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The John Lennon song that The Beatles rejected

January 25, 2026admin0

By the time John Lennon reached the end of the 1960s, chances are he would have rather been anywhere else than playing with The Beatles. Despite everyone saying that Yoko Ono is to blame for pitting the Fab Four against each other and stealing Lennon away from his mates, he was simply moving in a […]

THIS WASN’T A CONCERT — A Grammy Night That Turned Tribute into Collective Remembrance

January 24, 2026admin0

Nothing about the room felt ordinary. Beneath softened lights, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr stepped onto the stage of the Grammy Salute not as survivors seeking applause, but as witnesses carrying time itself. The weight in the hall was immediate. This was not anticipation. It was recognition. “In My Life” began without urgency. A song […]

Jimmie Nicol: the tragic story of the drummer who spent just 13 days as a Beatle

January 24, 2026admin0

We think of The Beatles as a quintessential quartet, but in reality, there were so many people who became the unsung heroes of that manic machine. Aside from the classic four of John, Paul, George, and Ringo, there were also a whole slew of names contributing to the band’s early history that often go underappreciated, […]

THE WORDS FANS NEVER HEARD — At Sixty-Two, Julian Lennon Finally Speaks with Clarity Time Alone Could Give

January 24, 2026admin0

Time did not erase the past. It slowed it, stretched it, and allowed it to be examined without urgency. At sixty-two, Julian Lennon chose his moment carefully. Not to accuse. Not to reopen wounds. But to explain what could not be understood when the pain was still loud. Childhood questions, once sharp and restless, had […]

The disastrous attempt to turn ‘Sgt Pepper’ into a musical

January 24, 2026admin0

Music and theatre go together like Lennon and McCartney, but, much like The Beatles’ songwriting duo, that is not to say that the relationship between the two is always harmonious. There have been countless crossovers between the recording and theatre industries over the decades, spanning the spectrum from Nina Simone’s heartbreaking rendition of Porgy and […]

JAZZ PRIDE MET UNEXPECTED SILENCE — A London Night That Forced the City’s Musical Elite to Listen Again

January 24, 2026admin0

London, late night. Smoke hung low, confidence even lower. In a crowded jazz room known for certainty and sharp opinions, a seasoned musician laughed and placed his wager. Two thousand pounds that The Beatles could not survive a proper jazz set. The verdict came easily. Rock boys. Pop idols. No discipline. No swing. The room […]

The Beatles song John Lennon and Paul McCartney never agreed on: “I don’t know what he’s thinking”

January 24, 2026admin0

The sharp claws of the music critics would have been nothing for Paul McCartney come the end of the 1960s, and not because he was the golden boy of music, who could largely do no wrong, but because every single song that left The Beatles recording studio would have had to pass perhaps his toughest, […]

MUSIC FOUND HIM AGAIN — A Winter Street, a Vanished Stranger, and the Moment John Lennon Remembered Why Songs Exist

January 23, 2026admin0

Snow settled gently over New York in the winter of 1972, softening the city without warming it. The streets moved as they always did, but for John Lennon, the noise had thinned into something hollow. The Beatles were gone. The years of urgency, unity, and shared direction had dissolved. What remained was freedom paired with […]

The Beatles album George Martin called traumatic: “It took two years”

January 23, 2026admin0

There comes a point in the life of any music fan when they are given the opportunity to introduce The Beatles to someone. While they may have heard brief snippets of the Fab Four, this introduction provides an opportunity to baptise them in the immersive world of history’s greatest band, and truly understand the genius […]

THIS WASN’T A CONCERT — A Grammy Night That Turned Tribute into Collective Remembrance

January 23, 2026admin0

Nothing about the room felt ordinary. Beneath softened lights, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr stepped onto the stage of the Grammy Salute not as survivors seeking applause, but as witnesses carrying time itself. The weight in the hall was immediate. This was not anticipation. It was recognition. “In My Life” began without urgency. A song […]