Lin-Manuel Miranda achieved his second-greatest life moment on Saturday, joining hero "Weird Al" Yankovic onstage at New York's Radio City Music Hall to sing the hook from Yankovic's Kinks parody "Yoda." A fan-shot clip shows the Hamilton creator-star rushing onstage during the chorusThis article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Watch Lin-Manuel Miranda Join ‘Weird Al’ for […]
The Head and the Heart are rehearsing in a rented house in Denver, getting ready to play one of their biggest shows ever: a sold-out gig at Red Rocks. It's a breakout moment for the Seattle group, which came out of the post–Mumford & Sons folk-pop boom a few years ago but also forged its […]
An influx of new releases – including albums from Usher, Mac Miller and Staind's Aaron Lewis – debuted in the Top 10 this week, but none of them could prevent Drake's This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: On the Charts: Drake’s ‘Views’ Recaptures Number One Source: RollingStone Link: On the Charts: Drake's 'Views' Recaptures Number One
The answer is quick, blunt and impatient. "Yeah, yeah, I agree," Van Morrison says, responding to a question about a song on his new album, Keep Me Singing. There is a brief silence. "What's next?"I had asked him about the first lines on the record, which sum up Morrison's life inThis article originally appeared on […]
When David Bowie began work on 1. Outside, it had been a decade since he'd had a mainstream hit, and he was well beyond caring. "He said to me that he didn't like the commercial things he did in the 1980s when he was pressured by his record company," says keyboardist Mike Garson.This article originally […]
Drake's highly anticipated short film that loosely accompanies his last album Views has arrived. The rapper released the film, titled Please Forgive Me, via Apple Music early Monday morning. AnthonyThis article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Drake Flips ‘Indecent Proposal’ in Short Film ‘Please Forgive Me’ Source: RollingStone Link: Drake Flips 'Indecent Proposal' in Short Film 'Please Forgive Me'
Days after Bono labeled Donald Trump as "potentially the worst idea that ever happened to America," This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Watch U2 Blast Donald Trump During ‘Desire’ at iHeartRadio Festival Source: RollingStone Link: Watch U2 Blast Donald Trump During 'Desire' at iHeartRadio Festival
The Chris Martin-curated Global Citizen Festival annually promises intra-lineup mingling to create unexpected collaborations, with the Coldplay singer providing this year's big surprise as This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Watch Eddie Vedder, Chris Martin’s Joint Global Citizen Set Source: RollingStone Link: Watch Eddie Vedder, Chris Martin's Joint Global Citizen Set
Released on September 24, 1991, A Tribe Called Quest's The Low End Theory is the quintessential moment where hip-hop let its jazz muse fly. Others – most notably Gang Starr – had explored fusions between jazz and hip-hop, but Q-Tip, Phife Dawg and Ali Shaheed Muhammad evoked a cool bebop ethos that none had achieved […]
Stanley "Buckwheat" Dural Jr., the accordionist and ambassador of zydeco music who performed under the stage name Buckwheat Zydeco, died Saturday following a battle with lung cancer. He was 68."It is with deep sadness that I have to announce that our great, beloved leader Stanley 'Buckwheat' Dural, Jr. has passed away. He died at 1:32 […]