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Review: Chris Robinson Brotherhood, 'Anyway You Love, We Know How You Feel'

Ex-Black Crowes frontman Chris Robinson has reinvented himself with a band more musical, soulful and downright fun than his previous brotherhood. Their latest morphs between latter-day Grateful Dead and P-Funk, longer on vibes than songs but confirming their spot on the jam-band top tier. It's good-time mus…This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Review: Chris Robinson […]

Hear De La Soul's Hypnotic 'Drawn' With Little Dragon

De La Soul have unveiled the dreamy "Drawn," the latest sampling off the group's upcoming LP And the Anonymous Nobody…"Drawn" surprisingly <span style…This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Hear De La Soul’s Hypnotic ‘Drawn’ With Little Dragon Source: RollingStone Link: Hear De La Soul's Hypnotic 'Drawn' With Little Dragon

The Smiths' 'Meat Is Murder' Becomes Dark PETA Arcade Game

The Smiths have teamed with PETA to create This Beautiful Creature Must Die, a vintage arcade-style interpretation of the band's classic 1985 song "Meat Is Murder." In the dark game, players must save chickens, cows, pigs and turkeys from slaughter by tapping them before they hit the bottom of the screen &#…This article originally appeared […]

Review: Lori McKenna's 'The Bird & the Rifle' Is Vintage Storytelling

Lori McKenna's writing credits include some of country's most emotionally fine-tuned songs: See Brandy Clark's "Three Kids No Husband." But her roots lie in the Massachusetts folk scene, and her own records bypass Music Row for more interesting places. Here, the sound conjures the Sevent…This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Review: Lori McKenna’s ‘The Bird […]

How R. Kelly Inspired Fantasia's Triumphant Rock-Soul Return

The life of High Point, North Carolina native Fantasia Barrino has transformed in the 12 years since being scrutinized by Simon, Randy and Paula on American Idol: Two Broadway musicals, a Grammy win, a pub…This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: How R. Kelly Inspired Fantasia’s Triumphant Rock-Soul Return Source: RollingStone Link: How R. Kelly Inspired Fantasia's Triumphant Rock-Soul Return

Black Sabbath Guitarist Tony Iommi's Cancer in Remission

Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi's cancer is in remission. The metal legend revealed the good news during a plaque-unveiling at Spire Parkway Hospital's Specialist Care Centre in Solihull, England, where he'd been receiving treatment for …This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Black Sabbath Guitarist Tony Iommi’s Cancer in Remission Source: RollingStone Link: Black Sabbath Guitarist Tony […]

Paul McCartney Looks Back: The Rolling Stone Interview

Paul McCartney strums an acoustic guitar on a sofa in his London office, humming to himself as he tries to recall a melody from his adolescence – one of the first, never-recorded songs he wrote with his teenage friend John Lennon, on their way to starting the <a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/the-beat…This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Paul […]

Hear Oasis' Live 'My Big Mouth' From 'Be Here Now' Reissue

Oasis will reissue their 1997 LP Be Here Now this October as a 3CD set that features the original album alongside B-sides, "the Mustique demos" and live cuts from the era. One of those live perfor…This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Hear Oasis’ Live ‘My Big Mouth’ From ‘Be Here Now’ Reissue Source: RollingStone Link: […]

Kesha Reimagines Hits at Wild, Cathartic Tour Kickoff

Nearly an hour after the doors opened for Kesha and the Creepies' sold-out Tuesday-night show at Cleveland's House of Blues, a layer of silver glitter still coated the pavement outside the venue – the remnants of fans taking care of some last-minute pre-show skin bedazzling, according to a security guard. These waywa…This article originally appeared […]