Nas has shared the new trailer for the upcoming PBS concert film that teamed the Illmatic rapper with the National Symphony Orchestra for a unique performance. Great Performances — Nas Live From the Kennedy Center: Classical Hip-Hop finds the rapper performing his 1994 masterpiece at the venerable Washington, D.C. venue …
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It’s a day of the week that ends in y, so that means that President Trump must be upset about the media again. This week he’s sounding a familiar theme: That he’s going to do something about libel laws. And, like every time he’s made these comments before, he’s showing …
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Crosby, Stills and Nash first played together in 1968, but it was nearly a decade before they toured as a trio. That’s because a certain shaggy Canadian fellow joined their ranks right before they hit the road to support their debut LP. They sold millions of records without the guy, …
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The Golden Globes get woke? Most years the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s ceremony barely looks semi-conscious. That’s the whole point of this tipsiest and dippiest of award shows, where a herd of wobbly celebrities squeeze themselves into the Beverly Hilton for a night of free booze and camera time. But …
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President Trump‘s alleged foibles were put on display in excerpts from Michael Wolff’s forthcoming book, Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House, earlier this week, and on Thursday, late night hosts added a few zingers of their own. Wolff’s tell-all portrays Trump and his administration in an oft-unflattering light …
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Last October, in the wake of multiple women accusing Harvey Weinstein of sexual misconduct, actress and activist Alyssa Milano asked her Twitter followers to tweet “Me too” if they’d ever been sexually harassed. It was a phrase that social activist Tarana Burke had begun using on MySpace in 2006, and …
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Oscar winning singer-songwriter Ryan Bingham returns to film with the new track “How Shall a Sparrow Fly,” a bleak-but-beautiful ballad that appears in the new Western drama Hostiles. Written and performed by the gritty roots rocker and modeled on a traditional Scots-Irish dirge, the song is anchored by mandolin and …
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How did Kesha’s Rainbow end up near the top of the top of Rolling Stone‘s list of the top 50 albums of 2017? Why is Jay-Z’s 4:44 ranked below Migos’ Culture? Who are Open Mike Eagle, Code Orange and Songhoy Blues? Why did 2017 see so many pop acts embracing …
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Taylor Swift made a rare Reputation-era magazine appearance by landing the cover of British Vogue‘s January issue, and instead of giving an interview, she wrote a poem titled “The Trick to Holding On.” In the new piece of writing, Swift reflects on the importance of resilience. “The only thing cut …
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UPDATE:John Mayeris recovering from the emergency appendectomy he underwent Tuesday, December 5th. He is in good spirits, his representative tells Rolling Stone. Dead and Company, the guitarist’s off-shoot band with former Grateful Dead members, have postponed their concerts for December 7th in Orlando, Florida and December 8th in Sunrise, Florida, …
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