For Paul McCartney, the decision to fill most of the Beatles’ albums with songs composed alongside John Lennon — rather than those of George Harrison and Ringo Starr — came down to productivity. You May Also Like: No related posts.

You’ll find everything Lulu recorded for Decca Records UK from 1964-67, which includes all of the firecracker from Glasgow’s singles, first two albums, non-album singles, a rare EP and a German language single. You May Also Like: Spencer Davis Group – Taking Out Time: Complete Recordings 1967-1969 (2016) The FabulousRead More

It isn’t often that an up and coming band is able to create a piece of music that singularly defines their mission. A musical manifesto, if you will. Rarer still, is when the passage of time supports the integrity of said gauntlet. You May Also Like: Pat Metheny, May 16,Read More

The third time is the charm…just like the first and second times. Chicago’s rising star trumpet player Marquis Hill wowed us just two years ago with his New Gospel debut, and quickly confirmed with Sounds of the City the following year that it was no fluke. Next week The PoetRead More

As a side note, unlike past columns, this edition of Deep Beatles may need a PG-13 rating, due to the song’s backstory.

Due to a big soulful chorus, a funky pop touch and good time vibe, “Dancing In The Moonlight” could understandably be mistaken as a Three Dog Night song. You May Also Like: Spencer Davis Group – ‘Gluggo’ (1973): Forgotten Series

That indie-jazz band out of Norway Pixel sure had an irresistible song on their hands last year with the sassy number “Call Me,” part an overall catchy set of songs called Reminder. You May Also Like: Manu Katché – Unstatic (2016) Jeff Lorber Fusion – ‘Space-Time’ (2021)

With time comes nostalgia, for the way we want to remember things — rather, sometimes, than the way they actually were. Such is the case, Ian Gillan argues, with Deep Purple fans and Ritchie Blackmore. You May Also Like: No related posts.

The Hurting is the kind of album that gets deeper, and deeper still, the longer you listen. Thirty years haven’t changed that, as this newly remixed and expanded version of Tears for Fears’ 1983 debut shows. You May Also Like: Why You Should Have Celebrated Tears For Fears’ ‘Everybody LovesRead More

When I say that I’m not particularly fond of California, people look at me like I’ve just said that I don’t like breathing, or could do without sex or something. You May Also Like: Winter Wanderlust from Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Yes + others: Odd Couples Richard Turgeon, “Never LeavingRead More