335: The Beatles and The Academics - How To Process The Beatles
Do academics ruin the Beatles, or help them last? Three scholars join host Robert Rodriguez to explore Beatles Studies: the history of how a...
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Hosted by award-winning author Robert Rodriguez, Something About The Beatles is an intelligent but entertaining examination of The Beatles' music and career. Smart, funny and surprising - ju...
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334: A Hard Day's Night Deconstructed
The opening chord of "A Hard Day's Night" is one of the most famous sounds in rock history. Musicians still argue about what it is. In this...
333: LenOno '72
There were two John and Yoko documentaries produced in the last year that covered their political activism during their first year in New Yo...
332: Candlestick at 60 with Naomi Marcus
Sixty years ago, The Beatles took their final bow before a paid audience in San Francisco. The occasion was auspicious because they knew thi...
331: Full Cyrkle with Don Dannemann
To anyone familiar with '60s Top 40 music, The Cyrkle remain a fond memory, notable for their two hits, 1966's "Red Rubber Ball," a Paul Sim...
330: Working For The Beatles with Merle Frimark
Imagine having our world rocked by The Beatles as a 1st-gen fan living in New York City. You are a budding musician yourself, and with every...
329: A Hard Day's Night Re-Examined with Samira Ahmed
Sixty two years ago, The Beatles cinematic debut arrived , putting the world on notice that their charm and talents were adaptable to virtua...
328: Meat - The Beatles with Erika White
On March 25, 1966, photographer Robert Whitaker - a surrealist - took The Beatles into his studio to capture a concept piece he called "A So...
327: Jim Marshall's Beatles with Amelia Davis
Jim Marshall remains one of the most esteemed photographers of the rock era, with iconic images of all the greats to his credit, as well as...
SATB SPECIAL - JANE WIEDLIN
You know her as a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member as a co-founder of The Go-Go's, their rhythm guitarist/vocalist whose co-written "Our Li...
326: Beatles (Guitars) For Sale
In recent years there have been a number of Beatle-owned guitars rediscovered (sometimes in someone's attic) and put up for auction; some en...
325: The Beatles Playing Live with Glenn Greenberg
Touring and performing live represented a challenge to The Beatles during their years of rapid artistic growth. Being a successful recording...
SATB Special: Ivor Davis Remembered
SATB Special: Ivor Davis RememberedLondon-born journalist Ivor Davis holds a special place in the hearts of everyone lucky enough to speak w...
324: Recording with Ringo with Bruce Sugar
Since 2003, Ringo Starr has been producing an incredibly prolific run of releases: albums and EPs, plus live recordings. With him on this jo...
SATB Special: Martin Sexton
Hailing from Syracuse, NY, Martin Sexton has been a performer/singer-songwriter/recording artist for over thirty years now. Of late he's bee...
323: Bob Dylan and The Beatles with Jim Windolf
It may be beyond argument that the two most successful and influential pop/rock acts of the 1960s were The Beatles and Bob Dylan: one, an En...
322: Evolver '62 with Chris Purcell and Simon Weitzman
The cinematic treatment of the 2022 Mark Lewisohn lectures on the first year of The Beatles' recording career has been given a terrific cine...
321: Beatles Comic-Con with Glenn Greenberg and Stephen DeStefano
One doesn't immediately connect The Beatles with the world of comic books but there's plenty there. Besides musical references to Captain Ma...
320: "Our Guitarist George" with Sam Popkin
This month George Harrison would've turned 83. The "quiet Beatle" holds the record for THE most streamed Beatles song, his 1969 composition,...
319: Beatles Olympiad Abbey Road
The Beatles' Olympiad series of shows is nearing its end point, with Gary Wenstrup and myself assessing their final group project for Olympi...