Casey Kasem (1932-2014): An Appreciation
A golden voice is silenced, but only in the here and now.
Spotlight
Yoko Ono on the making of the Beatles’ avant-garde ‘Revolution 9’: ‘We just did it’
“Revolution 9” remains as big a mystery today as it was the moment it appeared on the Beatles’ 1968 self-titled album.
‘More naturally at home with us’: Queen on the difference between touring with Adam Lambert, Paul Rodgers
Rodgers filled in for Freddie Mercury in 2005-09; Lambert has worked with Queen since.
‘A powerhouse not to be duplicated’: Dan Aykroyd on the secret to the Blues Brothers’ success
They had the luck of timing and a classic R&B cut. They also had something else.
Jim McCarty on the Yardbirds’ greatest guitarist – Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck or Jimmy Page?
Clapton, Beck and then Page played lead with the Yardbirds between 1963-68.
One Track Mind: Yes, “Believe Again” from Heaven and Earth (2014)
You have to wonder what the reaction to this music would be, without the expectations.
The Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson aims to compose alone: ‘I’ve had it with collaborators’
As for his old bandmates, Wilson says: “They were just not as good as writers.”
For Hall and Oates, appearing on Soul Train was a signature moment: ‘Anybody who was anybody’
“An amazing show,” John Oates says, “that perfectly captured the R&B music of that era.”
‘It was inappropriately titled’: Did ‘History of the Eagles’ focus too much on Glenn Frey and Don Henley?
“It should have been titled,” Don Felder says, “‘The History of Don Henley and Glenn Frey.'”
‘Maybe one day’: Steve Hackett updates his new album project, prospects of Genesis reunion
He says Genesis might “get married again for five minutes.” Then adds: “And maybe not.”
