Tuesday Jan 10th, 2012

The Beatles wait, January 1962

The Beatles at this point were struggling to get out of their Liverpool-Hamburg rut.
Wednesday Dec 14th, 2011

Brian Epstein transforms the Beatles, December 1961

He could not foresee that he would change Western civilization.
Thursday Sep 22nd, 2011

Beside the seaside: Blackpool and national biography

The Wurlitzer man who became ‘Mr Blackpool’
Wednesday Sep 21st, 2011

Actor, receptor, witness

A video and excerpt
Tuesday
Sep 13th, 2011

“That’s it. I’m not a Beatle anymore.”

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Thursday
Jul 28th, 2011

In memoriam: Amy Winehouse

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Tuesday
Jul 26th, 2011

Art, love, and the terror in Norway

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Thursday
Jun 23rd, 2011

The Beatles and “My Bonnie”: 23 June 1961

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Thursday
Jun 16th, 2011

In search of hot jazz

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Friday
Jun 10th, 2011

What’s on your sesquicentennial playlist?

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Thursday
Jun 2nd, 2011

Q & A with Ted Gioia

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Wednesday
May 25th, 2011

In Memoriam: Bruce Haynes

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Friday
May 20th, 2011

The foundations of British rock: Archer Street

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Thursday
Apr 28th, 2011

Royal Wedding music has ‘martial swagger’

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Monday
Apr 25th, 2011

John Swenson on Treme

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Tuesday
Apr 19th, 2011

Congratulations, Zhou Long!

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