It was a night of jokes red Solo cups and Number One hits when Dierks Bentley sat down with a group of songwriters for an informal concert filmed by PBS for its superlative concert program Front and Center The performance also helped mark the 10th year of the Country Music...

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Back in 1999 two upstart comedians Rachel Dratch and Tina Fey "accidentally" booked the same stage at Chicago's legendary Second City So they decided to share the spotlight performing their shows simultaneously Dratch delivered a one-woman play about the obscure (possibly fictional) women's rights pioneer Edwina Garth Burnham; and Fey...

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New duo Maddie & Tae all but cut purveyors of bro country off at the knees with their debut single "Girl in a Country Song" The tongue-in-cheek hip-shaker transparently references decidedly non-feminist lyrics from artists like Florida Georgia Line Jason Aldean Billy Currington and Blake Shelton When Rolling Stone Country...

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In 2008 ticket sales at the Newport Folk Festival had become so slow that founder George Wein was considering selling the 50-year-old event where Dylan went electric in 1965 That's when Jay Sweet – a journalist and music supervisor for filmmakers the Farrelly Brothers – wrote an 18-page proposal asking for...

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Thirty years into his career "Weird Al" Yankovic has finally received two of the biggest honors a proprietor of pop parody can receive His first ever number one record and a parody of his own work Unfortunately the latter comes in the form of new porn gallery that spoofs "Weird Al"'s 1989...

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The Americana Music Association has announced more performers for its 15th Annual AmericanaFest set for September 17-20 Taking place at venues throughout Nashville AmericanaFest will feature Sturgill Simpson Robert Ellis Bobby Bare Jr Elizabeth Cook Steep Canyon Rangers and Angaleena Presley They join an eclectic list of previously-announced artists including...

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As streaming takes over from downloading services from Spotify to Beats Music to Google are scrambling to answer a key question What do listeners want to hear next? Spotify's new move in that direction involves a marketing partnership with Viacom-owned cable channels such as MTV VH1 and Country Music Television The...

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Elvis Presley's Martin D-28 guitar 1976 Cadillac Seville and a personal copy of the original script for his first movie Love Me Tender are among a slew of items up for auction at the first "Auction at Graceland" Bidders will be able to participate online and at Presley's famed Memphis home...

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A few years ago after multiple canceled tours and the breakup of his band the Cardinals Ryan Adams sought a hypnotherapist for help with Ménière's disease an inner ear disorder "I said 'I'm not playing music anymore and I'm scared to play live and I feel jaded All I ever...

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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's Hercules hits theaters this weekend but it's far from the first time the hero has appeared on the big screen Hell it's not even the first time this year In January The Legend of Hercules opened to scathing reviews and a minuscule box office This new...

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With its vulnerable unflinching depiction of Johnny Cash's deteriorating health the video for Cash's stark interpretation of Nine Inch Nails' "Hurt" captured the attention of not only the country community but the entire music industry Even MTV then still in the throes of Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera recognized the...

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Stevie Nicks may have spent much of 2013 touring with Fleetwood Mac and celebrating the 35th anniversary of the group's landmark LP Rumours but the frontwoman still found time to record a solo LP 24 Karat Gold — Songs from the Vault will see release on October 7th via Warner Bros though...

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In 1973 Dolly Parton wrote and first recorded "My Tennessee Mountain Home" painting an indelible picture of her rural birthplace Since that time the song has become not only a signature tune for the singer-songwriter but also the perfect musical accompaniment to the scenic natural wonder that is the Great...

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The first trailer for Fifty Shades of Grey has arrived in all its scintillating hyper-sexualized glory Though if you're hoping for a montage of steamy footage from the boudoir and/or BDSM dungeon you'll have to settle for a fleeting few snippets at the end Still it's got plenty of exposition if...

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Miranda Lambert and the Band Perry will be in good company at Brooklyn's Barclays Center on September 9th as the annual Fashion Rocks TV special welcomes a who's who list of stars from the worlds of music and fashion The two country artists will perform alongside Afrojack Duran Duran Jennifer...

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Weezer brought a whole lot of 1994 — complete with crunchy riffs "woo-ooh-ooh"'s and of course the lightning strap — to The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Wednesday where they christened their new track "Back to the Shack" with its television debut The 40 Best Records from Mainstream Alternative's Greatest Year While an Ace Frehley bobblehead...

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In a nondescript alley in downtown Manhattan Brooklyn musician Grey Gersten sits inside an abandoned elevator shaft that's been converted into the surreal art museum Mmuseumm He's behind a movie theatre-style ticket booth surrounded by various instruments drum machines and recording equipment asking strangers intimate questions such as "Did you...

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It's easy to understand why Comedy Central's Nathan For You struggled to attract much attention when it debuted in April of 2013  A show about Nathan Fielder a largely unknown Canadian comedian trying to improve small businesses doesn't sound all that exciting on paper and ratings were dismal all through...

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There's only one person it seems who doesn't find Lana Del Rey a confounding mystery "I know everything about myself" Del Rey says in her first Rolling Stone cover story on stands now "I know why I do what I do" In many hours of interviews for the story conducted...

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Once a month RollingStonecom will shine a spotlight on a forgotten neglected overshadowed underappreciated and/or critically maligned film that we love in a new series we're calling "Be Kind Rewind"  Our inaugural movie Step Brothers When you're a kid adults are great at telling you what happens when you grow up...

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A year after the James Brown singles "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" and "I Got You (I Feel Good)" reached the top spot on the R&B charts the funk and soul legend returned to Number One with his somewhat tongue-in-cheek ode to the fairer sex the ballad "It's a...

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Did I mention things are a little slow in the sports world right now? Don't believe me? Just ask Jack White who can't even go to a Cubs game in peace Flagrant 2 Johnny Manziel's Jerseys and Ray Allen's Arrows Thankfully The New Yorker – as part of a site redesign –...

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Earlier this week TMZ reported that Coolio had signed a deal with Pornhub to release his new video and debut any of the rapper's new music And while the Internet let out a collective chuckle the 50-year-old rapper tells Rolling Stone nearly all of the report is untrue Where Are They...

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Farm Aid is coming to Raleigh North Carolina's Walnut Creek Ampitheater on September 13th and this year Jack White will be joining board members Willie Nelson Neil Young John Mellencamp and Dave Matthews on the bill Preservation Hall Jazz Band Jamey Johnson Delta Rae Lukas Nelson & Promise of the...

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When "Yeah" landed on top of Billboard's Country Airplay chart this week it was Joe Nichols' fifth time at Number One but a first for him in that its recording fees came out of his own pocket In May of 2012 the singer left Show Dog-Universal and was without a...