Fans recreate Beatles’ Abbey Road cover shot 50 years on
It was 50 years ago today, that The Beatles caused a traffic delay.
Son of Beatles’ producer dives into the messy ‘White Album’
Giles Martin is the son of legendary Beatles producer George Martin, and he's lately been returning to the treasure trove of original recording sessions to remix key albums by John, Paul, George and Ringo.
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Watch Prince wail on ‘While My Guitar Gently Weeps’
Prince, the legendary musician and songwriter, has died at the age of 57. At a 2004 appearance at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the artist played a guitar solo during a rendition of “While My Guitar Gently Weeps,”…
Computer scientists prove 80s pop music is boring
“Pop music is dead.” You’ve heard the refrain dropped by nostalgic music lovers at backyard barbecues. And it’s no surprise. Everyone thinks the tunes of their generation marked a sort of cultural pinnacle and that music has since become bland.
Newly released recordings reveal Beatles before they inspired mania…
"Twist and Shout," "Love Me Do," "I Saw Her Standing There." It might be hard to believe that these three songs, belonging to the soundtrack of a generation and beloved by several more, sprang from a single album 50 years…
Sitar Virtuoso Ravi Shankar, 92, Popularized Indian Music for Western Audiences…
On Dec. 8, 1980, John Lennon was shot and killed outside of his New York home. Jeffrey Brown talks to music critic Greil Marcus about the musician's cultural legacy.
President Barack Obama presented former Beatle Paul McCartney with the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, on behalf of the Library of Congress. Jim Lehrer has a look at McCartney's serenade to the president and first lady at the White House.
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