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The ACM touted its various match-ups during the 51st annual awards ceremony Sunday night but one grouping proved worthy of the anticipation. Female Vocalist of the Year winner Miranda Lambert, hirsute classic rock trio Z...

Never failing to remain part of the conversation, Eric Church gave what was easily the most eulogizing performance of the night at the ACM Awards, performing "Record Year," the second single from his ACM-nominated album,...

A groupie put Rae Sremmurd’s Swae Lee on blast on Twitter after she claimed he wrote “F--- Me!” on her breasts and then later slept with her.

In their first-ever live performance together, Katy Perry and Dolly Parton teamed up to sing some of Parton's most iconic hits at the 51st ACM Awards in Las Vegas. The pair traded verses on a thoughtful "Coat of Many Col...

M83's long-awaited new album Junk is finally out this Friday, and in advance of that release, the electronic-minded pop producer has shared "Go!" It's a funky, crystalline new one that features MAI LAN and a squelchy, un...

Here it is, the moment we’ve (read: this writer) been waiting for. Readying his Layers album for an April 15 release, Royce Da 5’9 premieres the title track, featuring rap heavyweights Pusha T and Rick Ross. As expec...

Hailing from South Wales, Elliot Brussalis (a.k.a Dellux) started making his mark at just 14 years old when he manned the most popular slot on Newport City Radio before diving ...

The countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo and players from the International Contemporary Ensemble performed it as part of the MetLive Arts series.

Rihanna, Kelly Rowland and Amandla Stenberg were among the best looks on the Black Girls ROCK! red carpet.

Carrie Underwood's television debut of her new single, "Church Bells" during the 51st annual ACM Awards broadcast was nothing short of spectacular. Wearing a metallic Xena: Warrior Princess-style dress and strappy knee-h...

When is it time for a great artist to retire? This delicate question hovers over this revival, conducted by James Levine, and starring Plácido Domingo.

MusicFestNW has revealed the lineup for its 2016 Project Pabst event festival, and Duran Duran, Ice Cube, Tame Impala, and Ween are headlining the event's two nights. They'll be joined in Portland, Oregon by Lizzo, Unkno...

After releasing two promising EPs, Echo in 2014 and Sentiment the following year, noir-pop singer VÉRITÉ shared one single in 2016 -- "Underdressed" -- and now she's premiered another via The Tonight Show's Tumblr. Tit...

Back in 2010, quirky indie Japanese duo Tenniscoats released their song “Baibaba Bimba“, which was performed live and accompanied by the sounds of metropolitan Tokyo. The song itself is a soulfully sweet listen and o...

Lars Ulrich has long bemoaned Deep Purple's absence in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. When Rolling Stone asked him in 2014 who should be inducted, he said Deep Purple's name four times with comical emphasis. Now that th...

Ms. McLean and her band, Them Apples, closed this season of Lincoln Center's American Songbook series.

The pianist performed "Surfaces," written by Michael Brown, as part of Lincoln Center's one-hour Sunday Morning Coffee Concerts series.

Hailey Baldwin finds the whole entertainment industry "very crazy".

Mastodon’s Brent Hinds designed a customized flying-v shaped guitar for Epiphone. According to Pitchfork, Hinds teased the design back in 2015 when he posted an image of the prototype to his Instagram account: Got my P...

Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has some high praise for Demi Lovato.

When your album debuts at the top of its iTunes genre charts, it’s time for a pat on the back. By the transitive property, producer and DJ Gareth Emery deserves a congratulatory mention. His third studio album, 100 Rea...

The new episode of Rolling Stone Music Now, our first-ever podcast, is available. Listen and subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, or check it out below. This episode, Rolling Stone's David Fricke talks about Iggy Pop's ne...