In 2012, Eric Church scored a Number One country hit with his nostalgic anthem “Springsteen.” On Monday night in New York City, Church joined the inspiration for his song —Bruce Springsteen himself — onstage for the first time to perform Springsteen’s Born in the U.S.A. track “Working on the Highway.” …
Read More »
Brent Cobb has confirmed an extensive run of headlining tour dates for 2019, following his run supporting Chris Stapleton’s All-American Road Show throughout 2018. The Sucker For a Good Time Tour kicks off January 17th in Cobb’s home state of Georgia at Atlanta’s Terminal West, with dates running through the …
Read More »
Axl Rose, a frequent critic of the Trump administration, turned to Twitter Saturday to explain why Guns N’ Roses‘ music has played at the president’s recent rallies. “Just so ya know… GNR like a lot of artists opposed to the unauthorized use of their music at political events has formally …
Read More »
A new release from a Nineties kingpin, a nod to the traditional from a rising star and some retro-pop from a Lumineer make up the songs you need to hear this week. Joe Diffie, “Quit You” Joe Diffie has fallen off the love wagon, unable to resist the pull of …
Read More »
When Morrissey decided to cover the Pretenders‘ “Back on the Chain Gang” for an upcoming double-vinyl reissue of his Low in High School album, he wanted to play it loose with the lyrics. “I didn’t ever see the lyrics correctly printed because I wanted to sing them as I had …
Read More »
The once-disbanded Diplomats — the Harlem hip-hop group of Cam’Ron, Jim Jones, Juelz Santana and Freekey Zekey — are returning with a new full-length, their first official album since 2004’sDiplomatic Immunity 2. The album,Diplomatic Ties, is set to be released on November 22nd, on Thanksgiving, and a release show is …
Read More »
William “Will.i.am” Adams scrambles to hide a prototype box made for the Black Eyed Peas‘ seventh album, Masters of the Sun Vol. 1. An early version of the ambitious, boombox-shaped, augmented-reality-compliant object, he moves it away from the prying eyes of Rolling Stone, stashing it behind the desk of Eddie …
Read More »
“Real Life Rock Top Ten” is a monthly column by cultural critic and RS contributing editorGreil Marcus. 1. “Nobel Prize winner Bob Dylan plays River Spirit Casino Resort,” Tulsa World (October 13th). Though it does carry an echo of the Cheek to Cheek Lounge of Winter Park, Florida, where in …
Read More »
Los Angeles metal outfit Static-X will reunite for a new album and world tour to mark the 20th anniversary of their debut album, Wisconsin Death Trip. The new record, Project Regeneration, is set to arrive in Spring 2019. The record will feature the original line-up of bassist Tony Campos, guitarist …
Read More »
On Sunday night, Ricky Skaggs, Dottie West and Johnny Gimble were welcomed as the newest members of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum at the 2018 Medallion Ceremony, held in the museum’s CMA Theater. Garth Brooks presented bluegrass stalwart Skaggs with the Hall’s Modern Era honor. Connie Smith …
Read More »