There isn’t a soul on this Earth that wouldn’t be at least a little bit intimidated if someone like John Lennon walked into the room. Any musician might dream of being able to play with one of The Beatles, but the idea of adding anything to one of the Fab Four’s tunes feels impossible half […]
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It’s hard to imagine any piece of rock and roll guitar history that Brian May hasn’t been able to master. Throughout Queen’s career, they made it a habit of trying on any style that suited the song they were making, and whether that was stadium rock, operatic tunes, or even the occasional rockabilly, May usually […]
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The new year had barely found its footing, and already something unexpected was quietly reshaping the mood of music lovers everywhere. On January 1, 2026, a brief but unmistakable confirmation began circulating among industry circles and longtime fans alike: Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, and John Paul Jones are once again working together on a completely […]
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When the first notes drift into the air, the effect is immediate and unmistakable. Something ancient and tender opens, as if a long-sealed room has finally been given light. For the first time, Sean Ono Lennon and Julian Lennon stand together in song, transforming John Lennon’s “Darling Boy” into a duet that feels less like […]
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When the curtain was coming down on The Beatles, Paul McCartney knew they had to go out with a bang. Although Let It Be was the last album completed before the quartet broke up in April 1970, the final album they recorded was 1969’s Abbey Road. Notably, the second side of Abbey Road is comprised […]
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“What else should I be?” Kurt Cobain asks, in the opening line of ‘All Apologies’, Nirvana’s final single before his passing in 1994. The lyrics had been ruminating in Cobain’s mind for years, having initially written ‘All Apologies’ on a 4-track in his shared apartment with Dave Grohl in Olympia, Washington, in 1990. “I remember […]
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Just after midnight on January 1, 2026, the lights softened inside Abbey Road Studios. Outside, London breathed in the cold of a new year. Inside, a hush settled that felt deliberate, almost ceremonial — the kind of silence that listens before it allows sound to exist. Five silhouettes stepped forward, not as legends, not as […]
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It took Queen two records to finally crack the sound they’d stake rock royalty with. Not that they were a completely different band. Frontman Freddie Mercury’s penchant for highfalutin lyrics still gleams with literate indulgence, proggy expanses shape their rock attack into hefty suits of classical loftiness, and glossy piano glides in with the same […]
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No one inside the O2 Arena believed the night could go any further. On New Year’s Eve, December 31, 2025, the final chords had already faded. 33,215 people were standing, clapping, smiling through exhaustion and joy, certain they had just witnessed the perfect ending to a historic night. The air was thick with applause, relief, […]
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By the time that Nirvana blew up, Kurt Cobain was never going to take the term ‘grunge’ all that seriously. He may have liked the idea of a lot of people liking his band, but there was a lot more to it than simply cashing in on the trend of flannel shirts. The corporate side […]
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