A review of “JMM,” this week’s Better Call Saul, coming up just as soon as lightning bolts shoot from my fingertips… “But, do you want to be a ‘Friend of the Cartel’?” -Kim The letters that form the title of “JMM” are expanded three different ways in the episode. First, …
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Joe Diffie, a consistent country-music hitmaker throughout the Nineties, died Sunday due to complications related to COVID-19. His publicist confirmed the death to Rolling Stone. Diffie was 61. With a traditional-leaning voice that drew comparisons to George Jones, Diffie populated his records with honky-tonk ballads and lighthearted novelty tunes, earning …
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A special new episode of our Rolling Stone Music Now podcast focuses on songs of comfort in our all-too-troubled times, with Taylor Swift, Stevie Nicks, Sheryl Crow, and the National’s Matt Berninger all weighing in the music that’s giving them solace right now. To hear the entire episode right now, …
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As nearly every one of us is learning these days, you can get a lot done when you’re by yourself. But that secret is something that Dave Simonett has known for quite some time. The singer-songwriter and leader of the popular roots band Trampled by Turtles lives and creates in …
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Dua Lipa may be singing about impending emotional wreckage in her new song, “Break My Heart,” but its sentiment is soothed by a beat that aims for the dance floor. The song will appear on Future Nostalgia, which will arrive on Friday. “I would’ve stayed at home/’Cause I was always …
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Christine and the Queens has used her time in self-quarantine to record a passionate cover of the Weeknd‘s recent single “Blinding Lights.” The singer, real name Hélöise Letissier, posted a version of the song on Twitter, filmed in her home, noting, “Pushed all the furniture and covered the Weeknd.” The …
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Metallica will be doing their part to keep their fans engaged and raging during self-isolation by posting videos of full concerts every week for what they’re calling #MetallicaMondays. The first show is their appearance at Meath, Ireland’s Slane Castle last June. The band played 18 songs over the course of …
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The Weeknd gets decapitated at the club in the wild new video for “In Your Eyes,” off the pop star’s new album, After Hours. The Anton Tammi-directed clip finds the Weeknd portraying the same skeezy and deranged lounge lizard that’s been at the center of the After Hours era, with …
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Don Henley paid tribute to Kenny Rogers — the country star who helped the future Eagles singer land his first record contract — in a statement to Rolling Stone Saturday following the death of “the Gambler” at the age of 81. “In addition to his tremendous talent, Kenny was a …
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A month ago, on February 16th, a group of some of the greatest living blues musicians gathered at the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, New York, to celebrate the music of the late, great B.B. King. That seems like a lifetime ago now as we settle into a spring without …
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