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Rolling Stone Music Now

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Inside the biggest stories in music, hosted by Rolling Stone senior writer Brian Hiatt. Featuring interviews with top artists, expert insight on new releases and breaking news from the Rolling Stone staff, and much more.

Episodes

The Greatest Music Videos Ever Made

We break down Rolling Stone's recent list of the 100 greatest music videos, with Mankaprr Conteh, David Fear, and Rob Sheffield joining host Brian Hiatt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 18, 202159 min

The Great Limp Bizkit Debate

With a Lollapalooza comeback and a new Woodstock '99 doc, the legacy of Fred Durst's band is a weirdly hot topic – Brittany Spanos and Rob Sheffield join host Brian Hiatt to weigh in Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 11, 20211 hr 1 min

George Clinton: The Rolling Stone Interview

For his 80th birthday, the Parliament-Funkadelic founder looks back on his whole career with host Brian Hiatt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 04, 202152 min

A Conversation with H.E.R.

H.E.R. breaks down her long-awaited new album 'Back of My Mind,' the origins of her guitar virtuosity, the state of R&B, her Oscar and Grammy wins and much more with host Brian Hiatt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 28, 202156 min

Olivia Rodrigo's Teen Spirit

Brittany Spanos and Rob Sheffield join host Brian Hiatt to dig into the rise of Olivia Rodrigo; plus, Spanos' interview with Rodrigo and producer Dan Nigro on the making of "Deja Vu" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 21, 202156 min

Lucy Dacus on Making One of 2021's Best Albums

The singer-songwriter on the making of her new album 'Home Video,' the art of songwriting, the future of Boygenius, her love for Bruce Springsteen and much more in an interview with host Brian Hiatt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 14, 202150 min

BEST OF RSMN: Smokey Robinson: The Rolling Stone Interview

Smokey Robinson, one of the greatest songwriters of all time, tells the stories behind his Motown classics and much more in a career-spanning conversation with host Brian Hiatt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 06, 202147 min

The Year In Hip-Hop (So Far)

We look back at the best hip-hop songs and albums of 2021 so far, with Mankaprr Conteh and Jeff Ihaza joining host Brian Hiatt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 30, 202150 min

The Many Lives of Sparks

Sparks’ Ron and Russell Mael, along with Edgar Wright, director of the excellent new documentary ‘The Sparks Brothers,’ join host Brian Hiatt for a career-spanning discussion Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 22, 202147 min

The Unstoppable Rise of BTS

In the wake of Rolling Stone's BTS cover-story package, Seoul-based music journalist Youngdae Kim, author of the book 'BTS: The Review,' joins host Brian Hiatt to tell the story of how they became the world's biggest band Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 09, 202149 min

Bob Dylan at 80: Best Covers of His Songs and More

We celebrate Bob Dylan's birthday with Angie Martoccio, David Browne, Andy Greene, and Simon Vozick-Levinson joining host Brian Hiatt for a look at our new list of the greatest Dylan covers and much more Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 01, 202149 min

10 Years of Lady Gaga's 'Born This Way'

We look back at the making (and meaning) of a pop masterpiece, with Brittany Spanos and Rob Sheffield joining host Brian Hiatt, who was in the studio with Gaga as she finished the album Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 25, 202147 min

The Genesis of Genesis (and the Future of Reunion Tours)

With Genesis embarking on a huge reunion tour, Andy Greene joins host Brian Hiatt for a look at the band’s unique prog-to-pop journey – and a discussion of the prospects for other post-COVID reunions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 11, 202148 min

The Mad Genius of Jim Steinman

We dig into the gloriously over-the-top work of the late songwriter behind Meatloaf’s ‘Bat Out of Hell,’ “Total Eclipse of the Heart” and much more, with Brittany Spanos, Rob Sheffield, and Andy Greene joining host Brian Hiatt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 04, 202149 min

Michael Stipe on R.E.M.'s Legacy

Stipe looks back on R.E.M.'s career, discusses his solo music, and much more in an interview with Rob Sheffield. Plus: Sheffield and Brian Hiatt reflect on R.E.M.'s history and influence Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 27, 202142 min

The Life and Music of DMX

We look back at the complex life and brilliant music of the late rapper, with Jeff Ihaza and Simon Vozick-Levinson joining host Brian Hiatt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 21, 202143 min

Why Tina Turner Is the Queen of Rock

We look back at Tina Turner’s triumphs, tragedies, and one-of-a-kind career, with Rob Sheffield and Brittany Spanos joining host Brian Hiatt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 13, 202146 min

Best of RSMN: The Songwriting Genius of Adam Schlesinger

From Fountains of Wayne to "That Thing You Do" and beyond, Alan Sepinwall and Rob Sheffield join host Brian Hiatt pay tribute to a great songwriter, gone too soon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 06, 202150 min

Neil Young’s Lost Classics

We dive into the newly released ‘70s masterpieces of Neil Young’s ‘Archives Volume II,’ with Angie Martoccio, Rob Sheffield, Andy Greene and David Browne joining host Brian Hiatt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 31, 202147 min

Were the 2021 Grammys… Good?

Mankaprr Conteh, Brittany Spanos, and Rob Sheffield join host Brian Hiatt for a look at the great performances and problematic moments of the 2021 Grammys Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 26, 202151 min

The Secret History of Hair Metal (But Don't Call It That)

Tom Beaujour and Richard Bienstock, authors of 'Nöthin' But a Good Time,' a new oral history of '80s hard rock, share untold tales of one of music's wildest eras Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 17, 202149 min

Two Robots and A Dream: A Farewell to Daft Punk

We look back at how French dance duo Daft Punk changed music forever, with Jonah Weiner, who wrote their Rolling Stone cover story, joining host Brian Hiatt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 03, 202153 min

Best of RSMN: The Genius of Nina Simone

Nina Simone's brother, Sam Waymon, shares intimate memories of his genius sister with host Brian Hiatt and David Browne Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 24, 202147 min

Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis Look Back

The legendary producers and songwriters share stories behind their greatest hits for Janet Jackson and more with host Brian Hiatt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 17, 202153 min

The Women Who Helped Create Hip-Hop

Clover Hope, author of the great new book 'The Motherlode: 100+ Women Who Made Hip-Hop,' shares stories from the early years of women in hip-hop with host Brian Hiatt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 10, 202147 min