Author: Press Room
Vasco Rossi pays homage to Mick Jagger and, on the Rolling Stones frontman's 83rd birthday, talks about how much the figure of the British singer contributed to defining his idea of a rock star. The rocker from Zocca entrusted the message to a story published on social media: “By observing Mick Jagger I understood the attitude that a rock star must have”. A recognition that therefore goes beyond the strictly musical influence and concerns above all the way of being on stage, the energy and attitude embodied by Jagger over the course of over sixty years of career. In the…
The staff of Pitchfork listens to a lot of new music. A lot of it. On any given day our writers, editors, and contributors go through an imposing number of new releases, giving recommendations to each other and discovering new favorites along the way. Each Monday, with our Pitchfork Selects playlist, we’re sharing what our writers are playing obsessively and highlighting some of the Pitchfork staff’s favorite new music. The playlist is a grab-bag of tracks: Its only guiding principle is that these are the songs you’d gladly send to a friend.This week’s Pitchfork Selects playlist features Portraits of Tracy,…
Willow Avalon sees artists like Lainey Wilson, Ella Langley, and Kaitlin Butts surging in country music, but she dismisses any notion that some industry-wide awakening is underway. The credit, Avalon says, is due to the women themselves. “For so long in country music, there’s been a set number of doors for women,” Avalon says. The solution, as she sees it, is to build new doors. That’s the goal of Pink Pocket Pistol, Avalon’s new album released in June via Atlantic Outpost/Assemble Sound. Despite being raised in a musical family in rural Georgia, the 27-year-old spent most of her life struggling…
Jon Stewart and Pete Davidson are marking the 25th anniversary of 9/11 with a superstar-studded charity show at Madison Square Garden, Sept’s 10’s NYC Still Rising After 25 Years: A 9/11 Charities Comedy Benefit. Headliners will include Stewart, Davidson, Dave Chappelle, Aziz Ansari, Bill Burr, Ronny Chieng, Nikki Glaser, Josh Johnson, and “many more” yet-to-be-announced performers. The show revives the format Stewart and Davidson debuted five years ago, when NYC Still Rising After 20 Years: A Comedy Celebration hit MSG on Sept. 12, 2021, with performers including Chappelle, Burr, Chieng, Amy Schumer, John Mulaney, Jimmy Fallon, Wanda Sykes, Colin Jost,…
Decades into her career, Shakira remains an unstoppable force — and her current streaming success proves it. This summer, the Colombian superstar asserted her global dominance with the release of her 2026 FIFA World Cup song “Dai Dai” featuring Burna Boy. It marks Shakira's second official FIFA World Cup official song after the 2010 tournament, when she released the inescapable “Waka Waka (This Time for Africa).” “Dai Dai” and her show-stopping performances of it at both the 2026 World Cup opening ceremony and halftime show during the final have the entire globe stating the obvious: Shakira is synonymous with the…
Mietta And Syria they were guests together of SPOT – The Podcastthe program that Michele Monina And Massimiliano Longo they record live at the Spot Music Fest in Bareggio, in front of the audience of the young artists of the festival. Two voices that together Sanremo they made twelve of them, who received songs from the most important authors in Italy and who, after their success in melody, chose to change their skin. With them, in Syria's arms, also the dachshund Adamo. “In Sanremo they massacred my look” The episode opens with the hardest memory of Miettathat of his firsts…
Miley Cyrus is ushering in a new era of her music career, signing with Atlantic Records, label home to Bruno Mars, Charli XCX, Cardi B, Kehlani, and many others, Rolling Stone has confirmed. It marks Cyrus' exit from Columbia Records, the label she joined in 2021, with whom she released a string of hit singles including “Jaded” and “Flowers,” which won Cyrus her first Grammy Award in 2024. Cyrus has never quite operated the way a typical pop star might be expected to, and this label switch is the latest example. Cyrus started out as a Disney artist, where her…
Stevie Wonder is preparing to return with a new album of unreleased songs, his first in over two decades. The American musician announced “Through The Eyes Of Wonder”, expected in 2027, revealing the news during a performance in Los Angeles. “I will release 'Through The Eyes Of Wonder' next year. I will also add four songs that I was working on at the time of the 'Songs In The Key Of Life' album,” Wonder said from the stage, without providing further details on the tracklist or recording sessions for the moment. The album will therefore interrupt a long recording break:…
Boy George has shared a new pro-Israel reggae song titled ‘We Will Dance Again’ – listen below. The Culture Club frontman posted the song on X and Instagram yesterday (July 26), accompanied by the Hebrew title ‘עוד נרקוד’ and the caption: “Shalom.” The pop-reggae track does not, however, appear to have been released on traditional streaming services. Its opening line, “You say genocide, I say war”, rejects the description of Israel’s military campaign in Gaza as genocide, presenting it as a response to the Hamas-led attack on the Nova music festival on October 7, 2023, where 344 civilians and 34 security personnel…
Tyla is taking her new album A*POP worldwide with a tour that will travel across Europe, North America, and Africa. The singer has announced a 34-date global run, with shows confirmed in Brooklyn, Paris, Lagos, and a closing show in her hometown of Johannesburg. Check out all the dates below.The run marks Tyla’s longest series of North American shows to date. She plotted a world tour back in 2024 off her debut, self-titled album, but canceled the run due to an injury. Tyla’s lead single, the once-inescapable “Water,” won the inaugural Grammy Award for Best African Music Performance the same…
