When the young Queen Elizabeth visited Australia in 1954, 75 per cent of Australians saw her. Can a visit by her 75-year-old ...
There is no satisfying way to write about Elliott Smith because everything he did defied resolution. He played in deliberately ambiguous scales. His songs had no prevailing mood. He made music not to ...
This season, the Mets surely can trace some of their success to “The Grimace” and the “OMG” phrase. They both ignited their fan base, and helped turn around their season when they both began to ...
Ringo Starr tapped a long list of Nashville stars to contribute to his new T Bone Burnett-produced country album, 'Look Up'.
Paul is still singing more than 50 years after his supposed “death.” In 1993 he had fun with his alleged death by titling an album “Paul Live.” It’s a great example of a conspiracy theory. The “Paul ...
"I have loved Ringo Starr and his playing and his singing and his aesthetic for as long as I can (or care to) remember," said ...
Starr teased the project earlier this year when he mentioned that he was working on the album with Burnett in an interview. In a way, it marks a return to the genre that started Starr's solo career in ...
There are very few biographies of The Beatles, Patrick Humphries' 'With the Beatles' covers their career in three parts, 1940 ...
A couple weeks ago, I wore a t-shirt that said “Love is all you need.” “Beatles?” confirmed a guy I know, to which I nodded. Later that day, I was talking to this guy about Test Spins, wondering which ...
Paul McCartney brought a lot to The Beatles, including his extensive piano skills. He played the instrument on many of their songs.
Sixty years – almost to the day – since The Beatles took to a Leeds stage for the last time, a mini festival in the city this ...
On December 8, 1980, the day John Lennon was shot dead outside the Dakota, Mick was just a short distance away, recording ...