‘Forgotten and overlooked’: how Jewish designers dressed the Beatles and changed global fashion A new exhibition aims to highlight a huge but often ignored contribution to style in the Swinging 60s The Guardian - UK · Oct 8, 2023
Fleetwood Mac decided to go their own ways. How do bands know when to quit, and shouldn’t more do so? After the death of Christine McVie, Stevie Nicks has called time. There is an art to timing it right – just look at the Beatles, says music writer Michael Hann The Guardian - UK · Oct 4, 2023
U2 concert uses stunning visuals to open massive Sphere venue in Las Vegas Two helicopters zoomed through the starlit skies before producing spotlights over a Las Vegas desert and U2 frontman Bono, who kneeled to ground while singing “Vertigo.” The Independent UK · Sep 30, 2023
We should celebrate Taylor Swift. But her success shouldn’t crowd out others The arts are the poorer for a system that hugely rewards the few while the less lucky can’t even earn a living wage The Guardian - UK · Sep 30, 2023
Ringo Starr on ‘Rewind Forward,’ writing country music, the AI-assisted final Beatles track and more There are rock stars, and then there is Ringo Starr The Independent UK · Sep 28, 2023
The rock’s the star: meditative film about a Cornish stone goes global Christopher Morris’s documentary, A Year in a Field, delights sold-out Newlyn audience as it heads for festivals worldwide The Guardian - UK · Sep 22, 2023
Goodbye Linda, hello Liam! How do names go extinct – and get reborn? It’s easy to guess the age of a Susan or a Jayden. US experts explain what makes a name desirable one decade and dated the next The Guardian - US · Sep 20, 2023
Beatles fashion was "worth emulating" Deirdre Kelly traces the Fab Four's evolving fashion and strategic styling as part of their unparalled success Salon · Sep 19, 2023
Herb Alpert leans into Disney, Beatles and Jerry Reed for eclectic new album mix Trumpeter and his wife, vocalist and Chicago native Lani Hall, are set to perform Sept. 16 at the Vic Theatre. Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 14, 2023
John Lennon plaque to be erected in Scotland where he wrote Beatles song A JOHN Lennon plaque is to be erected in Edinburgh where his aunt lived to mark his many summers spent in Scotland’s capital. The National (Scotland) · Sep 12, 2023
‘Every Cocteau Twins song sounds like an orgasm’: Perry Farrell’s honest playlist The Jane’s Addiction man grew up on the Beatles and has played Led Zeppelin to Trump, but who can he no longer listen to? The Guardian - UK · Sep 12, 2023
Nina Simone is first black person to be Desert Island Discs’ most selected artist of year Exclusive: Analysis shows change in guests and tastes help jazz musician keep classical music off top spot The Guardian - UK · Sep 11, 2023
The year Rolling Stones shook St. Tropez In 1971, the band fled UK tax rates for the south of France, glamorizing the Riviera for rock stars to come Salon · Sep 5, 2023
Psych-pop utopians Elephant 6: ‘Our plan was to humiliate the corporate rock industry’ With bands including Neutral Milk Hotel and instruments including lawnmowers, the collective upended US indie rock. Its members explain how a new documentary healed their grief and led to new music The Guardian - UK · Sep 5, 2023
The Guardian - UK · Sep 4, 2023 Beatles memorabilia worth an estimated £6m goes for auction Items include an archive from John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s 1969 peace protest and a curious birthday card sent by George Harrison
The Independent UK · Sep 3, 2023 ‘Hundreds contact appeal in 24 hours’ to help find missing McCartney guitar The bass was purchased for £30 in Hamburg, Germany, in 1961 by Sir Paul and been used during his time with The Beatles.
The Independent UK · Sep 3, 2023 Paul McCartney: Worldwide search launched for missing Beatles 1961 Höfner guitar Instrument, used on some of The Beatles’ most loved hits, disappeared in the Sixties
Evening Standard · Sep 3, 2023 Help! Beatles icon Paul McCartney’s missing bass guitar could be ‘worth £10m’ Hundreds contact appeal in 24 hours after hashtag #tracingthebass was set up to help track it down
Louder · Aug 25, 2023 “My mum said, ‘What about the drink and drugs and wild women?’ I said, ‘That‘s what I want to do this for!’”: the life and times of Bernie Marsden, British blues-rock‘s secret weapon In 2020, Classic Rock sat down with late ex-Whitesnake guitarist Bernie Marsden to talk fistfights with UFO, patching things up with David Coverdale and meeting James Bond
MusicRadar · Aug 25, 2023 Former Whitesnake guitarist Bernie Marsden has died, aged 72 Marsden was a giant of blues and rock guitar, with a formidable guitar collection and an even more formidable style
Evening Standard · Aug 25, 2023 Keir Starmer’s days as a heartthrob barrister before politics revealed Sir Keir’s ‘brawny bod’ drew comment on the Your Barrister Boyfriend blog a decade ago
Louder · Aug 22, 2023 John Lennon wanted to produce them, Pat Metheny said he wouldn’t have played jazz fusion without them, and Rick Wakeman claimed he played the greatest organ solo ever: Rod Argent looks back on his time with the Zombies and Argent Rod Argent was the founding member of The Zombies and Argent and collaborated with some of the best-known names in music, including Phil Collins and The Who. And now the Zombies are reanimated and ready for another bite of success…
Louder · Aug 20, 2023 The 20 most underrated Beatles songs Even The Beatles’ most overlooked songs are better than many other bands’ best numbers
The Guardian - UK · Aug 19, 2023 Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr team up with Dolly Parton on Let It Be Mick Fleetwood and Peter Frampton also joined country star on her cover of the Beatles’ 1970 hit
Salon · Aug 18, 2023 Listen: Dolly & Beatles cover Let It Be The country star releases her new rock album in November, with this single as one of the tracks