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Maybe I’m Amazed by John Harris review – a father and his autistic son bond through music

An honest and intensely moving book about the struggle of parenthood and the power of connection

The Guardian - UK

Yoko Ono gets the biography she deserves

Drawing from his friendship with Ono, Sheff examines her personal struggles and pivotal role in Lennon’s legacy

Salon

"It seemed like the Beatles were in the room”: Canadian record shop owner finds mint condition 15-track version of The Beatles first Decca demo tape

It’s pretty much the holy grail of any possible Beatles recording, and fans are falling over themselves for more

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“When I came up with the main hook I realised that it was reminiscent of a Beatles song”: How The Cars created an American rock classic

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“Now that’s a wacky idea - let’s try it”: How a critical moment on a 1965 single signposted the Beatles’ growing musical ambitions

It swung the uptempo single into a more nuanced universe, and perfectly demonstrated Lennon and McCartney’s songwriting partnership

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"The quality is unreal. How is this even possible to have?" Record shop owner finds 1962 Beatles' audition tape that a British label famously decided wasn't good enough to earn Lennon and McCartney's band a record deal

Listen to The Beatles, with Pete Best on drums, play Money on a newly discovered 1962 audition tape

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“He only had that little spotlight in every Beatles song – George Martin telling him what he could or couldn’t play. That’s what helped create that later style”: Dhani Harrison on the making of Living in the Material World – and George’s slide style

If All Things Must Pass was Harrison in minor key, Material World is the sound of him turning towards the light. His son, Dhani, tells us about its creation, and its stunning (and essential) reissue

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‘It was not a boyband!’ Micky Dolenz on the madness of being in the Monkees

He was in one of the biggest groups in the world – all without playing a note. As the last surviving Monkee turns 80, he remembers 60s fame – and what happened when the band broke free

The Guardian - UK

Rare John Byrne painting of The Beatles to go under hammer

It is one of ten early Byrne works which were bought from him by his local parish priest in the 1970s.

Evening Standard

Natasha Bedingfield 'loves' hearing positive feedback from her fans

Natasha Bedingfield has revealed that she cherishes getting positive reactions from her fans.

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Natasha Bedingfield 'feels like a Beatle' singing Unwritten

Natasha Bedingfield loves that 'Unwritten' remains so popular among music fans.

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Sir Ringo Starr 'excited' to watch Beatles movies

Sir Ringo Starr can't wait to watch Sir Sam Mendes' Beatles movies.

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When Nixon tried to deport John Lennon

Mahmoud Khalil was targeted for anti-war activism. More than 50 years ago, former Beatle faced the same predicament

Salon

John & Paul: A Love Story in Songs by Ian Leslie review – a Beatles bromance

An intelligent, diligently researched look at the intense bond between Lennon and McCartney

The Guardian - UK

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The Searchers bring their musical quest to an end after 68 years

Exclusive: Merseybeat act, contemporaries of the Beatles, will play final show at Glastonbury this year after farewell tour

Louder

“If you don’t like Bringing It All Back Home, you don’t like music. You should hand your ears back.” Bob Dylan’s game-changing album is 60 today and still astonishing

Yeah, I said it.

The Independent UK

London’s oldest art fair marks 40th year with new works by celebrated British artists

Art fans spilled out of Somerset House as they tried to get their hands on a new work by renowned British print artist David Shrigley at the London Original Print Fair on Thursday (20 March).

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"The greatest pop record ever made. A record that never dates, because it lives outside time”: How The Beatles created Strawberry Fields Forever - the experimental masterpiece that John Lennon regarded as the best song he ever wrote for the band

Lennon called it “psychoanalysis set to music”

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U2 to make history as first Irish songwriters awarded Ivors Academy fellowship

They follow in the footsteps of artists including Sir Elton John, Kate Bush, Beatles star Sir Paul McCartney and Bruce Springsteen.

The Guardian - UK

Joey Molland obituary

Guitarist in the band Badfinger who made the much-covered track Without You and played on John Lennon’s album Imagine

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“I'm really proud of that, because I literally invented that chord”: George Harrison’s songwriting brilliance deconstructed in his own words

The quiet one’s songwriting gifts fully flourished during the latter half of the Beatles’ reign, and we’ve collected his own insights into his craft

Guitar World

“I was this short guy playing through a full stack, and the speakers were five feet from my head. It’s a miracle I can hear anything”: Buck Dharma on the Blue Öyster Cult story, his Gibson SG heroes, and what he really thinks of that SNL sketch

The Blue Öyster Cult co-founder looks back on one of the most remarkable stories in U.S. rock history, how the Reaper riff unlocked stardom and why they were never the “American Black Sabbath”

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“If we had tried to plan it, it would’ve never happened. The thing happened just by magic”: From Beatlemania to All Things Must Pass and beyond – the definitive guitar history of George Harrison's greatest recorded works

Guitar World's Beatlemaniacs assemble for the deepest of deep dives into the recorded output of a pop-cultural icon and genius player to find that there was no one quite like George Harrison

Guitar World

“I’m a huge, huge fan of both of them”: Peter Frampton called Grace Bowers his favorite new guitarist. Now they’ve collaborated on a Beatles classic with Trey Anastasio

The three guitarists delivered a masterclass in soloing on this 10-minute-plus rendition

The Guardian - UK

Graham Coxon: ‘I saw Robbie Williams and Danny Dyer doing Parklife. It’s flipping bizarre’

The singer-songwriter and Blur guitarist belts out Elton and karaoke and is a recent Abba convert, but which song does he think would make people smirk at his funeral?

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