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Paul McCartney

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Original member of the Fab Four, The Beatles. Composed many songs for the Lad's before departing to a solo career. Began a new group, Wings which was very successful. Continued to make the Playboy's Best Bass Player of the year. McCartney composed title tracks for several Motion Pictures, including HELP!, A Hard Days Night, James Bond and Vanilla Sky, which the later two were nominated for an Academy Award. He received an Oscar in 1970 for Best Music, Original Song Score, Let It Be. He has toured around the world several times, drawing a large audience, performed with many artists over the years, and been covered by just everybody

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Article: Interview

Leonardo Pavkovic: The Other Side of the Mountain

Read "Leonardo Pavkovic: The Other Side of the Mountain" reviewed by Chris M. Slawecki

by Chris M. Slawecki

From July 22-25, the MoonJune-iverse will orbit around Teramo, Italy, to present the fourth MoonJune Festival and simultaneously celebrate MoonJune Records' 25th anniversary, a gathering convened by MoonJune founder Leonardo Pavkovic. In the following interview, Pavkovic explains the journey that brought him and MoonJune Festival 2026 to Teramo. “I love the idea of celebrating ...

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Article: Film Review

Peter Asher: Everywhere Man

Read "Peter Asher: Everywhere Man" reviewed by Thomas Cole

by Thomas Cole

Peter AsherPeter Asher: Everywhere Man Greenwich Entertainment 2026 As the title of this documentary implies, Peter Asher was everywhere, a virtual Zelig-like figure in music history beginning in the 1960s. With the boomer theme running throughout, the film is framed around a 2019 live performance and monologue performed at Bimbo's in San ...

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Article: Album Review

Deirdre Cartwright: Organik

Read "Organik" reviewed by Neil Duggan

by Neil Duggan

Multi-award-winning guitarist Deirdre Cartwright returns 15 years after her previous release with Organik. Far from relaxing in the intervening years, she has been collaborating widely, performing with the Alison Rayner Quintet, winning the public vote for Best Guitarist at the 2019 British Jazz Awards and authoring several guitar tuition books. The album points towards ...

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Article: So You Don't Like Jazz

Iconic Music in Film: Boomer Edition

Read "Iconic Music in Film: Boomer Edition" reviewed by Alan Bryson

by Alan Bryson

One of the pleasures of looking back at film music from the boomer years is realizing how quickly the walls were coming down. Classical themes turned into jazz-funk hits. Soul records won Oscars. Rock songs became character development. Bluegrass, blues, disco, Latin jazz, and spaghetti-western minimalism all found their way onto the screen, and in the ...

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Article: So You Don't Like Jazz

Sonic Loops: Eight Miles High on the Psychedelic Trane

Read "Sonic Loops: Eight Miles High on the Psychedelic Trane" reviewed by Alan Bryson

by Alan Bryson

In the popular music of the '50s, the landscape revolved around individual vocalists, vocal harmony groups, and instrumental ensembles. In the early '60s, something radical emerged: self-contained groups--a collective of individuals with a group dynamic and identity. They wrote, sang, played instruments, and performed as a unified artistic whole. This represented a structural revolution in how ...

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Article: Album Review

Daniel Bennett Group: The Deconstructed Songbook

Read "The Deconstructed Songbook" reviewed by Kyle Simpler

by Kyle Simpler

In many cases, the idea of “deconstruction" suggests dismantling something to reveal its inner workings. When it comes to art, this is often done in ways that lean toward the avant-garde. But on The Deconstructed Songbook, veteran saxophonist Daniel Bennett takes a different approach. Rather than tearing down familiar material, he reshapes it into something both ...

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Article: Album Review

Dave Stryker: Blue Fire - The Van Gelder Session

Read "Blue Fire - The Van Gelder Session" reviewed by Kyle Simpler

by Kyle Simpler

Many of Dave Stryker's recent albums focus on a particular idea or concept that serves as the recording's focal point. His Eight Track series (Strikezone 2013-2019) and Stryker with Strings Goes to the Movies (Strikezone, 2025) serve as prime examples. With Blue Fire -The Van Gelder Session, the guitarist steps into the studio of legendary producer ...

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Anthology 4

By The Beatles

Label: Universal Music Enterprises/Apple Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: CD 1: I Saw Her Standing There; Money (That’s What I Want); This Boy; Tell Me Why; If I Fell; Matchbox; Every Little Thing; I Need You; I’ve Just Seen A Face; In My Life; Nowhere Man; Got To Get You Into My Life; Love You To; Strawberry Fields Forever; She’s Leaving Home; Baby, You’re A Rich Man; All You Need Is Love; The Fool On The Hill; I Am The Walrus. CD 2: Hey Bulldog; Good Night; While My Guitar Gently Weeps; (You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care; Helter Skelter; I Will (Take 29); Can You Take Me Back?; Julia; Get Back; Octopus's Garden; Don't Let Me Down; You Never Give Me Your Money; Here Comes The Sun; Something; Free As A Bird; Real Love; Now And Then.

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Article: Album Review

Anthony Wilson: House of the Singing Blossoms

Read "House of the Singing Blossoms" reviewed by Joshua Weiner

by Joshua Weiner

Guitarist Anthony Wilson is well known for his session and touring work with vocalists, including Diana Krall, Norah Jones, and Paul McCartney, as well as his time in the big band led by his father, the late trumpeter Gerald Wilson. But in the early 2000s, he also released four albums with his own nonet, sharing solo ...


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