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He taught John Lennon to fingerpick, shaping future Beatles classics, while the ’60s music press compared him to Bob Dylan – why Donovan is an under-appreciated acoustic guitar great

As legend tells it, he was the man who taught John Lennon to pick. And he sure could write a song. We pay tribute to the flying Scotsman of the Swinging Sixties, Donovan Phillips Leitch, with this lesson in his folk-informed style

Guitar World · Jul 24, 2024

"Taking photos for my debut album wasn't the same as it was for The Beatles!"

There are fewer gatekeepers to the music scene than in the 60s, but aspiring pop stars will need a camera – or a phone!

Digital Camera World · Jul 14, 2024

“It was like going back 60 years... You can imagine what it would have sounded like in the Cavern”: Could this be Lennon’s first Vox?

Could this rediscovered AC15 be Lennon's first Vox amp?

MusicRadar · Jul 12, 2024

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“The serial number was the same as John Lennon’s amp. I couldn’t believe it”: John Lennon’s first Vox amp – used on early Beatles recordings and Cavern gigs – was lost for 60 years. Now it may have been found, covered in black paint, on an auction site

Heard on Please Please Me and Love Me Do, this unassuming 1962 Vox AC15 Twin may have just become the most valuable amp on the planet – and we’ve had the exclusive first look

Guitar World · Jul 11, 2024

Tramp 2.0: Inside the £12m makeover that's transformed the celebrity hotspot

Jermyn Street’s iconic club has reopened after a £12m makeover, so can it restore its A-list magic? Jonathan Prynn takes a first look

Evening Standard · Jul 10, 2024

Still fab after 60 years: how The Beatles’ A Hard Day’s Night made pop cinema history

I first saw A Hard Day’s Night at a film festival over 20 years ago, at the insistence of my mum. By then, it was already decades old, but I remember being enthralled by its high-spirited energy.

The Conversation · Jul 4, 2024

"John was annoyed because I didn’t say that he had written one line of this song, Taxman… I also didn’t say how I wrote two lines to Come Together or three lines to Eleanor Rigby”: George Harrison and the questions around his Beatles credits

"I think in the balance I would have had more things to be niggled with him about than he would have with me"

MusicRadar · Jul 2, 2024

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Fifty years on, how Lucy, the mother of humanity, changed our understanding of evolution

In 1974, the fossilised bones of Lucy, a 3.2 million-year-old hominin, were discovered in Ethiopia. How has this remarkable skeleton disproved a Darwinian theory – and what links her to the Beatles?

The Guardian - UK · Jun 30, 2024

The rock musicians battling against AI: "If they can do it to Steve and they can do it to me, what's next? How far will they go?"

Exclusive: Peter Frampton and Jerry Shirley on the attempts by the owners of the Steve Marriott estate to replicate the singer's voice with AI – and why they're determined to fight it

Louder · Jun 28, 2024

The other 1969 concert that changed music: ‘one of the most important stories in rock history’

Revival69 glimpses into starry Toronto Rock and Roll Revival, which gave Beatles fans a new look at John Lennon

The Guardian - US · Jun 28, 2024

Rosanna Arquette: "Yoko hugged me"

On "Everything Fab Four," the actress discusses friendship with Paul McCartney & how loving music led to filmmaking

Salon · Jun 27, 2024

Stevie Van Zandt: ‘My religion switched right over to rock’n’roll’

The rock star turned activist turned Sopranos actor talks about his revealing new documentary, Disciple, his unlikely career and his fears over the state of the world

The Guardian - US · Jun 26, 2024

Man discovers 60-year-old previously unseen live film of The Beatles at a flea market in Australia

60 years after climbing a hill in a vain attempt to hear a Beatles concert, Musician Greg Perano paid just $11 for the rare film

Louder · Jun 24, 2024

Getting better: 5 key ways the Beatles can help improve your guitar playing

The school of George, John and Paul is in session

MusicRadar · Jun 22, 2024

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Evening Standard · Jun 20, 2024

Hey Jude (Bellingham): the origins of the terrace anthem to English football's new hero

The Beatles classic has become the accompaniment to one of the greatest fan-player love affairs of all time

MusicRadar · Jun 20, 2024

"The Beatles were never afraid to experiment with their chord choices inside songs": here are 4 to inspire your guitar playing

While my Am7/G gently weeps

MusicRadar · Jun 19, 2024

"I remember it to this day, you know, exactly where I was when he said it": Paul McCartney's favourite song he's ever written is possibly the only one John Lennon ever complimented him on directly

"It really gave me a lot of confidence in that song, and in my writing"

The Independent UK · Jun 17, 2024

Got Back! Paul McCartney says ‘let’s party’ as he announces UK tour dates

Beatles star will perform four shows in Manchester and London this winter

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The Guardian - UK · Jun 11, 2024

Social care is a timebomb beneath Britain – why does neither main party have a plan to tackle it?

Plans to fund adult care have been derided as a ‘dementia tax’ or a ‘death tax’. The carers I visited showed me that what they need is both urgent and simple, says the Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The Conversation · Jun 10, 2024

‘Screaming, chanting, struggling teenagers’: the enduring legacy of the Beatles tour of Australia, 60 years on

The Beatles began their first and only tour of Australia 60 years ago this week. It remains a landmark event in our social and cultural history.

The Guardian - AU · Jun 10, 2024

When the Beatles came to Australia: ‘Letters to the editor were apoplectic about their hair’

Sixty years since the Fab Four arrived to mass hysteria, a new book captures the thousands who lined up for a glimpse, the moral panic and resulting generation gap

The Canberra Times · Jun 5, 2024

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Metal Hammer · Jun 3, 2024

"The crowd just went off their brains. It was an amazing, fantastic first show": The story of AC/DC's live debut, told by those who were there

On December 31, 1973, the fledgling AC/DC saw in the New Year by playing their very first gig at a bar in Sydney

MusicRadar · Jun 2, 2024

"We were getting more talented and George began to write lots of songs… he was lucky to get a track on an album." The lost 1971 John Lennon and Yoko Ono interview on the Beatles' split when they insisted Michael Parkinson wore a black sack over his head

"It's total communication if you're in the bag"

The Guardian - AU · May 30, 2024

Afternoon Update: drones used to track released detainees; China lifts most Australian beef bans; and a first-timer’s burlesque class

Immigration minister reveals people released from detention are monitored with ‘spot checks, random house checks, as well as the use of drones’

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