Music

Here’s a review by Contributing Editor David Persails of the 30th anniversary version of “The Beatles Anthology” streaming on Disney+, including the new Episode 9 … “The Beatles Anthology 2025,” directed by Bob Smeaton and Oliver Murray, restored and remastered … Continue reading →

For these five artists, creation is an act of resistance, and anti-colonialism is the methodology.

Fifty-six years ago, in October 1969, John Lennon and Yoko Ono issued a self-indulgent souvenir of their own wedding titled “Wedding Album.” The deluxe (for the time) package came in an album-sized white box containing the usual wedding pictures one … Continue reading →

Beatlefan Publisher Bill King reports on the first of two concerts Paul McCartney performed Nov. 2 and 3 at Atlanta’s State Farm Arena. … Sloshing through the easily flooded, traffic-clogged streets of downtown Atlanta isn’t a recommended way of spending … Continue reading →

Peter Benson, of the Thank EU for the Music campaign group, explores the impact on creative artists of the UK's hard Brexit nearly six years on

Paul McCartney has more reason to be in the Los Angeles area than just attending an Oasis concert in Pasadena this past weekend. An informed source tells Beatlefan that Macca actually has been in L.A. off and on since early … Continue reading →

"Australian National University's recent announcement to slash three full time positions at the Australian Dictionary of Biography and “disestablish” the Australian National Dictionary ... represent cultural vandalism on a breathtaking scale.'

There now follows a short public information film containing particulars of Brian Bilston and The Catenary Wires’ autumn tour. You can find more particulars here, in particular: https://brianbilston.com/events/

Sounds Made by Humans – an album of my poetry put to music by the fabulous Catenary Wires – can now be listened to on Spotify, iTunes and those other streaming platforms. “A contender for album of the year.” Backseat Mafia“An instant cult classic. 5/5” Louder Than War And if you like what you hear,…