Rolling Stone's Musicians on Musicians: Recent Episodes
Rolling Stone
For more than 50 years, the writers at Rolling Stone have been sitting down with artists to get inside their sound, their creative process, and the realities of being a musician — but what happens when we take the writer away and ask two great artists to interview each other?
In each episode, two iconic musicians sit down for a conversation about their discography, artistic approaches, personal lives, and everything in between. With the artists in charge, no topic is off-limits.
The Musicians on Musicians podcast offers extended, deep-dive versions of the conversations between artists that you can read in the November issue of Rolling Stone. With the musicians in the driver’s seat, this is not your typical interview series. You’ll get to hear the moments in which two musical forces connect — artist to artist, person to person.
Musicians on Musicians is adapted from Rolling Stone’s popular franchise.
Olivia Rodrigo and Alanis Morissette might be nearly 30 years apart, but they’ve gone down similar paths. Both began as child actors and both of their careers exploded beyond their wildest expectations when they switched their focus to music, releasing blockbuster albums that used intensely personal details. They even both have hit singles whose music videos feature them navigating mixed feelings in a moving vehicle (“Drivers License” and “Ironic”). But the two songwriters, who are big fans of each other’s music, had never met before their Musicians on Musicians interview. They hit it off right away, talking about everything from the power of anger to life in the public eye to when to get your first tattoo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
As one of the few Black women in country music, Mickey Guyton hasn’t had an easy path. But after years of false starts and disappointments, she decided to do things her way on her debut album, 2021's Remember Her Name. Staying true to herself meant telling her story, and the album included songs like "Love My Hair," which she wrote after seeing a video of a Black girl sent home from school because of her hair, and “Black Like Me,” about the sometimes painful reality of someone in Guyton's shoes. Miley Cyrus knows a few things about doing things her way, too, whether shedding her Hannah Montana image by swinging half-naked on a wrecking ball or pivoting from pop to rock in recent years. This summer, Mickey and Miley reconnected for Rolling Stone's Musicians on Musicians podcast, presented by Allstate. They touched on everything from country radio to the Reeboks that Miley’s dad, Billy Ray Cyrus, would wear in the Nineties. But they kept coming back to breaking barriers and being themselves. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ludacris and Gunna represent two different eras of hip-hop, with two different styles - there was even a recent peanut butter commercial that played on the difference between their flows. But there wasn’t much of a divide at all when they got together in West Midtown, Atlanta, late this summer for the latest episode of Rolling Stone's Musicians on Musicians. They had a lot to talk about, from loving their hometown of Atlanta to going to the same high school to Luda's favorite car (a 1993 Acura). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This past spring, Willow Smith released a song called “Transparent Soul," which found her getting away from the pop-and r&b-influenced sound of her earlier work and diving headlong into punk-rock. Willow had an important collaborator along for the ride: Travis Barker, someone who's also reinvented himself over the years. He’s gone from Blink-182 drummer to songwriter to producer to label owner and, most recently, a kind of pop-punk mentor for a younger generation of artists. Willow and Barker sat down in September to talk about everything from skateboarding to the advantages of a shaved head to what they see as a rock revival in recent years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
When Lorde was growing up in New Zealand, the music David Byrne made with Talking Heads opened her mind to all of the ways - some wonderful, some strange - that you could express yourself in a pop song. Byrne, for his part, is a big Lorde fan. The two sat down in Brooklyn this summer to talk about the secret to writing a deep pop song, life without social media and even the best way to eat a grapefruit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Rolling Stone's Musicians on Musicians brings together two well-known artists to interview each other about the things they are most curious about. Keys and Kehlani represent two different generations of R&B, but in the opening episode, the two stars have a bold, unfiltered discussion about everything from writing love songs to spirituality to the lessons of parenthood. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Rolling Stone's Musicians on Musicians podcast starts with a bold idea: What happens when the artists ask the questions? Based on Rolling Stone’s popular magazine franchise, the podcast finds stars from the worlds of pop, hip-hop, country, pop-punk and more, sitting down with another artist they admire to talk about the things they are most curious about: everything from how to write a great song, to beating stage fright, to staying grounded despite the fame, to the best way to eat a grapefruit. The first season features intimate discussions between A-list duos like Alicia Keys and Kehlani, Lorde and David Byrne, Willow and Travis Barker, Olivia Rodrigo and Alanis Morrissette, and more. Tune in for the kind of honest, revealing conversations you can’t get anywhere else. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices