Not for nothing, but Willie Nelson is 88 years old. Nelson seems perfectly healthy, and he’s never slowed down his frankly absurd recording schedule. Nelson released a new album, his 70th studio LP last year, and he just teamed up with Michael McDonald and Los Lobos’ David Hidalgo on a new song a couple of weeks ago. In the p...

Pervis Staples, a founding member of the legendary gospel and soul group the Staple Singers, has died. A representative for his sister and former bandmate Mavis Staples confirmed to Rolling Stone that Pervis died on May 6 at age 85. Mavis also issued a statement: “Pervis was one of a kind — comical and downright fly. He would...

You can’t spell “So So Glos” without “solo.” Since 2007, Alex Levine has led Bay Ridge punk band the So So Glos, a band that was a staple of the Brooklyn DIY scene when that scene was arguably at its peak. The band, which also features Levine’s brother and his stepbrother, released a co...

Faith No More’s Mike Patton sang the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles theme song for a new video game called Shredder’s Revenge, a side-scroller in the same vein as arcade staples like 1989’s TMNT and its follow-up Turtles In Time. Patton’s version of the theme can be heard in the just-released trailer for the...