Music Blu-ray Review: The Beatles’ ‘Get Back’
Even if you’re a rabid Beatles fan (and who isn’t?), you may think you’ve seen enough movies related to the group to last a lifetime. Over the past half-century or so, the Fab Four have figured in...
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Music Reviews: The Left Banke, ‘The Beatles and India,’ Peter Tosh, the...
The Left Banke, Strangers on a Train. The last album by the Left Banke—whose output included the 1966 baroque pop classics “Walk Away Renee” and “Pretty Ballerina”—appeared in 1986. Called Strangers...
View ArticleTV Review: ‘The Beatles: Get Back’ Depicts a Time When All Our Troubles...
The Beatles: Get Back depicts a time when all our troubles seemed so far away. This was when The Beatles were still a band and hope remained that they would continue that way. This new Disney+...
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Music Reviews: The Beatles’ ‘Let It Be’ Special Edition, plus Sean Rowe,...
More than half a century after the Beatles’ breakup, the flood of new material continues unabated with the latest in a series of dramatically expanded editions of their classic LPs. In just the past...
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Music Reviews: George Harrison’s ‘All Things Must Pass’ (50th Anniversary...
Once Beatles fans had digested the news of their breakup, which became official in April of 1970, attention turned to what would come next. Would John Lennon produce the first blockbuster solo album,...
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SXSW Film Review: ‘Under the Volcano’ – George Martin’s Magical Musical World
“An island that changed music forever.” A dramatic claim from the producers of Under the Volcano, which had its world premiere at SXSW Online 2021, March 16-21. It may not have changed music, but it...
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Charlie Doherty’s Top 40 Releases of 2019
In the music world, 2019 should be remembered for continuing an encouraging trend: the rise and reign of female artists. These include Lizzo, Halsey, Sharon Van Etten, Billie Eilish, King Princess,...
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Three Reasons to Take Another Stroll Down the Beatles’‘Abbey Road’ on Its...
Abbey Road—the Beatles’ final studio project, issued before but recorded mostly after Let It Be—opens with a John Lennon song called “Come Together.” In fact, though, the group was coming apart. Six...
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Charlie Doherty’s Top Releases of 2018: Post Malone, Smashing Pumpkins, Tom...
Those of you who read my yearly “top releases” lists, I thank you very much. I’ve been doing these for over 10 years now, but this one will be my last one for Blogcritics Magazine. I hope to continue...
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Music Review: The Beatles –‘The Beatles’ (aka ‘The White Album) –...
Fifty years after it originally hit record stores, The Beatles’ double album arrives once again, this time as a deluxe anniversary edition. Simply titled The Beatles, but of course quickly dubbed ‘The...
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‘On the Record with Mick Rock’: Legendary Music Photographer on Snoop Dogg...
For decades now, rock and roll photographer Mick Rock, “The Man Who Shot the Seventies,” has been capturing some of the most famous images ever taken of the world’s greatest music stars. He’s shot...
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Music Review: The Beatles –‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ [Super...
For Beatles fans, a Super Deluxe release like the new Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band boxed set has been a long time coming. It was bad enough waiting 22 years for the band’s catalog to simply be...
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Interview: Marie Miller on Her New Album, ‘Letterbox’
Marie Miller (Credit: Sarah Barlow) Marie Miller is a talented singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist from Virginia. In 2014, her song “6’2” was featured on Dancing with the Stars. Ms. Miller also...
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Film Shoots, Synthesised Flutes & Childhood Roots: The Recording of...
Strawberry Field orphanage gates, Liverpool The recording of ‘Strawberry Fields Forever’, along with it’s double A-side partner ‘Penny Lane’, represented a high-water mark in the Beatles’ career....
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American Bard: Bob Dylan Wins the Nobel Prize for Literature
When I heard that singer-songwriter Bob Dylan had won the 2016 Nobel Prize for Literature, I could not help but smile. How many times I had listened to his songs seemed inconsequential; rather, it...
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Interview with Paul Jenkins on the Beatles’ Music
Paul Jenkins of Mount St. Joseph University (Photo courtesy of MSJ) Paul Jenkins has directed the Mount St. Joseph University (MSJ) library for years. Also, during that time he has become an emerging...
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Music Review: Wild Feathers – ‘Wild Feathers’
Austin band The Wild Feathers is something both old and new. Ricky Young, Joel King, Taylor Burns, Preston Wimberly, and Ben Dumas grew up steeped in music – playing solo gigs, touring with local bands...
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Music Review: The Beatles –‘1+’ (CD Plus 2-Blu-ray Deluxe Edition)
Fifteen years ago, millions of people reveled in a fresh wave of Beatlemania with the 1 greatest hits collection. The concept couldn’t have been simpler: all their singles that reached the number one...
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Music Review: Myriam Phiro –‘Voyages’
Myriam Phiro’s Voyages CD, due for an early October release, is the French-Canadian chanteuse’s follow-up to her successful 2013 debut EP, My Reverie: Songs From the World of Myriam Phiro. As its title...
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Book Review: ‘Allen Klein: The Man Who Bailed Out The Beatles, Made The...
Although the sub-title of Fred Goodman’s new Allen Klein biography refers to the legendary music-biz wheeler and dealer as – among other things – “the man who bailed out the Beatles,” even now, many of...
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