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Why the Beatles’ song Now and Then is the most important record of the past year

It was last year’s most significant release, both a time capsule of our greatest ever band, and something genuinely new.

Evening Standard · Dec 23, 2023

Paul McCartney on bass: "When we met Elvis, I was like, ‘You’re trying to learn bass, are you, son? Sit down, let me show you a few things’"

Classic 1994 interview: "Once I got over the fact that I was lumbered with it, I did get quite proud to be a bass player"

MusicRadar · Dec 23, 2023

“It was when we knew Roger Waters wasn’t going to be part of anything we did, but before he’d officially left. He had us trapped in limbo. I was putting my toe in the water”: David Gilmour’s solo career

Despite saying it’s less complicated to work alone, David Gilmour’s association with Pink Floyd means he never wandered far, or for long, from the band

Louder · Dec 22, 2023

“I’m sure if we found another tape where Jimi’s voice is buried, I know I could use something similar”: Eddie Kramer talks AI and digital audio restoration, and hints at more Jimi Hendrix recordings to come

In the '60s, Kramer helped make Hendrix's tone dreams come true. Now he is making his fans' dreams come true restoring lost tapes, and he doesn't rule out AI sound separation saving a future mix

MusicRadar · Dec 19, 2023

‘He lived for the music’: Jim Ladd, ‘The Last DJ’ who inspired Tom Petty song, dies aged 75

DJ who ‘never stopped caring’ was the inspiration for Tom Petty’s 2002 song and album, ‘The Last DJ’

The Independent UK · Dec 19, 2023

John Lennon's son says he's 'driven up the wall' by 'dark' Hey Jude

The son of late Beatles superstar John Lennon said he can celebrate the song but ‘it’s something that’ll always be dark to me’.

Evening Standard · Dec 19, 2023

Princess of Wales releases photo of herself as a child at Christmas dinner

Taken in 1983, the image has been released ahead of Kate’s Together At Christmas carol service airing on Christmas Eve

Evening Standard · Dec 18, 2023

‘One kid barfed on my feet’: how There’s No One Quite Like Grandma became a Christmas No 1

‘I have no problem with it being included in Worst Christmas Songs Ever lists. But, even though it’s sort of dreadful, there’s an ear-worm quality. And we had such a good time’

The Guardian - UK · Dec 18, 2023

"Wouldn’t it be funny if we went down?": the night The Beatles almost reunited on Saturday Night Live

John Lennon and Paul McCartney nearly took up SNL producer Lorne Michaels on his offer

Louder · Dec 16, 2023

May Pang on her 18-month love affair with John Lennon: ‘Yoko has erased me’

Five years before his murder, John Lennon described his romance with his personal assistant as a ‘lost weekend’ – despite the pair being together for more than a year, and remaining close until his death. As May Pang shares her side of the story in a new documentary, she speaks…

The Independent UK · Dec 16, 2023