The reputation of the Carpenters has turned quite a bit in the past 40 years. During the duo’s 1970s heyday, they were as white bread and harmless as could be:
The Beatles Artifacts
Although John Lennon started making music when he was 15, after his mother bought him his first guitar, and he soon formed his first group, The Quarrymen, it took him
It was September 12, 1964, the very height of Beatlemania, and 14-year-old Debbie Chase was exactly where every Beatles fan on the planet wanted to be: in the same room
The Beatles changed their style and songwriting techniques a lot throughout the 1960s. But John Lennon once revealed how discovering the music of Bob Dylan in 1964 had a profound
The Monkees formed in 1966 as the American answer to The Beatles. The LA group started initially by creating music
Everyone’s a critic, and musicians can be the harshest of all. One of the greatest strengths of The Beatles was
It’s hard to imagine a time when The Beatles didn’t assert complete artistic control over their work. But before Beatlemania
All being well Paul McCartney, as was apparently confirmed last week, will headline the Glastonbury festival this year. He was
The Beatles: Get Back, Peter Jackson’s new three-part documentary, is a fascinating watch. It foreshadows a few situations the group
In terms of contributions to culture, you do not get more distinguished than The Beatles. The ‘Fab Four’ effectively brought
