“Class is in session tonight.” Neo-soul crooner Maxwell is back. His new track “All the Ways that Love Can Heal,” his upcoming fifth LP, BlackSUMMERS’night is a velvet carpet of come-ons and sighing horns as Maxwell proclaims: “A thousand races into space/ Universal law never makes mistakes.” “All the Ways” is Maxwell’s third… Source: RollingStone Link: Hear […]
Singer-songwriter Jamie Lynn Spears has released a new song called “Sleepover,” her first since the 2014 EP The Journey. Spears was also the focus of a TLC documentary, When the Lights Go Out, that aired on June 26th. Written by Spears with Liz Rose, Tina Parol and Corey Crowder, “Sleepover” is… Source: RollingStone Link: Hear […]
Beyoncé and Kendrick Lamar’s show-opening performance and the emotional Prince tributes weren’t the only moments from the BET Awards making headlines Sunday night: Justin Timberlake found in a Twitter dispute. Timberlake tweeted that he was “#inspired” by Jesse Williams’ humanitarian award acceptance speech. A barrage of Twitter followers, specifically one named Ernest Owens, jumped on… Source: RollingStone Link: Justin […]
Last year marked the end of a legendary era, as the Muscular Dystrophy Association announced it would no longer broadcast its Labor Day telethon. Founded and hosted by comedian Jerry Lewis, the annual show began in 1966, with each year boasting a long list of superstar guests — from Frank… Source: RollingStone Link: See Canaan […]
Grant Park will heat up in late July for the 25th installment of Lollapalooza. Perry Farrell and Co. need to feed their somewhat captive audience of music lovers, and this year's food lineup features the debut of nine new vendors. The "Crack Pie" slices from Momofuku Milk Bar —a cult-favorite pastry that David Chang, Christina Tosi […]
Lady Gaga sat down with the Dalai Lama Sunday for a conversation that was broadcast on Facebook Live. In their 20-minute talk, the singer and His Holiness discussed the power of kindness and compassion, finding inner peace and the Lama’s advice to people struggling with personal issues. “How do you help young… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch […]
Two of shock metal’s most potent acts – Slipknot and Marilyn Manson – are set to embark on tour on Tuesday. It’s a pairing that Corey Taylor, Slipknot’s crash-test-dummy-masked frontman, feels makes perfect sense. “I love his music,” the singer says in an interview conducted before his recent spinal surgery, which… Source: RollingStone Link: Slipknot […]
Magic! have no intentions of going quietly. The reggae-pop band exploded out of the gate in 2014 with their Hot 100-topping single “Rude,” an omnipresent summer radio anthem that sold millions of copies, spawned viral parody videos and most notably for the four Canadian musicians behind it, carried with it the… Source: RollingStone Link: Magic! Singer […]
It’s been nearly three years since Pam Tillis put out an album of original in the form of Dos Divas, the colorful 2013 project she recorded with her pal Lorrie Morgan. It’s even farther back — nearly 10 years — since Tillis’ last solo album Rhinestoned appeared in 2007. Tillis, who… Source: RollingStone Link: Pam […]
Two of the biggest and best metal releases of 2016 come from veterans. Deftones’ atmospheric and lunging Gore is the band’s first album since the death of bassist Chi Cheng and finest since “Change (in the House of Flies)” drifted across radio waves. As dense as it is urgent, Gore… Source: RollingStone Link: Best Metal […]