The label of "background music" is often used as an insult, and while that can sometimes be the case, a record you can ignore is also a beautiful thing.

Paul McCartney might not have the most level-headed opinion on his own work, but he knew when some songs worked better over ...

The documentary was outstanding, and the book was a keeper. But for most diehard fans, the best part of The Beatles' Anthology project was the music. Three double CDs worth of stuff from the Fab Four ...

As Paul and EMI expected, the song was widely banned. The BBC and the Independent Television Authority refused to play it, ...

The ECHO recently looked at Paul and John Lennon's disagreements over Sgt Pepper. The album was released amid the 'summer of ...

The Beatles were no strangers to controversy, but that did not stop after they split up as a number of their songs were ...

Wings ‘ fourth studio album Venus And Mars is being reissued to mark it’s 50th anniversary. THE MARCH 2025 ISSUE OF UNCUT, STARRING WILCO, A FREE WILCO CD, JEFFERSON AIRPLANE, PATTERSON HOOD, THE ...

Paul had long held the ambition for The Beatles to make a return in some capacity, and while it may have taken him over 50 ...

We expect new projects from Ed Sheeran (he’s “getting back into big pop”) and Miley Cyrus (inspired by Pink Floyd’s The Wall!), know that Blondie and LCD Soundsystem are putting albums out, and hear ...

Caroline Sanderson reports on the latest and perhaps most insightful book to explore the phenomenon that was the Lennon and McCartney songwriting partnership.

In his three electronica albums and his orchestral and choral compositions, McCartney appears different again, this time in possession of a mystical sense of wonder at a universe in which music ...

Marianne Faithfull, the British pop star who inspired and helped write some of the Rolling Stones' greatest songs, has died.