Elvis and Priscilla Presley‘s relationship has been captured and recaptured in media for decades. Across its depictions, the story remains standard: he was the king, and she was his wife. In the first full-length trailer for Sofia Coppola‘s Priscilla, based on Priscilla Presley’s memoir “Elvis and Me,” Graceland is more …
Read More »Like With His Viral Hit, Stephen Sanchez Channels the 1950s in Video for 'Until I Found You'
Stephen Sanchez keeps it classic in the video for “Until I Found You,” shared exclusively with Rolling Stone. In the fun, throwback visual, Sanchez rocks an Elvis Presley-like hairdo and has a Marilyn Monroe-like love interest as he sings the soulful ballad. “I was obsessed with the style of the …
Read More »Yola on Sister Rosetta Tharpe: 'We Have To Give Black America Their Flowers'
It wasn’t until 2018 that Sister Rosetta Tharpe was inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, acting as a much-needed if inadequate corrective of sorts to the lack of recognition the industry has given Black women. But we still have a long way to go. Yola — who …
Read More »Elvis Presley, George Jones Songwriter Jerry Chesnut Dead at 87
Nashville songwriter Jerry Chesnut, whose songs were recorded by dozens of artists including Elvis Costello and Elvis Presley, as well as George Jones, Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings, died Saturday in Nashville. He was 87. A native of Loyall in Kentucky’s Harlan County, Chesnut had his …
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