Music

The Rolling Stones have curated a new compilation, Confessin’ the Blues, that will feature songs from blues legends like Howlin’ Wolf, Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters. The set arrives November 9th via BMG and Universal. Confessin’ the Blues fittingly opens with Waters’ “Rollin’ Stone” and features other classics like Berry’s …

Fifty-one years ago this month, Capitol Records released the debut single by Mississippi-born singer-songwriter Bobbie Gentry. Now, for the first time, all seven of Gentry’s studio albums will be re-mastered from the original tapes and available in a massive eight-disc collection. The Girl From Chickasaw County, out September 21st on …

Update:Elvis Costello has released a lyric video for “Under Lime,” streaming above. He also released a statement explaining the meaning behind the song, which continues the story of the character Jimmie from hisNational Ransomalbum’s “Jimmie Standing in the Rain.” In “Under Lime,” Jimmie is getting ready for humiliation as the …

Lenny Kravitz will take his upcoming new album Raise Vibration on the road this fall with a North American tour. The eight-gig trek kicks off September 21st in Atlanta and concludes at Los Angeles’ Palladium on October 8th. Tickets for the tour go on sale July 27th; a free CD …

For most of his rise, Chance the Rapper has been hip-hop’s good guy. He’s wholesome, preaches about the importance of family and has an inspirational sonic and real-world narrative arc – Chance strays, then prays and ultimately saves. He’s like a rap version of Arthur the Aardvark. This isn’t a …

A bevy of the late heavy-metal icon Ronnie James Dio‘s clothing and belongings will be auctioned at New York’s Hard Rock Cafe this fall. Items include his fantastical stage attire, a sticker-covered wardrobe road case, a painting by Barry Jackson that was used as the cover of Dio‘s The Last …

If Brandi Carlile‘s Girls Just Wanna Weekend is truly successful, she may never have to do it again. Featuring a lineup of all women, including Carlile, Maren Morris, Indigo Girls, Margo Price, Patty Griffin, Lucius, KT Tunstall, Secret Sisters and Ruby Amanfu, the festival was created by the By the …

Robert Plant and the Sensational Space Shifters will extend their trek in support of 2017’s Carry Fire into the fall with a new slate of North American tour dates. The singer’s next Carry Fire leg concentrates on the Midwest and Southwest with September shows scheduled for Kansas City, Santa Fe, …

UPDATE:Stream Wiz Khalifa’sRolling Papers 2below. Wiz Khalifa has unveiled the track list for his forthcoming Rolling Papers 2. The project features several guests, including Snoop Dogg, Ty Dolla $ign, Gucci Mane, Swae Lee and Bone Thugs-N-Harmony. The 25-song set also includes a posthumous feature from Jimmy Wopo (“Blue Hunnids,” which …

Four decades ago, one of modern bluegrass music’s most accomplished and influential acts was formed. Blending traditional music with the burgeoning “newgrass” sound, Hot Rize featured a stellar lineup of musicians including vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Tim O’Brien, Pete “Dr. Banjo” Wernick, Nick Forster on bass and original member Charles Sawtelle, …