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A HEARTBREAK THAT SHOOK THE ROCK WORLD — Robert Plant’s Emotional Announcement Leaves Millions in Tears The lights inside the small studio were warm and golden, but the air felt unbearably heavy. When Robert Plant stepped forward, fans expected another message of gratitude, perhaps a tour update, maybe even a surprise musical reveal. Instead, what […]

If most music fans were asked to pick their favourite song of the 1960s, they would most likely pick something from The Beatles catalogue. With 12 studio albums to their name and a whole host of experimentation to go with it, there’s certainly no shortage of songs to pick from. Whether it was the bright-eyed […]

When the tectonic plates of culture shifted in the 1960s, most people in music were happy. The Beatles came barging in to open up the world of creativity and set pop music on a path that would change music for the rest of the century. But while The Beatles would create a playing field that […]

A night the world has waited a lifetime for — a once-in-history moment so powerful, so unexpected, it may never happen again and fans everywhere are already calling it the miracle of our era. In an announcement that sent shockwaves across the music universe, eight giants of rock stepped forward together: Ritchie Blackmore and Roger […]

The moment D◎nald Trᴕmp pointed toward the band and said, “Play Whole Lotta Love,” — it was already too late. Somewhere, Jimmy Page was watching live, and this time, he wasn’t staying silent. Minutes later, under flashing cameras and the roar of reporters, the legendary guitarist — known for his groundbreaking riffs, mystical stage presence, […]

Following World War II, being a kid in Britain was a tough place to be. Across the Atlantic, a new thing called ‘teenagers’ was emerging with their own trends and interests; meanwhile, those living in the British Isles had to scrape by amid rations and economic downturn to try and invent their own sights and […]

You might be forgiven for feeling a bit queasy about the sheer volume of praise that The Beatles receive. You may think it is unwarranted that their influence is circumstance over innovation. But while most of the world would disagree with you, The Beatles, themselves were acutely aware of their limitations as songwriters. John Lennon, […]

THE WOMAN WHO OUTLIVED THE SILENCE — Yoko Ono at 90, Holding Beauty, Memory, and the Last Light of an Era New York, Spring 2023. Sunlight spills through the tall windows of the Dakota, warming a corner of the apartment that once echoed with John Lennon’s guitar riffs, midnight arguments about art, half-finished songs, and […]

By late 1965, The Beatles had conquered the world. They’d done pretty much everything there was to do in the pop stratosphere and so decided to expand their musical horizons even further across the universe. The result of their change of tack was their sixth album, Rubber Soul, the first that set out their stall […]

THE HIDDEN GRIEF — Jimmy Page’s Secret Song for His Father Finally Comes to Light, and the World Can’t Hold Back Its Tears For more than four decades, the world believed it had heard every note Jimmy Page ever recorded — every riff, every roar, every whisper of his genius. But tucked quietly between the […]