Sharon Preston-Folta discusses growing up as the secret child of jazz great Louis Armstrong in the new teaser for the upcoming documentary, Little Satchmo. Preston-Folta was Armstrong’s only child, but because he fathered her with a mistress, Lucille Preston, a dancer at the Cotton Club, Armstrong never recognized or acknowledged …
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Genesis have once again delayed the start of their The Last Domino? reunion tour, which was originally supposed to kick off in November 2020 and then was moved to April 2021 because of the pandemic. It is now slated to launch at Dublin’s 3Arena on September 15th and wrap up …
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Rolling Stone interview series Unknown Legends features long-form conversations between senior writer Andy Greene and veteran musicians who have toured and recorded alongside icons for years, if not decades. All are renowned in the business, but some are less well known to the general public. Here, these artists tell their …
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We’re just one day away from Joe Biden’s inauguration as America’s 46th president. This year’s ceremony is going to be a dramatically scaled-down event because of the pandemic and unprecedented security threats, but there will still be a celebration in the evening hosted by Tom Hanks, with musical guests like …
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O ne day in the spring of 2018, Jenn Marie Earle was washing dishes in her Portland, Oregon, home, when her husband, Justin Townes Earle, walked into the kitchen with his guitar to play her a song he’d just written. As Justin started singing, Jenn Marie began to cry. On …
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The Hold Steady have revealed “Heavy Covenant,” the latest single from their upcoming album Open Door Policy. “I know the perfect place to go/Slide your little phone into the airplane mode,” Craig Finn sings over a buzzing guitar riff. “Motel Mariposa/A little south of downtown on the frontage road.” In …
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Gwen Stefani performed her latest single, “Let Me Reintroduce Myself,” and spoke about the track’s clever music video with Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show Tuesday, January 5th. Released last month, “Let Me Reintroduce Myself” is pure Stefani nostalgia, with slinky ska-pop production and a few lyrical and sonic references …
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Playboi Carti closes out 2020 with a bang, topping the Rolling Stone Top 200 Albums Chart for his first time with his sophomore studio album Whole Lotta Red. The album pulled in 94,100 album units from December 25th through December 31st. Most of Whole Lotta Red’s units were driven by …
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So, How Was Your 2020?is a series in which our favorite entertainers answer our questionnaire about the music, culture and memorable moments that shaped their year. We’ll be rolling these pieces out throughout December. Kip Moore typically spends a big portion of any year on tour, so in 2020 he …
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Hayley Williams has revealed the acoustic EP Petals for Armor: Self-Serenades, dropping the previously unreleased “Find Me Here.” The track reaches nearly two minutes; as Williams strums the guitar she sings: “No one can hold your hand/Now through the delicate darkness you go/If I trespass even one step/It all just …
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