Music

So, How Was Your Decade is a series in which the decade’s most innovative musicians answer our questionnaire about the music, culture and memorable moments that shaped their decade. We’ll be rolling these pieces out throughout December. Indie-rock prodigy Lindsey Jordan began the 2010s at a young age. “I’m going …

As Fred Goodman makes clear in Why Lhasa de Sela Matters (University of Texas Press), the late world-music troubadour never made it easy on anyone. Start with her music. Lhasa (as she called herself professionally) was born and raised in America but became a one-stop global musician: Goodman accurately describes …

Def Leppard, Mötley Crüe and Poison have added seven dates to the rockers’ 2020 stadium mega-tour. The new slate of dates take place before the tour’s previously announced starting point of July 7th in Miami, with the bands now opening their much-anticipated trek on June 21st at San Antonio, Texas, …

In 2014, Jack Antonoff began hosting a yearly concert for the Ally Coalition, a non-profit started by his band Fun. that provides funding to on-the-ground organizations who support at-risk LGBTQ youth. Over the past half-dozen years, Antonoff’s Ally Coalition Talent Show has blossomed into a star-studded night of surprise musical …

During last summer’s Newport Folk Festival, David Crosby joined Jason Isbell onstage during his set with the 400 Unit to perform a pair of Crosby, Stills & Nash songs. The collaboration on “Wooden Ships” and “Ohio” was a successful one, and the pair became Twitter buds, tweeting praise and “Hi” …

The soundtrack to Disney’s Frozen 2 crept to Number One on the Rolling Stone Top 200 Albums chart this week. The film has topped the weekend box office for three consecutive weeks and brought in more than $900 million worldwide, according to Box Office Mojo. The accompanying soundtrack features songs …

Kevin Parker, aka Tame Impala, has announced that his highly anticipated albumThe Slow Rush will be released on Valentine’s Day, February 14th. He also shared a full North American tour schedule for next year, featuring special guest Perfume Genius. The new dates follow previously announced stops in California and Mexico …

The Weeknd appeared on The Late Show to perform his latest single, “Heartless,” which got a trippy, Vegas-inspired music video earlier this week. The singer kept things similarly hallucinogenic during the performance, which he took to the halls of the late night show’s studio rather than the stage. In the …

Huey Lewis and the News unveiled a new song, “While We’re Young,” from their first album of all new music in 19 years, Weather, out February 14th, 2020. “While We’re Young” is a plucky pop rock tune with supple guitars and bright horns fluttering over a tight drum and bass …

The definitive holiday song of the past 25 years will finally get its story told. On Wednesday, Amazon released the trailer for a new mini-documentary, Mariah Carey Is Christmas! The short film will dive into the history of the pop star’s smash hit turned holiday classic from 1994, “All I …