Tag : Music

Tag: Music

Alan White obituary

Drummer of the progressive rock group Yes who also played on John Lennon’s Imagine and George Harrison’s All Things Must PassAlan White, who has died aged 72 after a short illness, was one of rock’s most versatile and highly regarded drummers. He wil...

They say it’s your birthday: Paul McCartney and me – in pictures

As Macca turns 80 on 18 June, we take a trip through Harry Benson’s intimate images – from the Beatles 1964 invasion of America to horseriding with Linda Continue reading...

Helge Iberg: The Black on White album review – gently beautiful Beatles interpretations

(NXN)The Norwegian pianist puts his own beguiling twist on songs he knows by heartYet another “fresh approach” to a selection of Beatles tunes? I almost let this one pass. But listening to the first few minutes was enough to keep me hanging on until...

Wrappers delight: The best album cover shoots – in pictures

From the Beatles crossing a zebra to a naked Prince, via Grace Jones attempting the anatomically impossible and Led Zeppelin’s New York tenements, these cover designs became as famous as the music they enclosed Continue reading...

Country diary: The blackbird’s song is no one-hit wonder

Ormeau, South Belfast: Its mellifluous melody has been an inspiration for poets and musicians, but what of its lesser-known, scratchy follow-up? It’s still dark, but the dawn chorus is in full swing. This performance, however – except for a thin desc...

Beatle v mobster: the day John Lennon put paid to a shady record label boss

Lawyer’s book reveals the inside story of the musician’s 1976 court battle with Morris Levy, a mafia-affiliated music mogulIt was a courtroom drama with two towering protagonists. In one corner stood a record mogul with a history of violence and Mafi...

Madonna at the Haçienda to Obama’s inauguration: the tickets we can’t bear to throw away

As QR codes take over, Guardian writers and readers share their prized paper stubs – including the Beatles at Shea Stadium and the Nirvana gig that never wasThe physical ticket – to a gig or a play or a comedy show or a sporting event – is a vanishin...

Attention please! Unheard Paul McCartney recording up for auction

McCartney’s demo version of Attention, destined for Ringo Starr’s 1981 album Stop and Smell the Roses, expected to sell for £10,000A previously unheard recording by Paul McCartney of his song Attention, later recorded by Ringo Starr, is going up for...

Bob, the Beatles and Marilyn too: the Magnum Square Print Sale

In the agency’s 75th anniversary year, the first of three sales takes as its theme ‘precedents’. Photographers searched their archives for relevant images, from Chilean fishermen to Dylan the dad Continue reading...

‘It’s a more expansive, inclusive version’: how women reshaped the history of the Beatles

For decades, academic appreciation of the fab four was an overwhelmingly male pursuit. Meet the female scholars, musicians and podcasters redressing the balanceFor teenager Janice Mitchell, hearing the Beatles’ I Want to Hold Your Hand on US radio in...

It’s a hard day’s night trying to get to sleep | Letters

Gabriel Aitman tries to get God on his side, while Frank Newhofer wrestles with a Beatles conundrumAt 97, getting to sleep can be a complicated affair (Letters, 16 February). I greet my first God, Jehovah, with a little prayer, then say “hello” to Al...

The Beatles: Get Back – The Rooftop Concert review – a towering time capsule

Nonplussed coppers, 60s London panoramas and the fab four very much alive … Peter Jackson’s film is moving and unmissablePeter Jackson recently reignited passionate awe with The Beatles: Get Back: his epic, intimate eight-hour TV re-edit of Michael L...