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Stephan Ellis, the former bassist for the quintessential Eighties arena rock outfit Survivor, has died at the age of 69. Survivor’s longtime guitarist, Frankie Sullivan, confirmed Ellis’ death on the band’s Facebook. No cause of death was revealed. “We are devastated to hear that Stephan Ellis has passed away,” Sullivan …

At the Country Radio Seminar in Nashville earlier this month, there was a lot of talk about metrics, hit songs and streaming among the executives, program directors and deejays gathered from all across the country. What there wasn’t much of was discussion about what one CRS attendee referred to as …

A new episode of our podcast, Rolling Stone Music Now, spotlights the story of “Walk This Way,” from Aerosmith‘s original 1975 recording to their Rick Rubin-produced collaboration with Run-DMC in 1986. The original song’s producer, Jack Douglas, gives a blow-by-blow of its genesis on the episode, while Washington Post reporter …

Taylor Swift dropped into two fans’ engagement party to serenade them with the romantic Reputation anthem “King of My Heart.” Alexander Goldschmidt orchestrated the surprise for his fiancé Ross Girard at their engagement party on Saturday where he said he was grateful for everyone keeping secrets surrounding their engagement, but there …

In early 1963, when incoming Alabama governor George Wallace delivered his infamous “segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever” speech, the Number One record on the nation’s R&B chart, as well as a recent Top Ten hit on pop radio, was “You Are My Sunshine” by Ray Charles. That country standard …

System of a Down guitarist Daron Malakian created an eerie nightmare world full of skulls, gun-toting devils and grimy imagery of him and his band members melting into darkness for his video for “Guns Are Loaded,” a track off his other group, Scars on Broadway’s recent Dictator album. “‘Guns Are …

R. Kelly will vacate the Chicago building that houses his recording studio following a judge’s ruling that placed a strict curfew on use of the premises. “On February 8, 2019, an order was entered limiting R. Kelly’s access to his recording studio between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 9:00 …

Savan Kotecha has built an exceptional career as a songwriter. But despite a résumé containing hits for Justin Bieber and Maroon 5, Kotecha was feeling glum when he first sat down with Ariana Grande to discuss songs that would later appear on 2014’s My Everything. Kotecha had played a key …

Earlier this week, Chris Stapleton called the Marcus King Band “one of my new favorite talents,” raving about the guitar playing and singing style of the group’s namesake leader. King put both of those assets on display when he and the band played “Goodbye Carolina” on The Late Show With …

Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul were nearly done with their set at London’s Roundhouse in November of 2017 when Van Zandt told the crowd that a special guest was going to join them on the stage. “I got a friend of mine that wants to come out,” he …