235: Paul McCartney and Brian Wilson at 80
Two master craftsmen of pop/rock, born two days apart; both possessing a good number of commonalities as well as some major diverging paths.
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234: Paul McCartney at 80 – The Lyrics
In the latest effort in a line of works presenting his side of his own history (which include Many Years From Now, Wingspan, the McCartney 3 2 1 docuseries as well as Anthology), Paul McCartney published The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present in 2021. It was in collaboration with Irish poet Paul Muldoon, an as-told-to project where he got deep into …
233: The Brits’ Get Back with John Leckie, Ian McNabb and Derek Forbes
After shows post-Get Back with guests representing American musicians, multi-generation female fans, and the film’s maker (Peter Jackson),
232: Sam Brown and the Concert for George
Long on the list of my coveted guests has been singer-songwriter Sam Brown. The daughter of Joe Brown – an early UK rock legend – and Vicki Brown – an astonishingly gifted singer herself – Sam’s career as an artist kicked off in 1988 with Stop!, the first of seven albums. (The first letter of …
231B Beatles Olympiad: Help! & Rubber Soul + part 2
The conclusion of the discussion Gary Wenstrup and I had in rating individual tracks on the albums named here, as well as the 1966 Capitol release, “Yesterday”…and Today. I think, is so overlooked, both message-wise and musical construction-wise. It’s one of those songs, first of all, musically, based on piano. Not a lot of guitar, …
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231 Beatles Olympiad: Help! & Rubber Soul +
In which Gary Wenstrup and I return where we left off in offering our picks in ranking Bronze, Silver and Gold tracks off of The Beatles’ 1965 releases, as well as a little beyond. This show represents the first hour of our conversation
230: Erin Weber Q&A
Given Beatles author and historian Erin Weber’s recently announced sabbatical from Beatling these days, I wanted to share with SATB listeners the Q&A we held last year for Fab4ConJam, where she fielded questions on the Beatles’ literary canon. Authors covered included: Lewisohn (of course) Michael Braun Peter McCabe Barry Miles Mark Hertsgaard And much more…Also …
228B: A Women’s History of The Beatles part two
“Every aspect of what they put out there just became so attractive to people who encountered it, whether it was in the 60s, (when) it was all new, or later generations interfacing with that material, and still being dazzled by all the aspects of it. Not just the music, but the evolving style that they …
229: Something Deconstructed
My guests are returning musician Jack Petruzzelli (Fab Faux, Joan Osborne, Patti Smith), joined by Cameron Greider (Freedy Johnston, Sean Lennon, Rufus Wainwright), who in the past year developed a series of online Beatles classes.
228A: A Woman’s History of The Beatles part one
My guest today is Dr. Christine Feldman-Barrett, author of A Women’s History of The Beatles
