On this day in history, June 1, 1967, the Beatles released “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,” their eighth album â which became the soundtrack to the “Summer of Love,” according to the official website of the Beatles. With its 13 songs, the album was recorded in over 400 hours during a 129-day period, according […]
On this day in history, June 1, 1967, Beatles release standout ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ album
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Secrets behind the most iconic â70s rock album covers revealed in new doc
June 8, 2023 by
Before the age of the internet and social media, it was all about album covers. And London-based art design studio Hipgnosis created some of the most iconic art, for classic rock acts such as Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin and Paul McCartneyâs post-Beatles band Wings. The new documentary âSquaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis)â â […]
Sam Smithâs New Album Should Sound More Thrilling Than This
January 30, 2023 by
In the age of Spotify, itâs not too often that youâre force-fed music you donât want to hear. Even so, I have vivid memories of trying and failing to avoid Sam Smith and Kim Petrasâ chart-topping collaboration âUnholyâ last October when it was all over my Instagram feed.It was specifically during the weekend of BravoCon
Album Sales Surge for Country Star Morgan Wallen After N-Word Controversy
February 10, 2021 by
NASHVILLLE, Tenn. (AP) â Fans of Morgan Wallen are buying up the country starâs latest album after a video showed him shouting a racial slur last week. Wallenâs sophomore record, âDangerous: The Double Albumâ retains its top spot for a fourth week on Billboardâs all-genre albums chart, less than a week after Wallen apologized for…
Kendrick Lamar Awarded Pulitzer for Album Demonizing Trump, Fox News.
April 17, 2018 by
Rapper Kendrick Lamarâs politically charged, anti-Trump album ââDAMN.ââ has been a Pulitzer Prize for music, making it the first non-classical or jazz work to win the award. While the organization did not immediately provide a brief explanation for the recording winning the prestigious prize, Kendrick Lamarâs album features lyrics from the California crooner attacking President […]