On Sunday, September 30th, California Governor Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill 1437, limiting the state’s long-held felony murder rule and creating a pathway to resentencing for hundreds of convicted prisoners. For decades, prosecutors have been able to hold accomplices responsible for murders that occur during the commission of a felony, …
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Rascal Flatts return with a lilting song of devotion in “Back to Life,” a new single that follows the trio’s most recent studio album, Back to Us. Penned by Cary Barlowe, Niko Moon, Shay Mooney (of Dan + Shay) and Fred Wilhelm, “Back to Life” glides on a gently swinging …
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Every Friday, we’re recommending an older movie that’s available to stream or download and worth seeing again through the lens of our current moment. We’re calling the series “Revisiting Hours” — consider this Rolling Stone’s unofficial film club. This week: Scott Tobias on Jonathan Demme‘s 2004 remake of The Manchurian …
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced Tuesday that Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee would enlist the help of a “female assistant” to question Christine Blasey Ford, the professor accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her while they were in high school. Later Tuesday, Sen. Chuck …
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Night two of Blind Auditions on The Voice Season 15 is in the books, with Tuesday’s September 25th episode showcasing a real life soul-pop survivor. Houston’s DeAndre Nico earned a resounding four-chair turn from coaches Blake Shelton, Kelly Clarkson, Jennifer Hudson and Adam Levine, a rare feat achieved by his …
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Red Dirt singer-songwriter Charlie Robison has announced his retirement from performing, citing complications from surgery earlier this year via a post on his Facebook page Monday night. “[A]t the beginning of this year I underwent a surgical procedure that because of complications left me with the permanent inability to sing. …
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As fans sang along to Dawes’ anthemic heartstring-tuggers “When My Time Comes” and “All Your Favorite Bands” — the big finish of the band’s main-stage set late Saturday afternoon —they were blissfully unaware that it was the de facto finale to this year’s Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival, which was …
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I purchasedTunnel of Lovewhen I was 16. I know that for most people, especially bandwagon critics, that album might have been seen as a letdown, because it had to follow the massive eclipse ofBorn in the U.S.A.But I’ve always felt it got shafted. It’s his divorce album, and I love …
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Eric Church will play twice the shows on his newly announced Double Down Tour, which gets underway January 18th and follows the October release of his new album Desperate Man. Church has steadily elevated his touring game to become one of live music’s biggest draws, playing marathon two-set shows with …
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Roy Moore’s Alabama Senate candidacy sank last year after the rootin’, tootin’ judge was bombarded with allegations of sexual misconduct just over a month before the election. Not surprisingly, he has some thoughts on Brett Kavanaugh.The man responsible for a Democrat now holding a Senate seat in one of the …
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