Jonathan Bernstein

Brooklyn

Senior Research Editor at Rolling Stone

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Articles

Ruston Kelly Finds God, and New Love, on New Album 'Pale, Through the Window'

3 weeks ago | rollingstone.com | Jonathan Bernstein

June 6, 2025 Ruston Kelly's new album 'Pale, Through the Window' is informed by a newfound sense of faith. Alexa King Stone* One night, sitting at the piano, Ruston Kelly found God.
Grimes Cancels D.C. Pride Show, Citing 'Family Issues'

1 month ago | rollingstone.com | Jonathan Bernstein

May 26, 2025 Grimes onstage at Coachella 2024.
Man Detained After Car Hits Pedestrians During Soccer Parade in U.K.

1 month ago | rollingstone.com | Jonathan Bernstein

May 26, 2025 Police and emergency personnel on Water Street in Liverpool after a car collided with pedestrians during the Premier League winners' parade on May 26.
Charles Rangel, Former New York Congressman, Dead at 94

1 month ago | rollingstone.com | Jonathan Bernstein

May 26, 2025 Rangel at the 48th Annual Congressional Black Caucus Foundation in Washington, D.C., in 2018.
Medium Built: Country mit Frank-Ocean-Feel

1 month ago | rollingstone.de | Jonathan Bernstein

Als Nick Carpenter letztes Jahr „Country“, sein Major-Label-Debüt als Medium Build, veröffentlichte, schienen all seine Träume wahr zu werden. Fast ein Jahrzehnt lang hatte er unter diesem Namen seltsame, düstere kleine Songs auf Bandcamp selbst veröffentlicht, bevor er auf Festivals und in großen Theatern auf der ganzen Welt spielte. Es gibt nur ein Problem: Ein Teil von Carpenter, 33, möchte sich so weit wie möglich von der Nische entfernen, die er sich erfolgreich geschaffen hat.
Willi Carlisle Announces New Album 'Winged Victory'

2 months ago | rollingstone.com | Jonathan Bernstein

April 8, 2025 Willi Carlisle previews his new album 'Winged Victory' with the song "Work Is Work." White Stone* Willi Carlisle is back with a new album.
Michael Hurley, Influential Outsider Folk Singer, Dead at 83

2 months ago | rollingstone.com | Jonathan Bernstein

April 3, 2025 Michael Hurley Ebet Roberts/Getty Images Michael Hurley, the beloved eccentric folk singer whose music became a touchstone for a generation of singer-songwriters, has died at 83. The singer’s death was announced in a statement from his family, and his publicist confirmed that Hurley died in his home state of Oregon after returning home from a series of weekend performances at the Big Ears festival in Knoxville. A cause of death was not provided. “It is with a resounding sadness...
Great Grandpa's Off-Kilter Epiphanies Hit Home

Mar 26, 2025 | rollingstone.com | Jonathan Bernstein

March 26, 2025 Rachel Bennett* Most bands don’t make it.
Mumford & Sons and the Lumineers Are Done Stompin’

Mar 25, 2025 | rollingstoneindia.com | Jonathan Bernstein

Take a peek around the current pop landscape, and you’ll notice the persistent, surprising influence of two 2012 albums. No, it’s not some combination of Taylor Swift’s career-defining Red, nor Kendrick Lamar’s opus good kid, m.A.A.d city, nor Frank Ocean’s breakthrough Channel Orange, all of which came out that year. Instead, these days it can feel like the two most influential albums of 2012 are, for better or worse, Mumford & Sons’ Babel and the Lumineers self-titled debut.
Mumford & Sons and the Lumineers Are Done Stompin'

Mar 24, 2025 | rollingstone.com | Jonathan Bernstein

March 24, 2025 Tim Mosenfelder/WireImage; Kevin Kane/Getty Images/Robin Hood Take a peek around the current pop landscape, and you’ll notice the persistent, surprising influence of two 2012 albums.