By January 1969, The Beatles were a band at a crossroads. Just three years earlier, they had walked away from touring after their final concert at Candlestick Park in August 1966. Exhausted by the ...
I’m a reporter covering immigration and economic policy. My working life is consumed by politics, so I try to watch shows and ...
In 1971, McCartney formed Wings, which featured Linda, along with Moody Blues guitarist, Denny Laine, and would go on to ...
Gay director Paris Barclay's biographical documentary, “Billy Preston: That’s the Way God Planned It,” shows an enlightening ...
Released in March 1996, The Beatles “Anthology 2” opened the band’s mid-1960s studio archives with rare recordings, alternate takes and the reunion track “Real Love”. Thirty years later the collection ...
By rights, The Shaggs shouldn’t even be a footnote in the history of rock, pop or jazz. Their first and only real album, ...
The wild parrots of San Francisco's Telegraph Hill had an unlikely champion in Mark Bittner, the busker-turned-caretaker ...
But The Shaggs’ story, despite its dark edges, is nowhere near as abrasive as their sound (The Shangri-Las go surfing with a ...
The Shaggs, the sister group that stirred 'avant-garde, or just bad?' debates, have their story told in 'We Are the Shaggs,' ...
We Are The Shaggs’ is a slight SXSW documentary about the cult outsider band whose odd legend can’t quite sustain a feature.
Paul Mescal may well have been taking notes on Friday after joining Sir Paul McCartney for a full English at one of London's best known cafes. The Irish actor has been drafted in to play McCartney in ...
If you’re looking for the most adaptable, plugged-in talent in American pop-music history, look no further than Paul Anka.