Sixty years is a seriously long time. Start a Google search for the oldest bands in history and the Stones are easily near the top. Millions of bands and solo musicians have come and gone, but the Sto...
He’s revered by his peers. There are numerous accounts from people who know and have worked with him about how decent he is, but my favourite is this rare tribute from the even more mythical Bob...
Sreelekha Mitra has won the Best Actress award for ‘Once Upon a Time in Calcutta’, amid top honours at this year’s New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF) that celebrated India...
Debt and detention
"It was one of the best places, one of the wildest," recalled Pete Best, adding that Hamburg was where the musicians developed their talent. However, the drummer who had ...
Choose how to listen to Dolby Atmos on your iPhone or iPad
• Update your iPhone or iPad to the latest version of iOS or iPadOS.
• Go to Settings. Tap Music.
• Under Audi...
So is an album on the cards? “With work pressure and family time competing for my attention, it gets difficult to write new music. But now that I have four Bangla singles, I do hope to add a few...
I was recently nudged into watching S.N.S. Sastry’s classic Films Division film, I am 20. I had previously seen the film on the screen when it was a standard component of both film apprecia...
‘You’re giving us a lift Bill’
“Billy is so great,” George tells the others. The Beatles had befriended Billy Preston in Hamburg while he was playing with Little Richard...
Merry Christmas, Baby (2012) by Rod Stewart
After his Great American Songbook covers series, the rock star decided to use his raspy voice to light up a log fire as he sings Winter Wonderland, Blue Chr...
The Beatles: Get Back, the recently released three-part documentary, has been widely seen and reviewed. The original footage was shot across January 1969 by a team led by the director, Michael Lindsay...