedelic America, explores what he calls “a vast and learned psychonautical diaspora”
– the social and physical world shaped by drugs
like LSD, DMT, peyote, MDMA and mushrooms. At the center of the story is the freewheeling economy that grew up around the… Source: RollingStone Link: America's Psychedelic […]

Conan O’Brien and The Walking Dead’s Steven Yeun become K-Pop stars in J.Y. Park’s insane video for “Fire,” filmed during the comedian’s recent South Korean episode of Conan.  The clip opens with the duo daydreaming at their boring office job. “Hey Steve, I really need to have some fun tonight,” O’Brien says…. Source: RollingStone Link: Watch […]