Lucinda Williams, John Prine and Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash. Which one of these things is not like the other? Or how about Lee Ann Womack, Grateful Dead legend Bob Weir and comedian Marc Maron? Those acts and others shared the bill at this weekend’s Across the Great Divide charity …
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The jump from figure skating to country singer is a rare one, but Ruston Kelly uses skills from his competitive skating days to dramatic effect in the beautiful new music video for his song “Son of a Highway Daughter.” Kelly and a female companion, both of whom are dressed in …
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One of the year’s strangest state legislature races grew even stranger this week when the heavy favorite died unexpectedly after a night of partying with porn star Ron Jeremy. Dennis Hof, the notorious Nevada brothel owner who decided to dip his toe into politics after Trump’s presidential victory, was found …
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After the release of Lord Huron’s acclaimed third album Vide Noir, the Los Angeles-based indie rock band took a few steps back during a session at Spotify Studios to cover a formative influence: Neil Young. For singer Ben Schneider, Young was a “perennial presence” growing up since his parents were …
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Last October, during the final encore of Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit’s annual residency at the Ryman Auditorium, Amanda Shires traded solos with dobro master Jerry Douglas during a Celtic-influenced cover of Tom Petty‘s “You Got Lucky.” Twelve months later, she’s covering the song once again, this time as …
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Nicole Kidman plays a detective outrunning her demons in the new trailer for crime-thriller Destroyer. The Oscar-winning actress plays LAPD investigator Erin Bell in two timelines: as a young, idealistic cop working undercover with a gang in the California desert; and years later, as a grizzled veteran, working through her …
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Melbourne’s Oh Pep! make indie-pop with the emphasis on “pop”: Their songs are smooth-running, precision-crafted melodic machines that just happen to be written and performed by two or three people instead of a factory. The couple in their new single “Your Nail and Your Hammer” first meet at a government …
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President Donald Trump‘s son-in-law and close advisor Jared Kushner likely paid zero dollars in federal income taxes between 2009 and 2016,new documents obtained by theNew York Timesreveal. Kushner used a “common tax-minimizing maneuver,”Times reporters Jesse Drucker and Emily Flitter wrote, to make it look like his company was losing money …
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Streaming dramas are often tricky to recap, as much for their flaws as for the fact that all the episodes drop at once.The Romanoffs, however — Matthew Weiner‘s new anthology series about people who believe they’re descended from Russian royalty — is a special case in a couple of ways. …
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On the new episode of our podcast, Rolling Stone Music Now, we dig deep into the music movie of the year, A Star Is Born.To hear the entire discussion, press play below or download and subscribe oniTunesorSpotify. Will Lady Gaga win an Oscar for her revelatory performance, and what will …
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