Good vibrations

The brilliant songwriter behind The Beach Boys ...

Wendy Rigg is planning a summer of festival fun – but what is it about nostalgic music that makes us feel so good?

WHEREVER you may find The Silhouette Band – whether it’s at their Wednesday night social or the many gigs they play at local venues – you’ll always hear rampant foot tapping and cheer. It’s the kind o

They may not match Keats or Heaney for poetic heft, but you’re a hell of a lot more likely to recognise Oasis’s lyrics than anything written by more celebrated wordsmiths. The words penned by the brot

Anna Clyne composer The Beatles are some of the great melodists. One of the things I love about them is that perfect blend of melody and harmony, but also lyrics. I sang ‘When I’m Sixty-Four’ at schoo

The Beatles came together in Liverpool in 1960 and in just ten years, until 1970 when they disbanded, they had changed the face of Western popular culture in ways that still strongly resonate to this