Veteran Backup Singer Roberta Freeman Talks Life on the Road With Guns N’ Roses, Pink Floyd
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Freeman was one of six women brought into the madness of GN’R for their marathon ‘Use Your Illusion’ tour
Old 97’s’ Rhett Miller Wrote Killer Drinking Songs. Now He’s Sober and Still at the Top of His Game
Posted in: Music Features“My self-image as an artist was tied up in being the whiskey-soaked, weed-smoke-out-of-my-ears songwriter,” says Miller, whose journey informs the band’s upcoming LP ‘Twelfth’
14 Veteran Touring Artists on Life Without Concerts
Posted in: Music Features“I’m not dying for Donald Trump,” says John Fogerty. “I’m not dying for the economy.”
Curtis Waters’ ‘Stunnin’ Is a TikTok Hit — And a Threat to the Major Label System
Posted in: Music FeaturesWaters is remaining happily independent as “Stunnin'” racks up streams
‘He Made the World Bigger’: Inside John Zorn’s Jazz-Metal Multiverse
Posted in: Music FeaturesFor more than 30 years, the maverick composer has been splicing genres and unifying disparate scenes. Zorn and collaborators from Mike Patton to Bill Frisell reflect on why music has never been the same
The Windy History of Penny Lane: The Beatles, the Slave Trade and a Now-Resolved Controversy
Posted in: Music FeaturesWas Penny Lane named after a notorious slave trader? Recent protests reignited the debate
Bettye LaVette on Why She’s Singing ‘Strange Fruit’ Now
Posted in: Music FeaturesThe R&B veteran has released a cover of Billie Holiday’s 1939 protest song after the police killing of George Floyd. “We keep telling this story over and over and over,” she s…
‘The Truth Always Comes Through’: Why Arlo Guthrie Is Encouraged by Young Protesters
Posted in: Music FeaturesWoody Guthrie’s son talks the Sixties, the future of protest music and how his history with the Chicago 7 is repeating itself
Run the Jewels Wish Their New Album Didn’t Make So Much Sense Right Now
Posted in: Music FeaturesThe dynamic rap duo on starring in their own fictional TV show, overcoming depression, and why the Trump era is just the latest chapter of the American horror story
Haim’s Brave New World
Posted in: Music FeaturesFirst they got through a health scare in their inner circle. Then came a global shutdown. But the Haim sisters are keeping it cool as they roll out their most ambitious album yet
