‘What’s Goin’ On’ at 55: When Marvin Gaye pulled Motown into the album era
“I wanted them to take a look at what was happening in the world”.
Author: Tom Phelan
“There’s something happening here”: The 10 most famous venues of Los Angeles’ counterculture
“I’d be safe and warm / If I was in LA.”
The Nerk Twins: John Lennon and Paul McCartney’s one-night only acoustic duo in 1960
“They were a load of bloody rubbish…”
The three drummers who inspired Levon Helm the most: “What rhythm could really do”
“It was about making the thing swing, making people move.”
The song that got Steve Vai into Frank Zappa’s band: “A superior musical intelligence”
“Going to work for Frank was an education…”
“Get out of my way”: the 1993 hit song that broke up the Pixies
The straw that broke the caribou’s bones.
“A mountain disappears”: the shocking moment Sting found out about the death of John Lennon
“The landscape changes…”
