Read the story of longtime 'Final Fantasy' composer Nobuo Uematsu when his 'On the Record' biography hit stores this fall. Reading time 1 minute The music of Nobuo Uematsu has been all over Square ...

On a rare dry monsoon day in early June, Yogesh and I stood chatting by the road outside Guruji’s house when his phone rang. “Even five minutes more is going to be difficult,” I heard him saying in ...

On Page 76 of the 1959 Hibbing, Minnesota, high school yearbook, a certain member of the senior class is quoted as vowing “to join ‘Little Richard’” after graduation. That didn’t happen. Once this ...

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Nashville-based singer and songwriter Justin Townes Earle ...

2025 offered a bracing reality check for music lovers who revel in organically stumbling upon a new favorite track: Even the strongest level of discernment can’t fully shield you from AI. In October, ...

As Hollywood continues to process the tragic deaths of Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, many are now asking a question too often overlooked: Who was Michele — beyond being the wife of ...

It’s Spotify Wrapped season, that special time of year when all your friends share what made-up genre defines them and reveal their “listening age.” It’s a difficult time for Apple Music subscribers.

This rousing celebration of Fela Aníkúlápó Kuti (1938–1997)—Afrobeat star, truth-teller, commune leader, and frequent “rascal”—blends brisk biographical storytelling with urgent cultural and political ...

He wrote some of the band’s signature songs, including “Ride My See-Saw” and “I’m Just a Singer (in a Rock and Roll Band).” By Alex Williams and Christine Hauser John Lodge, who brought supple bass ...

Indian Punjabi singer and actor Rajvir Jawanda has died 11 days after he was critically injured in a road accident, Indian media reported. Jawanda, 35, crashed while riding a motorcycle through ...

Most extraordinary of all musical geniuses was Austria’s Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Starting his career as a four-fold infant prodigy (harpsichordist, violinist, organist, composer), he wrote, during ...

When the Cars’ debut album came out in 1978, the band celebrated by headlining six consecutive shows at the Paradise Rock Club. By then, they’d built an avid local following by playing regularly at ...