Arts Oct 07 The Beatles’ ‘Abbey Road’ revolutionized how a track could be recorded. Listen closely here As the album celebrates its 50th anniversary, few may realize just how groundbreaking its tracks were for the band. By William D. Moylan, The Conversation
Arts Jun 15 46 years later, Yoko Ono gets songwriting credit with John Lennon for ‘Imagine’ In a 1980 interview, Lennon said the song “should be credited as a Lennon-Ono song because a lot of it — the lyric and the concept — came from Yoko.” He said he received inspiration from Ono’s 1964 book “Grapefruit.”… By Alison Thoet
Arts Jun 06 Only U.S. reporter to tour with the Fab Four recalls the days of ‘Beatlemania’ Journalist Larry Kane talks about his experience covering the Beatles' whirlwind U.S. tour and how the band came to define its generation. By Lora Strum
Arts Jun 01 Twitter Chat: ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ at 50 The Beatles’ “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” shattered genre norms when it first came on the music scene a half-century ago. By Lora Strum
May 28 Watch 6:14 How ‘Sgt. Pepper’s’ shaped a musical era By PBS News Hour "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," one of the most influential albums of all time, turns 50 this week. Its 13 tracks, including "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" and “A Day in the Life,” reinvented albums as works of… Continue watching
Mar 20 Without Chuck Berry, these 10 famous rock songs would not exist By Elizabeth Flock Since the 1950s, when Berry first started producing his signature blend of music that combined a rhythm and blues beat with country twang, rockers have begged, borrowed and stolen from the legendary musician. Some have even been sued for allegedly… Continue reading
Mar 09 George Martin, the ‘fifth Beatle,’ dies at 90 By Joshua Barajas George Martin, longtime producer for English rock band the Beatles, died peacefully at his home Tuesday, his manager confirmed in a statement. Continue reading
Nov 08 John Lennon’s stolen guitar fetches record $2.4 million at auction By Andrew Mach The acoustic guitar that Beatles legend John Lennon is thought to have used to record "Love Me Do" and "I Want to Hold Your Hand", sold at auction on Saturday in California for a record $2.41 million. Continue reading
Dec 26 The musicians we listened to in 2014 By Victoria Fleischer Before we ring in 2015, we want to reflect on some of the great Art Beat stories from this past year. So who did we listen to in 2014?… Continue reading