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Blood Harmony: The Everly Brothers Story ★★★★ Barry ...

Close harmonies, smooth grooves, infighting and ‘the bag’: making an album on stage

SIXTY YEARS AGO, THE BEATLES OPENED UP THE DOOR TO A BRAVE NEW WORLD. ANIMATED BY WEED AND ACID, THEY FOUND THE INTROSPECTIVE SONGS OF HELPI, THE KNOCK ABOUT MOVIE THAT WAS ALSO A SKEWED, STONED SATIRE ON BEATLEMANIA. AND YET, AMID FRESH MADHESS AND MBES, THE ESSENCE OF 196S WAS ALSO A RETURN TO THE BAND'S ORIGINAL SOURCE, THE REVENGE OF THE BEATNIK BEATLES...

MUM?” Becky said. “When did you know Dad was the man for you?” “What? Pretty early, I think,” Frances replied, taken aback. “It’s so far in the past, I can’t remember.” “It’s important. Try and think

Recorded in George Harrison’s home studio using his most famous instruments, Robin Nolan’s Gypsy jazz covers album reimagines the quiet Beatle’s best moments – and finally completes Harrison’s ‘lost’ song…