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Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo has expanded a new online market where he’s selling thousands of demo recordings made over the past couple of decades. Cuomo quietly launched the site back in November with a single demo bundle, and today, December 8th, appeared to finalize the market, which now boasts 2,655 recordings. …

Bob Dylan has sold his entire songwriting catalog to Universal Music Publishing Group for an undisclosed price that’s estimated to be more than $300 million, The New York Times reports. 4 Big Takeaways From the Dylan Deal Dylan has had control over nearly all of his songwriting copyrights throughout his …

Ahead of Friday’s release of MariahCarey’s Magical Christmas Special, the singer has revealed the video for one of the AppleTV+ special’s most anticipated tracks, an updated version of “Oh Santa!” featuring Ariana Grande and Jennifer Hudson. “Oh Santa!” originally appeared on Carey’s 2010 Xmas LP Merry Christmas II You. For …

Jack Johnson weathers the storm of 2020 in “The Captain Is Drunk,” a new single out Friday. “Hey what do I do/If the captain is drunk?” Johnson sings over tranquil acoustic chords. “And the winds are too much/He’s out looking for something.” Speaking about the track with Rolling Stone, Johnson …

In a recent episode of our Rolling Stone Music Now podcast, Smokey Robinson looked back at his astonishing run of hits at Motown Records in the 1960s, and much more. Some highlights follow; to hear the entire interview withRobinson (who has a new autobiographical Audible release, Smokey Robinson: Grateful and …

Trace Adkins jokes that he doesn’t know much about social media and technology — “Silly songs and pickup trucks: I’m your guy,” he says — but the Grammy-nominated country singer is selling himself short. For the past decade, Adkins has been making invaluable, long-lasting connections with U.S. veterans through his …

Tori Amos contemplates 2020 and remains hopeful on “Better Angels,” a track off her upcoming holiday EP Christmastide. The single is accompanied by an animated lyric video, featuring icy rivers, winter skies, and an illustration of Amos. “Oh, what a year to be here,” she sings. “On this little rock/third …

Toto had lots of reasons to be happy when they hit the road in 2018 for their 40th-anniversary tour. After years of slogging it out on the Eighties nostalgia circuit, playing too many casinos and state fairs to even remember, they were finally in high demand again thanks to a …

With four nominations tonight, Karol G returned to the Latin Grammy Awards stage to perform her regal smash hit “Tusa” sans Nicki Minaj. Heralded in with a beautiful harp intro, the Colombian singer recreated the lush, Athens-inspired music video for “Tusa” onstage. (The video has garnered more than one billion …

Lil Wayne is facing a new weapons charge in Florida, according to court documents obtained by Rolling Stone. The rapper, whose real name is Dwayne Carter, was charged with one count of possessing a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon. Carter previously pleaded guilty to a felony gun charge …