AI takes centre stage at Photo Brussels 2025 A review of this year’s Photo Brussels festival, where the theme of artificial intelligence and its impact and potential were examined by the curated work The Guardian - UK · Jan 31, 2025
"I’ve written this tune and I’m going to record it tonight and have it pressed, up and out tomorrow": John Lennon wrote and recorded Instant Karma in one day. Here's how it happened "It was like all hell breaking loose. Tape machines, tape loops, tape delays, echo chambers, you name it!" MusicRadar · Jan 27, 2025
Sam Amidon: Salt River review – an eclectic if erratic affair The US musician leads an accomplished yet slightly bland living room session spanning traditional numbers and songs by Lou Reed, Yoko Ono and more The Guardian - UK · Jan 25, 2025
“I got a phone call asking me for a quote about Lennon. Apparently I was one of the last musicians seen talking to him before his death”: Rick Wakeman’s wild tales of John Lennon, David Bowie, Keith Moon and Ozzy Osbourne Playing with Bowie and Sabbath,. boozing with Keith Moon, hanging out with Lennon – Rick Wakeman has done it all Louder · Jan 25, 2025
‘You have to get behind the song’: singer Sam Amidon on fronting Bon Iver, schooling Paul Mescal and the new folk revival Bon Iver asked him to cover his new material and he’s teaching Mescal and Josh O’Connor to sing. But the interpreter is more interested in songs than stardom The Guardian - UK · Jan 22, 2025
“He showed me the Rickenbacker he used with the Beatles at Shea Stadium. It still had the song list taped to the side”: Released weeks before his murder, John Lennon’s final album paired him with some of the era’s finest session guitarists Hesitant to step back into the spotlight but powered by renewed creative energy, the former Beatle joined forces with Earl Slick, Hugh McCracken, and – though their collaborations weren't released for a number of years – Cheap Trick Guitar World · Jan 14, 2025
Wallpaper* Design Awards 2025: Tate Modern’s cultural shapeshifting takes the art prize We sing the praises of Tate Modern for celebrating the artists that are drawn to other worlds Wallpaper · Jan 13, 2025
Sean Lennon trades childish insults online after being attacked for defending of Elon Musk The only child of the Beatles legend and Yoko Ono came under fire after remarking online about the levels of influence that the tech billionaire is wielding on US politics in recent weeks The Independent UK · Dec 26, 2024
Sean Ono Lennon Revives Father's Music With Innovative Approach Sean Ono Lennon, son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, honors his father's legacy through music, winning awards and reimagining albums. Top News · Dec 19, 2024
Now caretaker of his dad's work, Sean Ono Lennon seeks to innovate, not merely repeat lNow caretaker of his dad's work, Sean Ono Lennon is on a remarkable run The Independent UK · Dec 19, 2024
"There is no getting around the fact that he repeats the phrase 'simply having a wonderful Christmastime' 17 times": A music professor breaks down the theory behind Paul McCartney's Wonderful Christmastime Our resident music professor takes on McCarney's divisive festive classic, a Christmas song curiously "built around the most advanced synthesizers available in 1979” MusicRadar · Dec 17, 2024
The 10 best folk albums of 2024 Traditional songs in dub, Irish keening with touches of Yoko Ono and shape-note hymns with sound-processing were among the year’s records renewing an ever elusive genre The Guardian - UK · Dec 16, 2024
Yoko Ono has ‘never moved on’ from John Lennon Days before the 44th anniversary of The Beatles icon’s death, John Lennon’s son Sean has said his widow Yoko Ono has “never moved on” from her relationship with the singer. BANG Premier · Dec 5, 2024
Sean Lennon says album cover reveals how John Lennon felt about Yoko Ono: ‘I think it’s clear’ Musician is up for a Grammy for his work on his late father’s album ‘Mind Games’ The Independent UK · Dec 5, 2024
Creative Bloq · Dec 2, 2024 The 10 best Christmas animations everyone needs to watch: from Aardman, Netflix, Disney and more The 10 best Christmas animated feature films and shorts
Guitar World · Nov 28, 2024 “Eric, I know I can bring out something great in you”: In 1971, John Lennon wrote to Eric Clapton asking him to help form a new band – now that letter is going up for auction Lennon sought out Slowhand as he set about establishing a new band, pitching to Clapton they could “make the kind of sound that could bring back the balls in rock 'n' roll”
Louder · Nov 28, 2024 "You could make the kind of sound that could bring back the balls in rock ‘n’ roll": John Lennon's eight-page letter to Eric Clapton asking to start a band with him is headed to auction After their brief collaboration together in 1969 with the Plastic Ono Band, John Lennon had hopes of recruiting Clapton for a "revolutionary" new supergroup, one where wives and girlfriends were "welcome" on the road instead of "frowned upon"
The Independent UK · Nov 28, 2024 The 13 most controversial album covers of all time, from The Beatles to Nirvana: ‘We’re all naked really’ THE COUNTDOWN: From flagrant nudity to cartoon bestiality, there are all sorts of reasons cover art can spark controversy. Kevin E G Perry picks some of the most memorable examples
The Guardian - UK · Nov 27, 2024 John Lennon letter inviting Eric Clapton to join supergroup to be auctioned 1971 letter proposes group including Klaus Voormann and Phil Spector to ‘bring back the balls in rock’n’roll’
BANG Premier · Nov 27, 2024 John Lennon's 1971 draft letter to Eric Clapton expected to fetch at least €100,000 at auction John Lennon's draft letter to Eric Clapton asking him to join his new band is set to go under the hammer.
Louder · Nov 23, 2024 “We’ve always been a rock group, The Beatles”: How the White Album sowed the seeds for music’s entire future By 1968, The Beatles were falling apart – but that didn’t stop them recording their greatest artistic statement, The White Album
BANG Premier · Nov 22, 2024 Sean Ono Lennon 'filled the void' with music Sean Ono Lennon learned to play guitar as a way to "connect" with his late father, John Lennon, and "fill the void" left by his absence.
The Independent UK · Nov 22, 2024 Sean Ono Lennon explains huge impact of his father’s death: ‘I didn’t know how to fill that void’ ‘When you’ve lost a parent, things like that motivate you’
The Guardian - UK · Oct 27, 2024 We All Shine On: John, Yoko & Me by Elliot Mintz review – life as a confidant, fixer… and flunky Mintz’s account of his friendship with the endlessly compelling celebrity couple offers a fascinating insight into their psychodramas but is blunted by his obvious adoration of the pair
Salon · Oct 25, 2024 "We All Shine On": A new look at Lennon Author Elliot Mintz reveals the weight of Lennon’s legacy beyond the music, shadowed by loss and what-ifs