Author: Press Room
In the spring of 2021, three strangers — Cinya Khan, Judah Mayowa, and Maya Rae — sang together for the first time in a dorm room at Berklee College. It began on DM. “I found them both on Instagram because we had started at Berkeley during Covid, so kind of the way you would make friends was online,” Rae says. “Initially, I just thought they were both amazing singers, obviously, and I just wanted to be their friends. I thought they were so cool.” It was Mayowa who showed up at Rae’s dorm first. “It was my first time really…
Never Enough: Versions is not a collection of Turnstile cover songs or remixes. The Baltimore experimental hardcore band is adamant that it’s a “reimagined album” of songs from last year’s Grammy-winning full-length Never Enough. What’s the difference? For starters, there’s more collaborators than there are songs on the original tracklist, and the list is as diverse in names as their music sounds: Elton John, Alex G, Slayyyter, Panda Bear, Hayley Williams, Dying Fetus, Oklou, Julien Baker, Blood Orange, Faye Webster, Dan Deacon, Four Tet, A.G. Cook, Mustafa, Chanel Beads, Floating Points, Rod Lee, Porches, Angel Du$t, Kettama, Brandon Woody, Shabaka,…
Dolly Parton’s death on Aug. 25 at age 80 after a quiet battle with cancer resonated around the globe. But it was especially acute in Nashville, where she lived, launched her career, and died. In a special tribute episode of Rolling Stone’s Nashville Now podcast, host Joseph Hudak and Rolling Stone Senior Writer Marissa R. Moss talk about the vibe in the city, what we’ve felt, and what’s to come. We also explain what Dolly’s final public appearance — at the opening of a truck stop off Interstate 65 in Tennessee — says about the way she lived and connected…
Late last week, John Mayer sent the Grateful Dead fan community into a mild frenzy when he seemingly suggested he was closing the book on Dead and Company following the death of Bob Weir in January. “Grateful Dead will be remembered for having been around 60 years,” Mayer told USA Today. “And if I had anything to do with that, great. But to some extent, I’m going back to my corner. The bus kind of dropped me off, and I get to be a lover of the music. I was on a beautiful ride, but I couldn’t really see the…
Royal Blood pulled a huge early afternoon crowd to pack out The Gallery tent at Reading 2026 for their less than “secret” set today (Friday August 28). Check out photos, footage, the setlist and more from what went down below. The Brighton rock duo confirmed earlier this week that they’d be playing a surprise last minute set at the legendary festival, promising a “brutal” and “relentless” set. Having jokingly hoped for a downpour to pull more punters into the tent, the rain relented a while before their 2pm set time with fans flocking to The Gallery anyway. Sci-fi sound effects…
Floating Points has released Mere Mortals, his score to a ballet of the same name, which gets its European premiere at the Edinburgh International Festival tonight (August 28). The San Francisco Ballet production, which debuted in 2024, retells the myth of Pandora, who opened the box that unleashed humanity’s evil into the world. But, says, Floating Points’ Sam Shepherd, “If you look at how her story was translated over time, she was completely stripped of her agency and kindness. Pandora’s about bringing hell to Earth. She really represents curiosity and change.” Listen to the album below, via Deutsche Grammophon.The score…
“Shane MacGowan was full of contradictions—and that’s where the truth of him lived,” writes the Edge in a statement introducing U2’s new cover of the Pogues’ “Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah.” The track is the latest offering from the upcoming tribute album 20th Century Paddy: The Songs of Shane MacGowan, out November 13 via Rubyworks. The LP will also feature MacGowan covers by Bruce Springsteen, Tom Waits, Primal Scream, Steve Earle, and Dropkick Murphys. Listen to Bono and co.’s take on the 1988 classic single below.Adds the Edge, Shane could be “precise about what mattered and gloriously careless about everything…
Gladys Knight has announced that she’s begun “easing into fewer performances” following a string of erratic concerts that left fans concerned for the 82-year-old singer. “After much soul searching I’ve decided that I will be easing into fewer performances while focusing on transitioning into the next stage of my career and life moving forward,” Knight wrote on social media Thursday night. “I’ll be spending more time on projects with my husband and visiting with my grandbabies and am looking forward to this new era.” The announcement comes after video circulated online of Knight at recent performances, including a July 25…
How do you begin to mourn Dolly Parton? On Tuesday, Parton’s nephew Bryan Seaver announced that the 80-year-old global icon had died, immediately jumpstarting a tidal wave of tributes from fans, friends, and the musical voices who count her as an integral inspiration. Since her start in the music industry in the 1960s, Parton used her working-class roots and rhinestone personality to redefine what success in the country music world could look like. With hits “9 to 5,” “Jolene,” and “I Will Always Love You,” Parton cemented her place in music history with a charming ease, shining from venue to…
Nearly three years after Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan’s death, an impressive roster of artists – including U2, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Waits, the Libertines, Dropkick Murphys, and David Gray – have come together to honor his work on the tribute LP 20th Century Paddy – The Songs of Shane MacGowan. The album arrives November 13, but you can hear U2’s contribution, a cover of the 1988 Pogues classic “Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah,” right now. “Shane MacGowan was full of contradictions — and that’s where the truth of him lived,” U2’s the Edge says in a statement. “He could be precise…
