Christmas music continued to rule the Rolling Stone Top 100 Songs Chart this week, with holiday fare occupying nine of the Top Ten and 18 of the Top 20 spots on the chart. The biggest holiday song, of course, was — and maybe always will be — Mariah Carey‘s “All …
Read More »Watch Willie Nelson and Stephen Colbert Get Holiday High
Leave it to Willie Nelson— whose reddish-whitehair, jolly disposition and fondness for green foliage sort of makes him the Stoner Santa Claus — to ditch the Christmas season’s traditional scents of frankincense and myrrh in favor of the potent, pungent aroma of marijuana. Back in 2008, Shotgun Willie teamed up …
Read More »Watch Shania Twain Rehearse the Choreography for Her Las Vegas Show
Shania Twain kicked off her “Shania Twain ‘Let’s Go!’ The Vegas Residency” earlier this month, delivering a weekend of sold-out shows that touched on the songs that defined not only her career, but an era of country music. She wrapped up the first run of shows this week, but will …
Read More »See Luke Combs Sing 'Even Though I'm Leaving' on 'The Voice' Finale
Jake Hoot, a Tennessee country singer, was crowned the winner of the 17th season of The Voice on Tuesday night. Hoot first auditioned for the series with a version of Luke Combs‘ “When It Rains It Pours,” so it was fitting that Combs himself appeared on the season finale to …
Read More »Watch Chance the Rapper and Taylor Bennett Perform 'Roo' on 'Corden'
Chance the Rapper took over for James Corden as host of The Late Late Show this week and took the opportunity to perform “Roo” with his brother Taylor Bennett. The show marked the first time the pair has performed together on TV. In the clip, the duo sit side by …
Read More »Harry Styles Celebrates 'Fine Line' Live With Sex, Swagger and Stevie Nicks
The fitting climax of Harry Styles’ album-launch bash on Friday night: the moment Stevie Nicks came out to join him for a surprise duet on “Landslide.” “It wouldn’t be an album release for me without this young lady,” he told a rapt L.A. Forum crowd who’d already heard him debut …
Read More »Blink-182's Travis Barker Launches New Label With Lil Wayne, Rick Ross Collaboration 'Gimme Brain'
Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker has teamed with Lil Wayne and Rick Ross for a big and brash new track, “Gimme Brain,” that marks the first release from Barker’s new label, DTA Records. Barker produced “Gimme Brain,” which boasts a speaker-shaking mix of drums and bass peppered with twisty synth lines …
Read More »Q&A: Stormzy on U.K. Election, Going Mainstream With Grime, Making That 'Expensive' Rap
In August, the British grime star Stormzy was fresh off his first U.K. Number One (“Vossi Bop”), a historic headlining set at Glastonbury and was climbing the U.K. Singles chart again. The song was a remix of “Take Me Back to London,” a collaboration with Ed Sheeran, but it wouldn’t …
Read More »Song You Need to Know: CL, 'DONE161201'
CL, one of the most successful K-pop crossover artists in the history of the genre, has returned with “DONE161201,” her first solo project in three years. Paired with the single “REWIND170205,” the tracks will appear on her upcoming LP In the Name of Love. The video for “DONE161201” features cameos …
Read More »Spotify TV Series Headed to Netflix
A new scripted miniseries about the creation and rise of Spotify is headed to Netflix, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The as-yet-untitled series will be based on the book Spotify Untold, which Swedish journalists Sven Carlsson and Jonas Leijonhufvud published this year. No director, showrunner or stars have been announced …
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