Members of Cheap Trick have responded to their fellow class of 2016 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, Steve Miller, whose controversial statements about the Rock Hall angered other artists like the Black Keys. Cheap Trick said they wished Miller had “waited” before airing his opinions.  “He was perfectly nice to us,” guitarist Rick Nielsen said on… Source: RollingStone Link: Cheap […]

“I don’t give a fuck about that shit,” Wiz Khalifa said with Snoop Dogg’s co-sign on his tour bus before their joint National Concert Day performance in New York City on Tuesday. The pair hit the road together for their High Road Tour this summer, the always pro-weed artists share their… Source: RollingStone Link: Snoop Dogg, […]

Fetty Wap has dropped a weed-inspired new track titled “Roll Sum Up,” the New Jersey rapper’s latest collaboration with Kid Ink. The pair previously paired in April on the DJ Mustard-produced “Promise.” Arriving just two weeks too late to celebrate 4/20, the rapper rhymes on the breezy track, “She could tell it by… Source: RollingStone Link: Fetty […]

Scotty McCreery has already accomplished much in his young life — winning American Idol and launching a successful recording career, for starters. Now he can add author to his resume with the release of his first book, Go Big or Go Home: The Journey Toward the Dream on May 3rd. In… Source: RollingStone Link: Scotty […]

Run the Jewels confront drugs and war in their stormy, 360-degree video for “Crown,” a highlight from their 2014 LP, Run the Jewels 2. The clip, previously only available via a New York Times app, was directed by Peter Martin and enhanced by virtual reality company Wevr. In the video, the duo rap against… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch […]

System of a Down frontman Serj Tankian was so moved by the resilience of Armenian fighters in Nagorno-Karabakh, a region in the former Soviet Republic of Azerbaijan that neighbors Armenia, during a four-day war in April that he wrote a passionate new political folk song, “Artsakh,” in deference to them…. Source: RollingStone Link: See System […]

Songwriter Ned Miller, whose songs were recorded by Ricky Van Shelton and Connie Smith, as well as Bing Crosby and Charles Manson, died last month in Medford, Oregon. According to the New York Times, Miller passed away on March 18th and his death was confirmed this week by his wife,… Source: RollingStone Link: 'From a […]

“This [album]’s not nearly as depressing. It’s a bit more celebratory,” Jason Isbell told Rolling Stone Country last spring, sitting on a couch outside of the Sound Emporium studio where his newest album, Something More Than Free, was recorded in four inspired weeks. Nowhere is that celebratory feel more prevalent than on “Palmetto… Source: RollingStone Link: See […]

Once again, we find country and Americana artists both on the verge and under-the-radar who deserve a listen. This installment of Rolling Stone Country’s Artists You Need to Know includes a ferocious Tex-Mex-tinged band, a Southern-rock badass and a trio of women who deliver sharp lyrics with angelic harmonies. Source: RollingStone Link: 10 New Country Artists […]

Alicia Keys has debuted the hypnotic, catchy single “In Common,” her first new track since last July’s “28 Thousand Days.” Marked by clipped phrasing over a minimal beat, Keys’ new single has a tropical, Latin-fusion vibe. The song — co-written by Keys, Illangelo, Tayla Parks and Billy Walsh and produced by Illangelo… Source: RollingStone Link: Hear […]