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Metallica's lead guitarist, who has a new book out called 'The Collection: Kirk Hammett,' looks back at his career in our in-depth new interview
Questlove talks about his new movie 'Sly Lives!,' new music from D'Angelo, and much more in our new interview
We break down the ill-considered decisions that lead to tracks from the Beatles' 'Maxwell's Silver Hammer' to Elton John's 'Jamaica Jerk-Off'
'Rolling Stone Music Now' dives deep into Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl performance, the most-watched halftime show of all time.
With the release of Rob Sheffield's new book on Taylor Swift, we trace the many ways she's transformed pop in her image
How did one neighborhood become the locus for generations of musical invention, from Dylan to Nina Simone? A new book has some answers.
The musician told us he recently wrote a "very heavily guitar-based stadium-rock album" — now that Oasis is back, he may have the perfect singer for it
We look at some of the best R&B, hip-hop, and Afropop of 2024 – and make the case for the greatness of Beyoncé’s country departure and Kendrick Lamar's virtuosic Drake diss 'Not Like Us'
Perry's 'Woman's World' is a catastrophic flop. We examine what it means for her career, and look back at other disastrous would-be musical comebacks, from Guns N' Roses to Robin Thicke.
How Eilish (and producer/co-writer Finneas) paired her most confessional lyrics ever with vintage synths, multi-part suites, and dance beats
