Leave it to Margo Price to always use her platform for a greater purpose. Last night, she appeared on Conan and sang about gender wage inequality with a performance of “Pay Gap,” from her sophomore LP All American Made. Flanked by her ace band and a few guest musicians, Price …

Sturgill Simpson is set to make his acting debut in $1, a new series on CBS All Access, the network’s online streaming and video on-demand subscription service. The show, a murder mystery set in a small Rust Belt town called Braden, stars Jeff Perry, Hamilton‘s Leslie Odom Jr., and John …

Last month, Avenged Sevenfold wrapped a sold-out tour in support of their latest album, The Stage. The month-long trek found the group playing arenas around the country, but singer M. Shadows tells Rolling Stone that the metal outfit’s upcoming summer tour “will be our biggest trek yet. In terms of …

The incandescently vibrating soprano is worn down nearer a burnished alto after a half century of committed music-making and activism. Yet the takeaway from Joan Baez‘s latest – following her well-earned 2017 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – is how essential her work remains. On “The …

As cameras rolled during a Wednesday meeting at the White House, Donald Trumpbroke with Republican and NRA orthodoxy numerous times, seeming to not even know the far-reaching implications of what he was saying. Trump endorsed a bipartisan background check bill, raising the age limit for purchasing certain firearms from 18 …

A selection of new, limited edition David Bowie vinyl records will be available at the Brooklyn Museum to mark the arrival of the exhibition, David Bowie Is, set to run March 2nd through July 15th. The limited edition releases include a seven-inch single of “Time,” “The Prettiest Star” and Live …

He’s put out a handful of solo albums in his day, but for much of his multi-decade career in Nashville, Phil Madeira has been more than content standing in the background. “I mean, I play with Emmylou Harris, man,” says the no-nonsense musician, who since 2008 has been the bandleader …

In 2004, Pam Kaye, then a regional promotion manager for Columbia Records, was sitting in the back seat of a car next to the label’s executive vice president, Charlie Walk. She had worked with Walk for seven years, including an 18-month stint as his assistant. Over those years, Kaye says, …

“Meet Me in Heaven” Those four words were inscribed on the tombstone of 14-year-old Jack Cash, the older brother of J.R. “Johnny” Cash, who was just 11 years old when Jack died following a horrific table-saw accident at a school workshop near the family’s Arkansas home. Later, in a career …

John Oliver and Last Week Tonight returned from its winter break Sunday to deliver a scathing look at Donald Trump‘s foreign policy (or lack thereof) and how the world views it, from vacant ambassadorships in crucial nations to an “America First” mandate that alienates allies. Oliver quickly ran down Trump’s …