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5 of the Best Rock Songs Turning 50 This Year
Five landmark rock singles associated with 1976 are reaching their 50th anniversaries, highlighting the year’s lasting influence on classic-rock radio and popular music. The selection ranges from theatrical rock to power ballads and live recordings that became defining versions. – Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody”, released in 1975, topped charts in 1976 and remains renowned for its…
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Parker McCollum Postpones Shows as His Wife Prepares to Give Birth
Country singer Parker McCollum has postponed two tour dates because his wife, Hallie Ray Light McCollum, is expected to give birth to their second child imminently. He said he would travel home after his Red Rocks concert to be with his family, stressing that family must come first. The Kansas City show scheduled for 31…
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Born 74 Years Ago Today in Minnesota, the Songwriter Behind Barbara Mandrell’s Signature Hit and Classics by Reba McEntire, Charley Pride, and Rod Stewart
Dennis Morgan, the American songwriter born in Tracy, Minnesota, on 30 July 1952, is being recognised for a career that produced major country and pop hits. After beginning as a musician, he moved to Nashville, wrote advertising jingles and session material, and became a prolific songwriter whose work helped define Barbara Mandrell’s career. Morgan’s first…
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Check Out Our Artist Portraits And Interviews From Newport Folk Festival 2026
Stereogum has published a collection of artist portraits and interviews from the 2026 Newport Folk Festival in Rhode Island, following its visit to the event the previous weekend. The feature highlights the festival’s breadth of performers and guests, while offering visual coverage by photographer Emilio Herce and interviews by Stereogum founder Scott Lapatine. The gallery…
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THE PRETTY RECKLESS’s TAYLOR MOMSEN On ‘Dear God’ Album: ‘We Had A Very Wonderful Time Making This Record’
The Pretty Reckless singer Taylor Momsen has described the band’s fifth studio album, “Dear God”, as a particularly personal and direct record, saying its songs emerged from her need to process life rather than from a formulaic writing approach. Released last month through Fearless Records, the album matters as it presents what Momsen calls an…
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Sam Smith announces engagement, which they say inspired upcoming album
Sam Smith has announced their engagement to fashion designer Christian Cowan, saying their relationship helped inspire their forthcoming fifth album, ‘Hazel Eyes’. The record marks a shift towards songs about reciprocated love and is significant, Smith said, as an openly queer celebration of love amid continuing pressure on LGBTQ+ rights. Smith and Cowan have been…
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GPUs could explode to multiple TB with new storage-inspired memory tech
Sandisk and SK Hynix are developing high-bandwidth flash (HBF), a NAND-based memory technology intended to give AI accelerators far more local capacity than conventional high-bandwidth memory (HBM). It could allow GPUs to combine fast HBM with terabytes of lower-cost, high-capacity flash memory, potentially reducing the need to spread large AI models across several processors. Sandisk…
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“I could die now and I’d go to heaven”: When a stolen Beatles song saw Devo cross paths with John Lennon
The article recounts Devo frontman Mark Mothersbaugh’s unexpected encounter with John Lennon after a 1978 show at Max’s Kansas City in New York. Lennon recognised the Beatles-inspired opening of Devo’s ‘Uncontrollable Urge’ and enthusiastically shouted its “yeah, yeah, yeah” refrain, turning what Mothersbaugh described as a deliberate musical theft into a striking endorsement from one…
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Scotty McCreery Shares His Five Favorite Country Songs to Cover
Scotty McCreery says renewed interest in traditional country music has helped his cover of Conway Twitty’s “Hello Darlin’” attract more than 44 million Instagram views. The singer uses the feature to highlight five country classics he enjoys performing, illustrating the enduring appeal of older songs to contemporary audiences. – “Hello Darlin’” by Conway Twitty, a…
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The 1973 Eagles song Don Henley knew he could never sing: “I missed the whole thing”
Don Henley reportedly felt unable to sing the Eagles’ 1973 song ‘Earlybird’, saying he had missed the moment to take part in it. The anecdote highlights the differing vocal roles within the band during its early years, before Henley became one of the group’s defining lead singers. ‘Earlybird’ appeared on the Eagles’ second album, *Desperado*,…