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William Orbit, the Grammy-winning British electronic music producer who helped guide Madonna’s Ray of Light and Blur’s 13, has died at the age of 69. The producer’s death was announced Friday on his social media account, which noted that Orbit, whose real name was William Wainwright, died July 23 at his home. No cause of death was provided.” “It is with profound sadness that the family and friends of William Orbit announce that William passed away at home on 23rd July 2026,” the statement read. “We are deeply saddened by his passing. He will be greatly missed by us and…

We asked a large group of longtime fans to give us their favorite Dead classics We asked a group of 50 musicians, writers, music industry figures, entertainers, and one former United States senator to submit ranked ballots listing their top 25 Grateful Dead songs. Their ballots were tabulated to make our list. Here is who voted. NameCredentialsKevin BarkerMusicianJay BlakesbergPhotographerRicki BlakesbergPhotographerSteve BloomJournalistStephen BrowerMusic executiveDean BudnickEditor-in-chief, RelixDavid BrowneJournalist and author, So Many RoadsAndy CabicVetiverZach CowieMusic supervisorMitch DavisMusic executiveDaniel DonatoCosmic CountryThomas Bryan EatonBerthaBenjy EisenJournalist and co-author, DealAl FrankenFormer U.S. senatorDavid FrickeJournalistBen Fong-TorresJournalistKraig FoxMusic executiveMike GreenhausJournalistEric GreenspanMusic attorneyElliot GroffmanMusic attorneyWill HermesJournalistDan HorneGrateful ShredBruce HornsbyMusician…

Just a couple of years ago, any sort of reconciliation between Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham felt like an absolute impossibility. They briefly interacted at a memorial event for Christine McVie in January 2023, but otherwise had no communication since Buckingham was removed from Fleetwood Mac in 2018, sparking a legally battle that was eventually settled out of court.  “The only time I’ve spoken to Lindsey was [at McVie’s memorial], for about three minutes,” Nicks told Rolling Stone in 2024. “I dealt with Lindsey for as long as I could. You could not say that I did not give him…

The Grateful Dead are one of the great American adventures — an outlaw band from the psychedelic frontier of the Haight-Ashbury streets, doing everything their own way. The magic they made onstage every night, improvised without a net or a set list, was a freewheeling 30-year collaboration with their audience. That’s why the Dead’s music remains so fiercely alive, now more than ever. As Jerry Garcia told Rolling Stone in 1971, “We’re trying to guide ourselves into a place where we can become more music.” The Dead have always shared a special bond with Rolling Stone, and our histories are…

MONDAY—Nashville“Are you afraid of heights?”Daniela Parada, Charli xcx’s personal assistant, leads me through a set of double doors into a cavernous warehouse space. The first thing I see is a hulking black edifice—a mass of black cages formed into a giant pyramid, topped with a gigantic woofer. She leads me over piles of tangled black cables and into the structure itself, a rabbit warren of quick-change rooms and production desks, until we finally get to the second-highest layer, below the woofer, which requires a small lift to access. I feel dizzy looking down into the warehouse, which is dotted with…

Unnamed member of funk legends reportedly suffers “cardiac incident” prior to Chase Center tour stop with Lionel Richie; gig will be rescheduled, band says Earth, Wind, and Fire postponed their concert in San Francisco Thursday after an unnamed member of the band suffered a “medical emergency” before their scheduled gig with Lionel Richie. “We are unable to perform as scheduled tonight at Chase Center in San Francisco due to a medical emergency involving a member of our band,” the group wrote on social media Thursday. “As a result, tonight’s show with Lionel Richie will be rescheduled, with a new date…

Urbano superstar Karol G formally unveiled her new album, No Me Arrepiento de Sentir Tanto, just this week, as she became the first solo woman to headline Toronto’s Rogers Stadium. The record, whose title translates as I Don’t Regret Feeling So Much, includes features from Drake, Rusowsky, and Bruno Mars, who appears on her first-ever English song, “Still.” Sentir Tanto steps away from the palette of last year’s Tropicoqueta, a joyfully retro tribute to Colombia’s musical lineage, and revisits the clubbier territory of 2023’s Mañana Será Bonita. Don’t worry, though—you’ll still find dembows galore.Listen on Apple MusicListen on SpotifyListen on…

DIIV have shared their new single ‘The Fountain’ as they officially announce their new A.G. Cook-produced album ‘ZIRP!’, along with 2026 tour dates. The shoegaze quartet have unveiled more details of their album ‘ZIRP!’, which is due on October 30 via Fantasy Recordings. Pre-save/pre-order the album here. Inspired by “Palantir, societal breakdown and streaming’s endless hamster wheel”, the album was produced by A.G Cook (Charli XCX, Caroline Polachek). Cook said he departed from the original brief of “destroying & rebuilding their demos, Screamadelica-style, into a finished product, but that hybrid, half-remix approach felt completely wrong to me.” Instead, Cook said he…

Meshell Ndegeocello has recruited Cat Power for a cover of the Human League’s “Don’t You Want Me.” The second single from Ndegeocello’s duets album Synonym—improbably populated with guests ranging from Chaka Khan to Bill Callahan—builds the synth-pop classic out from a dub reggae groove, with Ndegeocello and Chan Marshall trading verses, conversing in the pre-chorus, and eventually uniting. Listen below.Ndegeocello launched Synonym with another blast from the 1980s, duetting with Cynthia Erivio on a cover of Aretha Franklin and George Michael’s “I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me).” Other guests on the LP include Anohni, Brandi Carlile, Khruangbin’s Laura Lee,…

Day and Night single, the first track off the “Night” half of the double album, accompanied by Jeremy O. Harris-directed video starring Alden Ehrenreich Carly Rae Jepsen has shared her ABBA-inspired new song “Don’t Leave Me on the Dance Floor,” the latest single off her upcoming double album Day and Night. The track — the first offering from the “Night” half of the 24-track album —was written by Jepsen and producers CJ Baran and Arthur Besnainou after the singer experienced the ABBA Voyage show in London.  “I’d just been recording in Sweden and then traveled to London to see ABBA…