What Was It Like to Play Bass for Prince?
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With the new ‘Sign O’ The Times’ super-deluxe box out now, longtime Prince collaborator Levi Seacer Jr. looks back
‘I Am Woman’: How Helen Reddy’s Feminist Anthem Quietly Changed Pop
Posted in: Music Features“I realized the song I was looking for didn’t exist, and I was going to have to write it myself,” late Australian singer once said of her signature hit
Song You Need to Know: Brittany Howard, ‘Goat Head’ (Earthgang Remix)
Posted in: Music FeaturesAtlanta hip-hop duo transform Howard’s track into a mournful meditation on police brutality and American racial violence
Rolling Stone 500: Prince Achieves Global Takeover With ‘Purple Rain’
Posted in: Music FeaturesHow Bob Seger ballads, a teenage guitarist, and a wildly ambitious film concept played into the defining statement of the artist’s career
Rolling Stone 500: Vampire Weekend Age Gracefully on ‘Modern Vampires of the City’
Posted in: Music FeaturesFueled by post-breakup malaise and “vibe-y old skeleton art,” the once-trendy college band showed its staying power on its third LP
Butch Vig on Why ‘Who’s Next’ ‘Didn’t Sound Like Any Other Record’
Posted in: Music Features“I was fascinated by how they put their sound together,” drummer-producer says of the Who as he reflects on their classic 1971 LP
Song You Need to Know: Kelsy Karter, ‘God Knows I’ve Tried’
Posted in: Music FeaturesThe New Zealand-born singer-songwriter’s debut album, due next week, includes this special hybrid of rock & roll, jazz, and gospel
The Eerie Tale of Sad13’s ‘Haunted Painting’
Posted in: Music FeaturesFrom ghosts to garden gnomes, Speedy Ortiz’s Sadie Dupuis explains how she made her scary-good new solo album
Van Morrison Has Been Complaining in Song for Decades. This Time It Could Be Harmful
Posted in: Music Features“Don’t need the government cramping my style,” vocal legend sings on “Born to Be Free,” the first in a trilogy of new tracks railing against the Covid-19 lockdown
Ruby Fields: “I’m Battling with My Femininity”
Posted in: Music FeaturesAs Ruby Fields releases the first single of her new era, Jane Rocca chats to the young musician whose rise to fame has been as rapid as it is deserved.
