This spring, Willow Smith released a song called “Transparent Soul,” which found her getting away from the pop- and R&B-influenced sound of her earlier work and diving headlong into punk rock. Willow had an important collaborator along for the ride: Travis Barker, someone who’s also reinvented himself over the years: …
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Metallica‘s Lars Ulrich and folk-rock singer-songwriter Phoebe Bridgers discuss musical successes, bad experiences with the press, their connection to Los Angeles, and each of their earliest memories of playing music for Rolling Stone’s Musicians on Musicians interview. Although they seem like an unlikely pairing because of their musical styles when …
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D avid Byrne is busy preparing for one of his most ambitious undertakings ever — a Broadway show in which he’ll perform songs from his entire career. But today he ended rehearsals early to ride his bicycle into Brooklyn and catch Tierra Whack at the Afropunk fest. The former Talking …
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I n a suite at the Ritz Carlton in downtown Atlanta, Sean “Diddy” Combs instructs DJ Khaled to walk through a cloud of cologne. He’s creating a vibe, one that will carry the pair of hip-hop mega-producers into a 2 Chainz birthday party later. “I love being a rapper!” Diddy …
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