Giles Martin, son of the late Sir George Martin, sums up the Beatles‘ challenging 1968 opus The White Album as follows: The beauty of The White Album is its flaws, and its anger, and the fact that you get punched in the face occasionally. Martin was at the helm of the new 50th anniversary edition of the […]
Boasting signature classics like “Back In The USSR,” “While My Guitar Gently Weeps,” “Happiness Is A Warm Gun,” “Blackbird,” “Yer Blues,” “Birthday,” “Glass Onion,” “Helter Skelter” and “Julia,” The Beatles, more commonly known as The White Album, is a sprawling and ambitious double-album that chronicles the acceleration of the the Beatles‘ creative powers. Hot on the heels […]
This piece originally appeared in 2016, shortly after the passing of Eagles legend Glenn Frey. Today, Frey would have turned 70 years old, so as a tribute we’ve re-run the piece. My favorite band in the early 1970’s was the Raspberries. After their last album in 1974 and eventual breakup, I felt a musical void. […]
Over the past few weeks, Yoko Ono has been premiering song after song from her new album, Warzone, which features reinterpretations of songs from throughout her vast catalog of music — and even a take on her late husband John Lennon‘s classic song, “Imagine,” which had its release on Oct. 9 to coincide with Lennon’s […]
On Nov. 9, the Beatles‘ vault will open once again for a deluxe 50th anniversary reissue of the classic untitled White Album — arguably one of the finest artistic achievements the legendary group put together during its time together. The set, curated by Giles Martin, son of the late Sir George Martin, is truly a […]
When Yoko Ono announced her new studio album, Warzone, back in July, attention focused on the fact that she would be including a cover of “Imagine,” the song made famous by her late husband, John Lennon. Today, Oct. 9, is Lennon’s birthday. He’d have turned 78, were he still around. Happy Birthday, John. pic.twitter.com/EjGjOVSY57 — […]
In 1971 John Lennon emerged as his own entity once and for all. That’s the year he released Imagine, his post-Beatles solo album that began a new chapter for the songwriter/cultural icon. Today, a special Ultimate Collection edition of the album was released as an expanded, remastered box set. Its release comes just in time […]
Detroit’s legendary MC5 were probably the first punk rock band — but try to tell the band’s guitarist, Wayne Kramer, that. “I get that. I get the value of that. But that was never what the MC5 was,” Kramer insists when we catch up by phone during rehearsals for the MC50 tour. “We thought it […]
Until 1964, Americans imagined Brits as businessmen in bowler hats and stuffy butlers who served tea. The Beatles‘ arrival on our shores changed all that. We grew our hair, dressed in Carnaby Street fashions and overnight, British words like “fab” and “gear” entered our language. But Beatles lyrics contain many expressions that many American fans […]
John Lennon‘s solo career reached its peak with the Imagine album, released in 1971 after the dissolution by the Beatles and recorded by John and Yoko Ono. The record’s title track, of course, became the late icon’s career highlight outside of the Beatles (and perhaps overall, depending on who you ask). On October 5, the […]
