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This page is devoted to links to current/recent events, such as interviews, articles, videos, etc. of interest to Beatles Fans.
RECOMMENDED LISTENING/VIEWING:
For Paul McCartney's "The Lyrics: BOOK:
Watch Paul McCartney and poet/collaborator Paul Mundoon be interviewed for Southbank Centre discussing the new book, Paul's lyrics, and his
memories of the Beatles and Liverpool HERE!!!
Listen to Paul's interview with Terry Gross for NPR HERE!!!
For RINGO STARR's new EP "CHANGE THE WORLD":
Listen to his press conference (9-22-21) answering questions about the EP, and the upcoming Beatles' "Get Back" film HERE! (Ringo also answers one of my questions!)
Ringo interviewed by Rick Rubin for his podcast "Broken Record" HERE!!! Ringo talks quite a bit about his drumming, how it has changed, his days in the Beatles and Rory Storm & the Hurricanes. (Excellent interview!!!)
Great interview in celebration of John & Yoko's 50th Anniversary of the "Imagine" album and film, with guests Sean Lennon, Klaus Voorman, Elliot Mintz, Alan White, Dan Richter, Tariq Ali and others can be found here for IMAGINE LISTENING AFTER-PARTY!!!
Nice article on the "Get Back" film written by John Harris for The Guardian HERE!!! Interesting insights on the state of the band, and myths that have grown over the years about these sessions.
New article in Vanity Fair covering the release of the "Get Back" film on Disney Plus in November, with quotes from director Peter Jackson HERE!!!
Excellent interview with Peter Jackson from GQ Magazine on working on the new "Get Back" film HERE!!!
Rob Sheffield's review in ROLLING STONE of the All Things Must Pass archival box set, with his Top 10 highlights!
Dhani Harrison, Klaus Voorman and Paul Hicks discuss the new All Things Must Pass box set in Rolling Stone HERE!
Excellent article in MSN about All Things Must Pass, the My Sweet Lord lawsuit, the album's country vibes, and more, with quotes from Olivia and Dhani Harrison!
Alan Light interview Dhani Harrison in ESQUIRE about the All Things Must Pass box set, Peter Jackson and the new Get Back film, and performing with Prince at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame!
Matt Hurwitz tells us the history of how All Things Must Pass happened in SOUND AND VISION with a review of the new archival set!
Interview with Klaus Voorman in VARIETY discussing the Plastic Ono Band box set here!
Interesting article "Who Made John Lennon" listing 5 of his biggest influences HERE!!!
For "McCartney III" album:
Audio Interview with Paul McCartney on BBC RADIO 6!!!
Interview with Paul from LOUD AND QUIET magazine!
Read American Songwriter's article on the story behind the George Harrison/Bob Dylan composition "I'd Have YTou Anytime" HERE!!!
Watch this excellent Apple Music interview with Paul HERE!!! Great job by Zane Lowe-a refreshing interview, with not the same old questions!
Read a track-by-track description of every song on "McCartney III" right here from NME!!!
Paul McCartney is interviewed in the ADAM BUXTON podcast here!
Paul appeared on the podcast show "Smartless" with co-hosts
Jason Bateman, Will Arnett and Sean Hayes. Listen to it HERE!!!
Review of the "McCartney III" album from THE TELEGRAPH here!!!
Lengthy article "64 Reasons To Celebrate Paul McCartney" HERE!!!!
Watch the special TRANSCENDING GEORGE HARRISON featuring host Roger Phillips from the University of Liverpool, joined by guests Dr. Michael Jones and Olivia Harrison. This is a series of specials leading up to the launch of the new Yoko Ono John Lennon Center at the University which will open in the fall, 2021.
Denny Seiwell and Laurence Juber are interviewed by New York's Daily News to celebrate the Golden (50th) Anniversary of Wings HERE!!!!
Listen to a radio documentary for the 50th Anniversary of George Harrison's "All Things Must Pass" from BBC RADIO 4 here!!!
Interview with Ringo Starr from the BEVERLY HILLS COURIER here! (Nov., 2020.)
Article from Ultimate Classic Rock on the Top 10 Non-Beatles albums produced by George Martin HERE!
John & Yoko's "Double Fantasy" album considered John's most revealing work in this article from the WASHINGTON POST!!!
Very candid interview with Paul McCartney in the Aug. 2020 issue of GQ MAGAZINE. Check it out!
New interview on YOU TUBE with author Ashley Kahn, on the new book "Harrison On Harrison" joined by Anthony DeCurtis and others.
Nick DeRiso from ULTIMATE CLASSIC ROCK takes a look at the most overlooked Beatles songs from each of their albums!
Eoghan Lyng from WE ARE CULT looks back at George Harrison's 1975 album "EXTRA TEXTURE (Read All About It) HERE!!! Also see Eoghan's reviews for George's album "BRAINWASHED" HERE, and John's "PLASTIC ONO BAND" HERE!!!
Jeff Slate's article in ESQUIRE looking back on the Beatles' Revolver album!
Good article from CULTURE SONAR on 3 men who helped to bring us the Beatles!
Read article from September 2020 issue of ROLLING STONE magazine on the daily events surrounding the Beatles breakup!
EXCELLENT radio special on The Songs The Beatles Gave Away HERE!!!
Find out what was one of John Lennon's favorite strange records HERE!!!
Great article from Rolling Stone HERE on the history and artists of DARK HORSE records and their future plans, including possible George Harrison releases!
Alan Alda interviews Paul McCartney for his podcast "Clear + Vivid" HERE!!!
(Look for release date 3/3/20.)
Interesting interview with Paul McCartney from 2015 discussing his Pipes Of Peace album from DIY MAGAZINE!!!
Interesting article on an 8-page letter John Lennon wrote to Eric Clapton asking him to join his supergroup HERE!!!
Eoghan Lyng's interview with ERIC STEWART discussing the BEATLES influence on him, and Eric's work with Paul McCartney HERE!!!
Want to learn about other bands that came from Livepool? Check out this article HERE that lists the Beatles and 26 others!!!
New interview with PETE BEST you can find in FAR OUT MAGAZINE!!!
Article from Stephen Peeples on the 2010 release of STRIPPED DOWN, the remix of the Double Fantasy album with an interview with producer Jack Douglas. Read about it HERE!
Far Out Magazine reassesses Paul's McCARTNEY II album HERE!!!
UDiscoverMusic has an article on Paul McCartney's 20 most essential songs from his solo-career. Very interesting choices!--See them HERE!!!
With the BEATLES' ABBEY ROAD celebrating its 50th Anniversary, and attention being given to their use of the Moog Synthesizer, this video explains the use of
synthesizers in pop music before the Beatles! Were they the first ones to feature the Moog---not at all! Watch THIS VIDEO -it covers a lot in a short amount of time.
ABBEY ROAD:
Allan Kozinn ("Things We Said Today" podcast) examines the Beatles' last recorded album, and new 50th Anniversary package for the Wall Street Journal !!!
Interview with Giles Martin on remixing ABBEY ROAD HERE!!!
WINGS--WILD LIFE/RED ROSE SPEEDWAY:
Listen to a new radio special for both the Wild Life and
Red Rose Speedway box sets HERE!
GEOFF EMERICK:
Paul McCartney's touching tribute to Geoff Emerick can be found on his website HERE.
Billy Amendola's interview with Geoff Emerick as in appeared in MODERN DRUMMER.
Catch Kit O'Toole's tribute to Geoff Emerick coming from SOMETHING ELSE REVIEWS.
Ken Womack's piece on Geoff Emerick appearing in SLATE.COM.
Want to know some of the other notable artists Geoff engineered/produced besides the Beatles? Check out this article from Culture Sonar HERE!!!!
Nicole Michael's article on 5 times when Geoff Emerick saved the Beatles in the recording studio from 910 PUBLIC RELATIONS.
Tribute to Geoff Emerick coming from THE GUARDIAN.
NICKY HOPKINS---Great article on 15 songs that Nicky contributed to as keyboard player, and made better HERE!!!
DAN INGRAM---One-Hour tribute to the Top 40 Radio legend can be found HERE!!!
BEATLES: An hour-by-hour account of the Beatles' marathon session for their "Please Please Me" album coming from
ROLLING STONE.
Alan Parsons remembers the Beatles Apple Rooftop concert HERE!!!
Latest from CULTURE SONAR lists 5 reasons why "Abbey Road" is the writer's favorite Beatles album.
The Washington Post's interesting article that we should be grateful that the Beatles broke up HERE!
New article from Ken Womack reviews "The Four Complete Ed Sullivan Shows" DVD from CULTURE SONAR!
Paul McCartney discusses songs from the Sgt. Pepper album HERE!!!
Fab Four secrets from biographer Mark Lewisohn can be found in this article HERE!!!
New article from CULTURE SONAR by Ken Womack discussing the Esher Demos for the The Beatles' White Album!!!
Another article on the White Album demos, a complete guide from ROLLING STONE- getting us ready for the remaster perhaps?
Read Den Of Geek's article "In Defense of Revolution #9" HERE!
RINGO STARR:
Kit O'Toole reviews Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band in concert (Chicago Theater, Sept. 22, 2018) in her article for
SOMETHING ELSE REVIEWS!!!
Read Steve Marinucci's article in BILLBOARD about Ringo's latest album "GIVE MORE LOVE," with a track listing with songwriting and musicians credits HERE!!!
Interview with Ringo, the album "Give More Love," Beatles reissues, and more coming from AARP!!!
Longtime Ringo producer Bruce Sugar talks with Steve Marinucci in Billboard to discuss his work on Ringo's new album HERE!!!!!
WHITE ALBUM ARTICLES:
ROLLING STONE on first listen to the outtakes from the new
White Album Box Set!!!
Article in defense of "Revolution No. 9" coming from BILLBOARD MAGAZINE!!!
Watch this streaming event, an interview with GILES MARTIN and a panel on the importance and influence of the White Album.
Another article from ROLLING STONE discussing why "Good Night" is a gloriously weird revelation."
Jeff Slate's piece from the DAILY BEAST on how the Beatles' masterpiece just got even better with the new box set!!!
Ken Womack writes in SALON how the new White Album Box set is a marvel!!!
Fantastic promo video featuring interviews with Giles Martin and Sam Okell discussing the new White Album---good stuff HERE !!!
SGT. PEPPER ARTICLES:
Who are the survivors left from the Sgt. Pepper album cover? Find out HERE!
Fascinating article from ROLLING STONE how Paul McCartney's travels inspired the idea for Sgt. Pepper and title track!!!
Listen to Beatles engineer GEOFF EMERICK remembering recording Sgt. Pepper on ABC's 7:30 program!
Jeff Slate's article on Sgt. Pepper in TIDAL including an interview with Giles Martin.
Hear Part 1 of a BBC Radio Special "Sgt. Pepper Forever" HERE!!! (Available until
June 23.)
Andre Gardner (Beatles DJ on WMGK) on 10 unconventional sounds you hear on the Sgt. Pepper album HERE!
The first of 3 parts of a review of the new Sgt. Pepper Box Set from Audiophile
appears HERE! Read Part 2 HERE!
Here's a fascinating article from PHOENIX NEW TIMES on how 15 bands reacted to Sgt. Pepper at the time!
DIGITAL TRENDS interviews Giles Martin about the new 5.1 surround sound mix for Sgt. Pepper!
USA TODAY weighs in on the great debate--was Sgt. Pepper the Beatles' best album???
Anthony DeCurtis on PBS discussing Sgt. Pepper!
Read the original review from the NY Times on Sgt. Pepper when it was first
released by Richard Goldstein HERE!!!!
Read the story behind every song from Sgt. Pepper from ROLLING STONE!
Article from BILLBOARD magazine on one artist who loved Sgt. Pepper when it first came out, and 2 artists that didn't!!!
Want an interesting list of cover versions of songs from Sgt. Pepper? Read and listen to them here in this article from METRO (U.K.)!!!
Read Allan Kozinn's (Things We Said Today Beatles podcast, Beatlefan, NY Times) review of the new Sgt. Pepper Box Set as it appeared in the Wall Street Journal HERE!
Want a song-by-song analysis of the new 5.1 Surround Sound Mix of Sgt. Pepper?
Read about it here from SUPER DELUXE EDITION!
Steve Marinucci's article in VARIETY tells us the story about who the REAL Sgt. Pepper was (credit Bruce Spizer for that information!)
Another article from Steve Marinucci, this one from Billboard includes an interview with Giles Martin on his work on the new Sgt. Pepper set. Read it HERE!!!
Roger Stormo tells us all the details on the different outtakes from the new Sgt. Pepper set--what's new, and what's not. Read about it HERE!
New documentary on "Sgt. Pepper" to premiere on PBS stations on June 3!
Read about it HERE!
Giles Martin defends the new stereo mix for Sgt. Pepper in MOJO magazine!!!
Find out many things you may not know about the Sgt. Pepper album cover in this article HERE!!!
The story behind the song "Fixing A Hole" from ULTIMATE CLASSIC ROCK!
Read this article from THE GUARDIAN on how the city of Liverpool plans on celebrating the 50th anniversary for Sgt. Pepper!
New article in VARIETY about the Sgt. Pepper release!
PAUL McCARTNEY ARTICLES:
Ken Womack looks back on Paul and Wings while he group's first two albums "Wild Life" and "Red Rose Speedway" receive deluxe box set treatments in SALON magazine.
ULTIMATE CLASSIC ROCK rates the best song from each McCartney album HERE!
12 exclusive images of Paul McCartney & Wings from the 70's found here in GQ MAGAZINE!!!
Archival interview with former Wings drummer Joe English found here
in MODERN DRUMMER!!!
Adrian Sinclair talks to film director Barry Chattington about his work on the "Bruce McMouse Show" from McCARTNEY LEGACY!!!
Paul discusses each track from his album "Egypt Station"
off his website HERE!!!
New interview with Paul for GQ MAGAZINE!
Read Paul's answers he gave for a Q & A on Twitter on Sept. 10 HERE!!!
Listen to a new interview with Paul on the WTF podcast
with Marc Maron!
And here comes another interview with Paul McCartney as heard on the podcast show Sodajerker HERE!
ROLLING STONE interview with producer Greg Kurstin discussing Paul's new album "Egypt Station."
Upon the release of "Egypt Station," Beatles author Ken Womack with an article on Paul's creative drive from THE INDEPENDENT U.K.!
New review of Paul's album "Egypt Station" coming from the
DAILY MAIL!!!
What an excellent interview--Jeff Slate talks to Elvis Costello about his work with Paul McCartney in ROCK CELLAR MAGAZINE!!!
Article from Andre Homan exploring Paul McCartney's
experimental side HERE!!!
New article from BEATLEFAN with their contributing writers listing their favorite 25 songs from Paul McCartney from the past 25 years!
Excellent archival interview with Paul McCartney from 1994 discussing his life as a bass player from REVERB.COM ---- great read!!!
Interesting article on the experimental "hidden" side of Paul McCartney HERE!!!
Listen to an interview with Eric Stewart (10cc) on his career with the band, and working with Paul McCartney during the "Press To Play" sessions on the podcast show "The Strange Brew" on iTunes HERE!!!
New article listing Paul's Top 10 vocal songs in his solo-career HERE!!!
Macca-News posts their Top 10 singles from Paul in the 21st Century HERE!!!!
How does Paul rank among the 30 greatest bass players of all time? Find out in this articles from MUSIC RADAR!!!!
Online interview with Paul announcing his first live dates in Australia since 1993 HERE!!!
12 of Paul's best bass lines in this article HERE!
See list of Paul's Top 40 biggest hits in his solo-career, as
reported in BILLBOARD magazine!
Paul McCartney has just made available his demo for the song "Back On My Feet" as a free download on his website. Listen and download the song at
PAULMCCARTNEY.COM!
Paul McCartney answers questions submitted to him while in Japan recently-
watch HERE!
Great article featuring 4 different producers who worked on Paul McCartney's "Flowers In The Dirt" found on the website SUPERDELUXEEDITION.COM
Paul McCartney talks about all the songs on Flowers In The Dirt in this article
from PEOPLE.
Jeff Slate's article in ESQUIRE has Elvis Costello discussing his work with Paul McCartney-great read!
Read here about the latest news on Paul McCartney's long-awaited animated film
HIGH IN THE CLOUDS!
Interesting list of Paul McCartney's Top 10 Duets (including some you may not have heard before)---read HERE!
LINDA McCARTNEY:
Article listing 11 Paul McCartney songs with Linda's best vocal contributions
(don't like the title, but nonetheless a strong list with good points made) HERE!
YOKO ONO:
ROLLING STONE article on discussing the latest reissues in Yoko's catalog
"Fly," "Approximately Infinite Universe," and "Feeling The Space."
Nice article written for Yoko's 85th birthday, very inspiring on Yoko's positiveness, coming from THE OUTLINE!!!
JOHN LENNON:
Watch the new documentary "JOHN & YOKO: ABOVE US ONLY SKY" on the making of the "Imagine" album, and creative relationship with John & Yoko HERE!!!
BILLBOARD magazine article on the new audio and video restoration used in the documentary film "Imagine."
Ken Sharp talks to Klaus Voorman, Jim Keltner and Joey Molland on working on John's "Imagine" album and more HERE!!!
Read Allan Kozinn's article on the new "Imagine John Yoko" coffee-table book, a thorough account of the songs and recording sessions for John's "Imagine" album HERE! Allan co-hosts the Beatles podcast show "Things We Said Today" with myself and Darren DeVivo.
Article from GUITAR WORLD discussing the recording sessions for Double Fantasy with Jack Douglas, Rick Nielsen and Earl Slick!
Ken Womack (author of "Maximum Volume: The Life Of Beatles Producer George Martin 1926-1966) remembers Lennon fan and friend Paul Goresh in this article for CULTURE SONAR.
The last interview Lennon engineer Dennis Ferrante gave appears posthumously in this article in Copper Magazine.
Producer Jack Douglas is interviewed in Gothamist about working with John Lennon-read the interview HERE!
Read Rolling Stone's article on their long history with John Lennon HERE!!!
JULIAN LENNON:
Julian Lennon discusses his new children's book "Touch The Earth" on
THE TODAY SHOW. Watch this interview HERE!
Another new interview with Julian Lennon from CBS New York HERE!
GEORGE HARRISON:
Article with producer Gavin Lurssen on the remastering of George Harrison's solo-catalog in UDISCOVERMUSIC.
"10 Things You Didn't Know About George Harrison" coming from
ROLLING STONE magazine.
Quotes from freinds and musicians remembering George Harrison from
UDISCOVERMUSIC.COM.
Interesting article HERE by John Montagna from Culture Sonar: Is George's "Cloud Nine" his best album, better than "All Things Must Pass?"
DHANI HARRISON:
Listen to Dhani Harrison's new album "In Parallel" in its entirety right here from NPR!!!
Interview with Dhani "Positively Brainwashed" discussing his album "In Parallel" HERE!
MISC:
Read Ken Womack's article on the 40th Anniversary of The Rutles, as it appeared in CULTURE SONAR!!!
Article in FORBES reviews Ken Womack's first book on George Martin "Maximum Volume."
Interesting read on 5 of the best Beatles soundalike bands from
CULTURE SONAR!!!
Wow---what an amazing list from SPORCLE!---The Top 150 hits in the U.S. by the Beatles group or solo, including songs that they produced or wrote for other artists!
List of Top 100 musicians who have influenced us the most from QUARTZ MEDIA!
New interview with producer Jack Douglas on his career, including his time with John Lennon HERE!
Billy Amendola's excellent article in MODERN DRUMMER has drummers explain what makes Ringo's drumming so special and inventive. (Great read!)
New article celebrating my 35th Anniversary since starting Beatles radio programs found on the website BEATLESNEWS.COM.
Gilbert Gottfiend interviews BILLY J. KRAMER on his podcast here!
(Special thanks to Walter Price!)
Listen to a song that Sean Lennon wrote with Carrie Fisher,
"Bird Song" HERE!
OLDER ARTICLES:
Archival interview with George Martin on why the first 4 Beatles CDs in 1987 were released in mono. Conducted by Allan Kozinn (co-host, "Things We Said Today") HERE!
Excellent article covering the differences between the Mono and Stereo
Beatles White album HERE!
Read interview with Giles Martin on remixing the Beatles for the
"Beatles 1+" project from BBC NEWS.
Allan Kozinn (fellow co-host of my Beatles weekly talk-show podcast "Things We Said Today," writer for Beatlefan magazine, freelance writer and musicologist) reviews the
new "Beatles 1+" for the WALL STREET JOURNAL .
Watch an interview with me!!! (that's Ken!) discussing all things Beatles on the local cable-TV program "The Take" on WPAA.
Excellent new interview with Paul McCartney on the "Pipes Of Peace" album with James Dean Bradfield HERE!
Read Paul McCartney's new interview with ESQUIRE (U.K.) magazine right here!!!
Hear a new song "Trouble" from the trio SSHH featuring Zak Starkey on guitar HERE!
Excellent article from Beatles author Candy Leonard ("Beatleness") on why Paul & Ringo are great role models for aging boomers HERE!
Beautiful words from TOM PETTY on George Harrison getting the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2015 Grammys!
Listen to an interview on All Over The Place Radio with TONY DONATO, Executive Producer for the new compilation "Cut Pieces: A Tribute To Yoko Ono," featuring 16 cover versions of Yoko Ono songs by independent artists on Mainman Records.
Learn more about the new tribute CD HERE!
