Legendary singer/songwriter Elton John guesses iconic lyrics from his hit songs—including Rocketman, Tiny Dancer, and Your Song—and shares what actually goes into his songwriting process.
Does Elton John Know His Lyrics?
Nancy Spungen died 47 years ago today
By Chalkie Davies Nancy Spungen died 47 years ago today, I never knew that I had this individual photo of her, I only remember shooting her with Sid in Phil Lynott’s bathroom, […]
It’s just impossible to become another people
By Arnaud Bertrand Some thoughts on why I’d never vote for Le Pen or some of the other French so-called “extreme-right” parties as someone who’s generally very suspicious of liberalism and who […]
The strange saga of Yukio Mishima and Noh theatre in New York
By Damian Flanagan If ever there was a film begging to be made then it is the story of 32-year-old literary wunderkind Yukio Mishima arriving in New York in the summer of […]
The Keith Jarrett Interview
By Rick Beato Keith Jarrett is an American jazz pianist and composer born in Allentown, Pennsylvania in 1945. He is considered one of the most influential and accomplished jazz musicians of his […]
The Rolling Stones and the Most Important Music Studio on Wheels
Did you know that The Rolling Stones owned the world’s first independent recording studio on wheels? The Rolling Stones Mobile Studio, built into the back of a truck, not only produced some […]
David Crosby on getting the Beatles high and how to roll a proper joint
David Crosby’s love of weed is nearly as legendary as his prodigious musical career. He’s certainly embraced it: He critiques rolled joints on Twitter and has moved into the branded cannabis space. […]
Music in Nazi Germany – The maestro and the cellist of Auschwitz
Why was classical music so important to Hitler and Goebbels? The stories of Jewish cellist Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, who survived Auschwitz, and of star conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler, who worked with the Nazis, provide […]
Robert Altman listens to Duke Ellington
Remembering Oscar-nominated “Nashville” director Robert Altman, who died of a heart attack on November 20, 2006, aged 81. “I grew up in Kansas City. The housekeeper that kind of raised me was […]
She said she wanted to go to Studio 54
Introduction by George Wolff Already a million words have been written about the late Charlie Watts, but no one matches the following brief story. It’s by E. Kaye Fulton, one of Canada’s […]
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