When Great Artists Make Terrible Songs

When Great Artists Make Terrible Songs

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Langhorne Slim Finds a New Sound with Greta Van Fleet

Langhorne Slim made his bones as an acoustic singer-songwriter, but on his new album The Dreamin’ Kind he teams up with Greta Van Fleet’s Sam Kiszka and Danny Wagner to make a bona fide Americana rock & roll album. We go deep into how the Nashville troubadour bonded with the rock ...  Show more

The 2026 Tours We Can't Wait For —  and the Worst Concert Behaviors

From Rush to Ariana Grande, we look at the year's most-anticipated concerts, and also look at bad concert behavior, with Andy Greene joining Rolling Stone Music Now host Brian Hiatt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 

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