“Sometimes I wish I didn’t feel so much,” says Mon Laferte. “On a normal day, I probably find myself crying 10 different times. I wake up, walk into my garden, and suddenly I feel everything: the sky, the clouds, a butterfly. I find beauty even in a garbage dump. I start making up stories: who […]
After falling apart onstage in Boston last September when frontman Perry Farrell attacked guitarist Dave Navarro, Jane’s Addiction has announced its official breakup. The four members have also issued apologies to one another for the band’s unfortunate fate, which involved cancelling an in-progress tour, aborting new music, a host of social media finger-pointing and, eventually, […]
By the time Kitt Wakeley started writing Seven Seasons, he wasn’t interested in telling his own story anymore. Instead, he wanted to tell everyone else’s. The Grammy®-nominated composer and producer – whose work spans classical, rock, Broadway, pop, and global music – has built a career on emotional ambition. But Seven Seasons, nominated this year […]
Having already announced its first proper performance with Mermaid Avenue collaborator Billy Bragg at its upcoming Solid Sound festival, Wilco has confirmed the rest of the lineup for the June 26-28 event at MASS MoCA in North Adams, Ma. Beyond Wilco and Bragg, who will play both together and individually, the fest will present the […]
On the song “Café con Ron” from Bad Bunny’s latest and greatest album, DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS (I Should Have Taken More Photos), the musical ensemble Los Pleneros de Cresta creates a sonic bomb of classic plena, a Puerto Rican folk-rhythm originated by the jíbaros on the island’s mountains. The track, mixed with an electronic […]
The 50th annual Fantasy of Lights Christmas Parade lit up downtown Gatlinburg on Friday, December 5, 2025, bringing joy, music and unforgettable moments to visitors and locals alike. With Grammy-nominated recording artist Hunter Hayes serving as Grand Marshal, Gatlinburg’s world-famous Winter Magic celebration blended tradition with surprise. “Gatlinburg seems to call to all of us […]
It’s a day of mixed news for Rolling Stones fans, as the band has nixed plans for a 2026 stadium tour of U.K, and Europe but will release its second album with producer Andrew Watt at some point next year, sources confirm to SPIN. Rumors about the Stones’ return to the road picked up in […]
Having recently signed on to direct a film version of the Replacements biography Trouble Boys, musician and Stranger Things star Finn Wolfhard has directed the first music video for the classic 1973 George Harrison single “Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth).” The stop-motion animation project was meticulously assembled by 20 animators from Toronto-based […]