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North Mississippi Allstars return with “What You Gonna Do?,” a funky, revved-up take on the vintage gospel song originally found on the Staple Singers’ 1965 album Freedom Highway. The new track, appropriately featuring special guest Mavis Staples on vocals, is the first to surface from the Allstars’ new studio albumUp …

“RealLife Rock Top Ten” is a monthly column by cultural critic and RS contributing editorGreil Marcus. 1. Overheard at “The World of Bob Dylan” symposium, University of Tulsa (May 30-June 2): “I’m 71 years old. When will excruciatingly boring fat men cease trying to hit on me?” 2. Erin Durant, …

Ed Sheeran shared his futuristic new video for “Cross Me,” his No.6 Collaborations Project single with Chance the Rapper and PnB Rock. While neither artist is actually “in” the video, avatars of Sheeran and Chance the Rapper “appear” in the hi-tech visual attached to a dancer donning a motion capture …

Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello are star-crossed lovers in their video for new song, “Señorita.” The bittersweet ballad is their first collaboration since their 2015 hit “I Know What You Did Last Summer.” In the clip, Cabello portrays a waitress, while Mendes is a guitar-slinging, motorcycle-riding customer and later the …

Dave Clark remembers how he felt when he heard Freddie Mercury sing his song, “Time Waits for No One,” for the first time. “It gave me goosebumps,” he tells Rolling Stone. “I thought, ‘This is magic.’” The song was originally part of Time, a musical that was spearheaded by Clark, …

Meek Mill and Future are joining forces for a co-headlining U.S. tour. The 24-city trek, dubbed the ‘Legendary Nights Tour,’ launches in August and wraps in October. YG, Mustard and Megan Thee Stallion will serve as special guests for select dates. General tickets go on sale on Friday. Presale tickets …

Like many rising pop stars in the YouTube generation, Chelsea Cutler said cover songs played a fundamental role in her life. “The very first thing I did on LogicPro, learning how to produce, was a ton of covers,” the 22-year-old pop singer said on last week’s Spotify Under Cover podcast. …

There’s an aspirational thread throughout all of Katy Perry‘s best songs: the candy-coated nostalgia of “Teenage Dream,” the fizzy, life-affirming “Firework,” the empowering “Roar.” During the 2017 Witness album cycle, that playful, hopeful energy was shrouded by Perry’s fixation on personal maturity, as she traded her signature soaring vocals and …

Celine Dion closed out her Las Vegas residency by premiering a new single, “Flying On My Own.” The singer wrapped a 16-year run at Caesars Palace’s The Colosseum on June 8th before heading out on a world tour and preparing to release her next album, Courage, in November. “I am …

CMA Fest may be scheduled to within an inch of its life, but there are still some genuine spontaneous moments for fans over the fest’s four days. With just 45 minutes of notice on Thursday, Hunter Hayes issued an invite on Twitter for followers to join him for a pop-up …