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Stephen Malkmus on Bob Dylan, Rehearsing and His Favorite Venues Around the World | ARTICLE

For more Stephen Malkmus content click here. In RS1046, associate editor Austin Scaggs talked to Stephen Malkmus about the new Jicks record, his favorite memories from Pavement and life in Oregon. ...
August 28, 2012 3:06 PM ET
Nate Ruess of fun. on Drinking Too Much, Wilco's Greatness | ARTICLE

The theatrical new york pop-rock crew fun. has scored one of 2012's hugest smashes with the crazy-catchy single "We Are Young" – lodged at the top of the charts for six weeks and counting. For singer Nate...
May 14, 2012 4:55 PM ET
Checking In With Sinead O'Connor | ARTICLE

After a five-year break from recording, Sinéad O'Connor is back with her strongest album in years, How About I Be Me (And You Be You)? "I'd prefer to call it How About I Be Me and You...
February 20, 2012 12:00 PM ET
Lenny Kravitz on Recording His New Album in the Bahamas | ARTICLE

For much of the past two years, Lenny Kravitz has been living in a shag-carpeted Airstream trailer on a beach in the Bahamian isle of Eleuthera. "I have a few shirts and a couple pairs of pants,...
September 2, 2011 3:05 PM ET
Taylor Swift on Her 'Speak Now' Tour | ARTICLE

For most 21-year-olds, summertime means partying, tanning and hanging with friends. Not so for Taylor Swift, who's spending the season selling out arenas...
August 18, 2011 1:50 PM ET
Adam Levine on Bickering With Christina Aguilera, Rocking Like Queen | ARTICLE

NBC's hit singing show, The Voice, is built around the oversize personalities of its superstar mentor judges: Christina Aguilera, Cee Lo Green, country hitmaker Blake Shelton and Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine. But it's Levine,...
June 23, 2011 5:30 PM ET
The Devil in Dave Matthews: Rolling Stone's 2004 Cover Story | ARTICLE

"That's right, kitty. You're beautiful, But I'm not going to touch you. I don't know where you've been, and I hope you're not related to the devil." These days it's hard for Dave Matthews to trust anything,...
June 23, 2011 3:55 PM ET
Rick Ross on Success, Summertime and Smoking | ARTICLE

By the time this summer ends, Miami rap titan Rick Ross will have released a Top Five posse album (Maybach Music Group's lf Made Vol. 1, which hit the charts in June), spent 40 nights rocking arenas...
June 16, 2011 4:30 PM ET
Exclusive: Ray Davies on His New Disc, Hanging With Bruce and (Maybe!) Bringing Back the Kinks | ARTICLE

In the past five years, Ray Davies has released two adventurous solo records. "What fires me up is something new," says Davies, 66. But for his latest, See My Friends, he focuses on his...
April 11, 2011 2:40 PM ET
Avril Lavigne on Getting Divorced, Doing Jäger Shots and Cooking in Her Bel-Air Castle | ARTICLE

A year ago, Avril Lavigne finished her fourth album — but her label, RCA Records, wasn't interested in an album's worth of introspective, acoustic numbers. "They were like, 'Uh, can you make a new...
April 1, 2011 8:20 AM ET
Trent Reznor Talks Oscars, Lollapalooza Memories | ARTICLE

'I hadn't worn a tie in years," says Trent Reznor, who rocked an elegant Prada tux when he accepted an Academy Award for Best Original Score. "It was fun to put the snarling-guy-sweating-on-a-mic on the...
March 15, 2011 3:20 PM ET
Marcus Mumford on Backing Dylan, Naked Songwriting and Why Arcade Fire Rule His World | ARTICLE

A week before the Grammys, Mumford & Sons had no idea they'd be sharing a stage with Bob Dylan. "It was surreal," says the folk-rock quartet's singer, Marcus Mumford, 24. "I was staying with my...
March 4, 2011 12:00 PM ET
Foo Fighters, On an Honor Roll: Rolling Stone's 2005 Feature | ARTICLE

It's midnight, and 30,000 feet above New Mexico, with his back facing the cockpit of a private plane, Dave Grohl kicks back in his plush leather seat and takes a celebratory sip of Crown Royal....
February 23, 2011 1:32 PM ET
Jack White, Rock Innocent: Rolling Stone's 2003 Interview | ARTICLE

When Jack White, 27, was a teenager, he wrote a poem called "Image Can Kill Love." "It was anti things that had no meaning behind them," the White Stripes singer-guitarist says, "things that were done...
February 2, 2011 3:04 PM ET
Duran Duran Go Back to the Eighties With Mark Ronson | ARTICLE

The first time Mark Ronson met Duran Duran, he would've loved to work with them — the only problem was that he was just a kid. "I was way into them," says Ronson, 35, whose mother was...
January 12, 2011 4:25 PM ET
Kanye West Gets Ready to Unveil His 'Fantasy' | ARTICLE

The morning of October 21st, Kanye West woke up in his Manhattan apartment, logged on to his Twitter account and posted, "I have...
November 25, 2010 3:35 PM ET
Taylor Swift on Her Confessional New Album | ARTICLE

Taylor Swift's new record covers an extremely busy period in her life – personally and professionally – so she had no shortage of...
November 10, 2010 12:00 PM ET
Ron Wood on His Solo LP, Getting Sober and What's Next for the Stones | ARTICLE

Although the Rolling Stones have been on hiatus for the past three years, Ron Wood has been in the headlines — but not...
October 14, 2010 1:25 PM ET
Nelson, Young, Mellencamp Celebrate 25th Farm Aid | ARTICLE

"This echo is good," Neil Young said toward the end of his set at Farm Aid's 25th annual concert, which drew 35,000 to Milwaukee's Miller Park. Playing songs like "Down By the River" and "Ohio" alone with...
October 3, 2010 6:40 PM ET
Fall Music Preview: Taylor Swift's 'Speak Now' | ARTICLE

As far as inspiration goes, I've been dealt a lucky hand," says Swift. "I'm excited for people to delve into the album and...
September 30, 2010 2:20 PM ET