Tempers were often fraught during the process of The Beatles recording their eleventh studio album, Abbey Road, and one track, in particular, brought guitarist George Harrison to the end of his tether. It was a difficult time for the band, and through no fault of their own, they were left to record a chunk of […]
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After over 50 years, it feels like we’re still just scratching the surface of what Led Zeppelin did throughout the 1970s. There are certain songs that are more straightforward than others, but what kind of divine musical god gave these four musicians the power to write something as epic as ‘Kashmir’ or turn in as […]
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On paper, there’s arguably never been a finer collaboration than when John Lennon and David Bowie combined their talents on ‘Fame’. Of course, both men had enjoyed successfully working with other artists across their careers, but there was something magnificent about this quiet collaboration, largely because of the impressive stature of the two stars in […]
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Something about Freddie Mercury has always felt completely singular. A uniquely positoned vocalis, Mercury commanded the stage with the same powerhouse audacity as a pantomime lead. Brutish and ballsy, he would strut the boards demanding the attention of every set of eyeballs in the room, and he could do so because of his richly layered […]
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Jack White was always frustrated with the stigma that was attached to Detroit, as he felt it made people view his music in a way that undermined the actual sound of it. His issue was with the idea of authenticity and how music is left to one side if an artist doesn’t come across as […]
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Few artists in history have had as much praise heaped upon them as Jimmy Page. The curly-haired Led Zeppelin occultist has been lauded by the likes of Ritchie Blackmore, who crowned him “way ahead of most guitar players”, and he very rarely lauds anyone, Alex Lifeson, who said he loved “everything he represented”, and even […]
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Paul McCartney has surprised fans with the release of the audiobook accompaniment to his Man on the Run documentary on Audible’s Word and Music series. The new audiobook shares its name with Morgan Neville’s new documentary, Man on the Run, which premiered in late February. It includes extended interviews that were conducted for the film […]
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Being one of the most popular artists in the world didn’t necessarily mean being good at one’s craft for George Harrison. He was happy to have joined The Beatles at the right time, but while the screaming girls may have been exciting for a few years, there came a point where he wanted nothing more […]
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While The Beatles were never short of an idea as a group, the fact that they heavily relied on the talents of John Lennon and Paul McCartney for coming up with their best-known material often meant that an equally-talented songwriter in George Harrison was pushed to the sidelines. It was always clear from some of […]
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There’s a certain sense of immediacy whenever Jimmy Page went into the studio to make a Led Zeppelin record. The band had all the time in the world to make the record that they wanted, but when listening to the way that they interacted with each other, each riff seemed to grab you by the […]
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