Watch The Cure cover The Beatles with James, son of Paul, McCartney on keyboards Robert Smith & co. took on the very chirpy and unCure-like Hello Goodbye for a Paul McCartney tribute album Louder · Nov 16, 2024
Art Garfunkel: ‘I’m in the mood to work with Paul Simon again. We’ll see...’ THE SATURDAY INTERVIEW: The singer has joined forces with his son to record a new album. He talks to Mark Beaumont about their need to record together and the emotional end to his feud with former singing partner Simon – ‘It’s now a thing of the past’ The Independent UK · Nov 16, 2024
“They were the first white group that I’d ever heard in my life who said ‘yeah we grew up listening to black music”: Smokey Robinson and others describe huge cultural impact of the Beatles' first visit to America Trailer to the new Scorsese doc is now on Youtube MusicRadar · Nov 14, 2024
Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney recall US Beatlemania in documentary trailer Beatles ’64 will feature never-before-seen footage of the band as well as capturing the camaraderie of the Fab Four. Evening Standard · Nov 14, 2024
“I have never heard a better ‘rock’ piano”: From The Beatles to Bowie, Queen to Elton John, how the rich, distinctive tone of the Trident Studios house piano graced the grooves of some of the finest songs ever recorded It’s what Macca played on Hey Jude MusicRadar · Nov 14, 2024
“He said, ‘Simon, Duran Duran are the last of the great British R&B bands.’ ‘R&B?’ I said. He said ’yes, you know what I mean - like, Beatles, Rolling Stones”: Simon Le Bon thinks that the “golden era” of the band is over “Now, could you say who’s the top band in the world?” MusicRadar · Nov 12, 2024
Wall outside Abbey Road studios covered in 'Free Palestine graffiti' Music fans have left messages on the wall outside Abbey Road studios for around 50 years Evening Standard · Nov 12, 2024
Might be time to 'Twist and Shout' – The Beatles' AI-restored song 'Now and Then' lands Grammy nominations The Beatles' song that was restored with AI, "Now and Then," has earned Grammy nominations. TechRadar · Nov 11, 2024
“He wanted his version of the song to be a stark, heavy solo-piano thing, but they convinced him to turn it into a grand, crashing, theatrical monster-ballad, complete with orchestra”: The story of Nilsson's Without You How the singer transformed an album track into one of the most abiding love songs of all time MusicRadar · Nov 9, 2024
The Grammys 2025 Nominations Are In & While Beyoncé Broke Records Others Got Majorly Snubbed The 2025 Grammy nominations have dropped, & while the pop girlies are dominating, some of the snubs this year are simply diabolical. Pedestrian.tv · Nov 9, 2024
The Beatles, 'BRAT' summer, country and more: All of the 2025 Grammy nomination snubs and surprises It looks like the 2025 Grammy Awards may be a different kind of award show The Independent UK · Nov 8, 2024
Beatles get Grammy nod for final song - but why aren’t John Lennon and George Harrison nominated? The Fab Four have broken the record for longest span between Record of the Year nominations The Independent UK · Nov 8, 2024
Celebrity hairdresser Trevor Sorbie dies aged 75 after bowel cancer diagnosis Star had been hairdresser to Dame Helen Mirren, Kylie Minogue and The Beatles The Independent UK · Nov 8, 2024
Top of the pips: Fiona Apple’s 20 greatest songs – ranked! As her classic album When the Pawn … turns 25, we pick the best of a singer-songwriter whose portraits of love and selfhood are unforgettably vivid The Guardian - UK · Nov 7, 2024
MusicRadar · Nov 7, 2024 “This is like Buddy Rich saying Ringo couldn’t drum. Because, coming from Buddy Rich’s sensibility, Ringo can’t drum”: What Paul McCartney said about that beef with Quincy Jones How the two legends made their peace
Marie Claire · Nov 7, 2024 I'm annoyingly picky about what to watch - but these are the 7 things I refuse to miss this month I'm annoyingly picky about what to watch - but these are the 7 things I refuse to miss this month
The Guardian - US · Nov 6, 2024 ‘Played on over 250 albums’: was Nicky Hopkins the greatest unsung pianist ever? He helped shape classic songs by the Rolling Stones, The Who and the Beatles but his influence on music has been largely ignored. A new documentary aims to correct that
MusicRadar · Nov 5, 2024 “Kurt was sitting in the bathtub with a Walkman on, listening to the song, and when the tape ended, he kissed me and said, 'Oh, finally, now I don't have to be the only songwriter in the band!'”: Dave Grohl's evolution as a songwriter “I was in a band with one of the greatest songwriters of our generation, so I didn’t really want to rock the boat”
Guitar World · Nov 4, 2024 “I bought it off a druggie – which I feel terrible about”: From his beloved '59 Strat to his stable of ultra-delicate steampunk guitars, Rick Springfield discusses his guitar journey, and his mission to buy up every instrument he had to part with The pedal-avoiding Jessie’s Girl songwriter recalls some of his best and worst purchases, and his experiences working with Neil Giraldo and Dave Grohl
The Conversation · Nov 4, 2024 Midas Man: Brian Epstein biopic captures the complexity that made the Beatles manager so brilliant A few minutes after I took my seat at an advanced screening of Amazon Prime’s Brian Epstein biopic, Midas Man, I found myself engaged in Beatles chat with the chap next to me. I wasn’t surprised to find a fellow Fab Four fanatic at such an event. But I was…
Guitar World · Nov 4, 2024 “I yelled, ‘Paul, George, Ringo and John, you guys were just wonderful!’ He said, ‘Ernie, if it were not for the Isley Brothers, the Beatles would still be in Liverpool’”: Ernie Isley on the time he met Paul McCartney – and they jammed Twist and Shout The Isley Brothers and The Beatles both found career-making hits in Twist and Shout – and the two groups would prove pivotal for each other's musical trajectories
The Independent UK · Nov 4, 2024 Quincy Jones’s shocking remarks about The Beatles – and how Paul McCartney responded Producer of artists including Michael Jackson and Frank Sinatra infamously said he thought the Fab Four ‘the worst musicians in the world’ when he first met them
Guitar World · Nov 3, 2024 “Herbie Flowers was supposed to do the date, but he couldn't make it. So Bowie said to me, ‘You'll have to play bass’”: Trevor Bolder speaks out on his storied history with David Bowie How could anyone who played bass on Ziggy Stardust not be a rock legend?
Louder · Nov 1, 2024 It's Prog's new Tracks Of The Week! Cool new proggy sounds from Crippled Black Phoenix, Oddleaf, Outrun The Sunlight and more... Great new prog to enjoy from Keys, Mission Jupiter, Empire Springs, Tim Morse and more...
Guitar World · Nov 1, 2024 “Nobody ever came to a gig to watch me play guitar. They came to hear me sing. We didn’t have a rhythm guitar player, so I had to cover everything”: Justin Hayward on the life, times and tones of the Moody Blues, and the undisputed power of a dimed AC30 The iconic Moody Blues guitarist revisits obscure Moodies tracks and discusses the gear and thought processes behind his gear, tone and criminally unsung riffs