NEW ORLEANS — Seven years ago, New Orleans band Tank and the Bangas squeezed into the corner of a classroom and recorded themselves performing their song “Quick,” for National Public Radio’s Tiny Desk contest, the nonprofit’s annual search for the “next great undiscovered artist.” Their video — a lively mix of funk, soul, hip-hop and … Read more
As The Associated Press’ music writer, Maria Sherman has seen more than 40 concerts during the first half of 2024. Here are some picks for the best shows … so far, excluding any one-off performances that cannot be repeated, and where you too can catch these artists. March 14, Los Angeles’ Crypto.com Arena Bad Bunny’s … Read more
The Hootie & the Blowfish singer, in an appearance on the “Rolling Stone Music Now” podcast, declared that you don’t have to like artists in order to like their music before being asked if Wallen should be “forgiven.” “I think Morgan’s become a better person since that,” Rucker told host Brian Hiatt. “I’ve known Morgan … Read more
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Occasionally, when Remi Wolf talks about her new album, Big Ideas, she lulls herself into autopilot, her body operating with no input from her brain. During a recent meeting, as she discusses studio logistics in her syrupy alto (“We worked at Electric Lady in New York, we worked at Conway in LA…”), she reaches across … Read more
Ann Wilson, lead singer of American rock band Heart, has revealed she has cancer. The 74-year-old said the band’s upcoming Royal Flush Tour in the US would be postponed while she had treatment. Wilson made the announcement on Tuesday, saying she recently had surgery to remove “something that, as it turns out, was cancerous”. Know … Read more
FRANKTOWN, Va. — FRANKTOWN, Va. (AP) — Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup helped invent rock ‘n’ roll. His 1946 song “That’s All Right” would become the first single Elvis Presley ever released. Rod Stewart would sing it on a chart-topping album. Led Zeppelin would play it live. But you wouldn’t have known it if you saw … Read more
What is it, exactly, that makes a song worthy of song-of-the-summer status? Instant ear-worminess? A thumping, club-ready beat? A screamable chorus? Some secret fourth thing? The criteria feel so ill-definied—and, well, silly—that we’ve gone a bit rogue here at Vogue, and simply compiled a list of songs that we can’t stop listening to this season, … Read more
Taylor Swift performs on stage during The Eras Tour on June 28, 2024 in Dublin, Ireland. Charles Mcquillan/tas24 | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Taylor Swift’s European tour was top of mind for Nikita Rao when planning where to go for her family’s annual summer vacation. Rao, her husband and two kids, who live … Read more
FRANKTOWN, Va. — Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup helped invent rock ‘n’ roll. His 1946 song “That’s All Right,” an easygoing shrug to a lover, would become the first single Elvis Presley ever released. Rod Stewart would sing it on a chart-topping album. Led Zeppelin would play it live. But you wouldn’t have known it if … Read more
About 6000 Big Red Bashers had their “boots in the mud” while thousands more were left waiting at roadblocks and nearby towns as an unseasonal deluge left a rain cloud hanging over the popular outback music festival. There were fears the three-day event could be a wash-out after almost 20mm of rain fell across the … Read more
