Bibek Acharya
- Elvis Presley , Rock Music
- May 14, 2025
- 70 views
‘Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain’: the last song Elvis Presley sang before he died
When Elvis Presley burst into the studio, onto the stage, and into the world in 1954 with his cover of the Arthur ‘Big Boy’ Crudup song, ‘That’s All Right’, he…
- Elvis Presley , Rock Music
- May 14, 2025
- 93 views
Why did Elvis Presley change his band?
It’s very easy to discuss all the reasons why Elvis Presley became so revolutionary. After all, he changed the game for rock ‘n’ roll in unimaginable ways, setting the standard…
- Rock Music , The beatles
- May 14, 2025
- 59 views
Two tribes go to war: When The Kinks battled The Beatles in Bournemouth, 1964
England’s shoreline has witnessed its fair share of battles and conflict over the centuries, as emerging regimes, nations, and world leaders attempt to invade this sceptred isle. During the 1960s,…
- Pink Floyd , Rock Music
- May 14, 2025
- 71 views
The artists too drunk to work with Pink Floyd: “They didn’t give a shit”
There’s a fine line between genius and insanity in music. Particularly during the crossover of the 1960s and the 1970s, when creativity was at it’s loosest and hedonism at it’s…
- Jimmy page , Led Zeppelin , Robert Plant
- May 14, 2025
- 73 views
The Led Zeppelin song Jimmy Page considered perfect: “It sounded bloody marvellous”
Mere months after 1969’s eponymous debut had introduced a new lauded ensemble to the world of stadium rock, Led Zeppelin II arrived in October of that year with an even…
- Rock Music , The beatles
- May 13, 2025
- 39 views
The Beatles and the Civil Rights Movement: How the Fab Four fought racial segregation in 1964
It’s distressing and difficult to reconcile that even as recently as the 1960s, audiences in the US and the UK remained racially segregated. While the UK never officially enforced segregation,…
- Rock Music , The beatles
- May 13, 2025
- 71 views
Why did The Beatles break up?
The Beatles played their first concert on a warm August evening at Liverpool’s Jacaranda Club in 1960. They officially broke up just under ten years later when, on April 10th,…
- John Lennon , Rock Music , The beatles
- May 13, 2025
- 58 views
The Beatles song that parodied their heroes: “They didn’t even put our name on the record”
It’s not hard to find traces of other artists in the music of The Beatles. For every innovation they put to tape, there’s always a Carl Perkins guitar lick or…
- Elvis Presley , Rock Music
- May 13, 2025
- 87 views
The singer Elvis Presley thought had “the perfect voice”
Emerging as the biggest name in the 1950s rock ‘n’ roll scene, Elvis Presley became one of the first-ever globalised superstars. He awakened a new potential for what we now…
- Elvis Presley , Rock Music
- May 13, 2025
- 70 views
“Anti-American”: The band Elvis Presley accused of ruining the US
When you find yourself in opposition to the current youth, remind yourself that you have simply grown old. A perfect paradigm for this patently evident rule is that Elvis Presley…
The Island Records story: how a shipwreck led to Bob Marley and the reggae explosion
- August 14, 2025
- 28 views
Amy Winehouse’s greatest cover reveals more than any song could
- August 12, 2025
- 75 views
‘Got to Get You into My Life’: The Beatles’ impassioned homage to Motown
- August 12, 2025
- 77 views
The song David Gilmour called too wordy to sing
- August 12, 2025
- 46 views