Rolling Stone Music Now

We look back at some of the best hip-hop, R&B, and Afropop of 2023, with an emphasis on lesser-known albums and songs. Mankaprr Conteh and Andre Gee join host Brian Hiatt for the discussion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

From getting Joni Mitchell to perform to saving Mariah Carey from traffic in a golf cart, executive producer Ben Winston spills-behind-the-scenes secrets of this year's Grammy ceremony in an in-depth interview with host Brian Hiatt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Raj Kapoor, executive producer of the Grammy Awards, previews this year's performances, from Joni Mitchell to Travis Scott to Billy Joel to Billie Eilish — and is there still a chance Taylor Swift and Beyoncé might perform? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With a new "We Are the World" documentary hitting Netflix, we look back at the one-of-a-kind all-star sessions, where Michael Jackson, Lionel Richie, Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Wonder and dozens of others joined forces. Host Brian Hiatt talks to Bao Nguyen, director of the new doc, The Greatest Night in Pop; Tom Bahler, who was the vocal arranger for "We Are the World"; and Sheila E, who talks about her experience as one of the singers that night — and how she felt that the song's makers were using her to try to get Prince to show up Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Continuing our series on the best music of 2023, we look at the best of Americana and country, with Joseph Hudak joining host Brian Hiatt to talk about releases from Zach Bryan, Jason Isbell, Lucinda Williams, and many, many more Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the first of our series on the best music you may have missed in 2023, we take a look at the year's indie-rock albums, from Blondshell to Wednesday to Ian Sweet, with Angie Martoccio, Jon Dolan, and Simon Vozick-Levinson joining host Brian Hiatt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Genre-jumping innovator Kali Uchis breaks down her new album, Orquídeas, and her whole career path in an interview with Rolling Stone's Julyssa Lopez Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The MAGA world went on a days-long meltdown after Billie Joe Armstrong dissed them on New Year's Eve. We try to figure out why — and what it says about the 2024 election, with Andy Greene joining host Brian Hiatt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Snoop Dogg, Lil Yachty, and Gucci Mane join Latto, Tierra Whack, and Jon Batiste in conversations for Rolling Stone's Musicians on Musicians interviews Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Fresh from her Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction, Chaka Khan looks back at some highlights and hidden corners of her career — from working with Prince to her friendship with Joni Mitchell — in an interview with host Brian Hiatt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The beloved Fox teen drama The O.C. had some of best music in the history of television. For its 20th anniversary, we look back with creator Josh Schwartz and music supervisor Alexandra Patsavas joining host Brian Hiatt — just in time for Chrismukkah, Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

So much great music came to life in the '90s that the decade is impossible to encapsulate — but we try in this episode, with Rob Harvilla, author of the new book 60 Songs That Explain the '90s, joining host Brian Hiatt for a wide-ranging discussion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Geddy Lee looks back on his whole life story in an in-depth interview with host Brian Hiatt, touching on everything from early influences to Rush's experimentation with drugs and synthesizers. And Lee also explains how he's trying to get Alex Lifeson back on the road with him — with some encouragement from Paul McCartney. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Beatles and the Rolling Stones both managed to release new music in the space of a few weeks this year — something that will never happen again. We take a deep look at the Beatles' "Now and Then" and the Rolling Stones' Hackney Diamonds, with Angie Martoccio and Andy Greene joining host Brian Hiatt for the discussion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For the 30th anniversary of one of the greatest albums ever made, we look back at Wu-Tang Clan's debut, with Andre Gee joining host Brian Hiatt for a discussion — along with Gee's interview with Raekwon on making the album and more Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Britney Spears' 'The Woman In Me' is one of the most wrenching music memoirs ever. We take a deep look at its revelations, with Brittany Spanos and Rob Sheffield joining host Brian Hiatt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We go deep on the Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour movie, with Brittany Spanos and Rob Sheffield joining host Brian Hiatt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We break down Drake's chart-topping 'For All the Dogs,' as well as the criticism he's facing on multiple fronts, with Mankaprr Conteh joining host Brian Hiatt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Teezo Touchdown, who's featured on albums from Drake, Travis Scott and Lil Yachty this year, tells all about the singular rap-rock fusion (and influences from Prince to Bruce Springsteen) on his debut, How Do You Sleep At Night?, in an interview with host Brian Hiatt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On the 30th anniversary of In Utero, original Nirvana biographer Michael Azerrad previews the revelations in his new book, The Amplified Come As You Are. Then, Nirvana manager Danny Goldberg (author of Serving the Servant: Remembering Kurt Cobain), and publicist Jim Merlis look back at life with the band. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices