On March 30, 1967, The Beatles strolled into Michael Cooperโs photographic studio at 4 Chelsea Manor Studios, London, prepared to turn the music worldโs expectations on their head. Or maybe they were just bored. After all, if youโre already the most famous band on the planet, why not have a little fun with it? The…
January 24, 1962, wasnโt just another cold Liverpool morning. It was the day four scruffy ladsโJohn Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Pete Bestโput their faith in a well-dressed, fast-talking record store manager named Brian Epstein. With a few strokes of a pen, they signed a management contract that would change the course of music…
Itโs that time of year againโthe season of giving! In that spirit, Iโve put together a list of Holiday audio gift ideas that even Scrooge might approve of.
In this episode, writer and self-taught musicologist Claude Lemaire chooses Iron Butterfly, Jeff Beck, and even the Beatles as pioneering heavy rock influencers.
Affordable hi-fi tweaks like ferrite cores, Sorbothane pads, and mains conditioners offer subtle but measurable improvements, tackling interference, vibrations, and noise in your audio setup.
In the cold, metallic Liverpool air of November 9, 1961, a moment was brewing in the dank, sweaty underbelly of The Cavern Club that would soon send shockwaves across the music world.
On October 31, 1975, Queen unleashed a track that would transform rock music and forge its own genre: Bohemian Rhapsody. This was more than a song; it was a production, a revolution, and maybe even a bit of madness. Mercury, Queenโs fearless frontman, had begun to sketch ideas for Bohemian Rhapsody as early as 1968,…