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From the archive, 8 October 1969: Abbey Road backtrack

4814 days ago
Guardian MusicGeoffrey Cannon enjoys Abbey Road, the new album from the Beatles, but ultimately finds it a "slight matter"The Beatles have spent the past year at home in Britain since their last album "The Beatles." They've pursued their personal activities and ev... more info

Great Balls of Fire! Jerry Lee Lewis biopic strikes wrong note on scandal

4860 days ago
Guardian MusicCheery film has great music but treatment of rock'n'roll singer's union with his young cousin makes for queasy viewingDirector: Jim McBrideEntertainment grade: D–History grade: C+Jerry Lee Lewis broke through as a rock'n'roll musician in the late 1... more info

Elton John: 'He's our Neil Young' – a classic interview from the vaults

4897 days ago
Guardian MusicFor our latest visit to Rock's Backpages – the world's leading collection of vintage music journalism – here's an interview with Elton John that first appeared in Rolling Stone in 1970, when the fledgling star was on the verge of making it big in... more info

R.I.P. Jon Lord

4898 days ago
Brooklyn VeganBorn in Leicester, Lord learned classical piano at an early age before being seduced by watching early rock 'n' roll star Jerry Lee Lewis and jazz organist Jimmy Smith. He could have chosen a career as an actor after... more info

Jon Lord of Deep Purple - an obituary

4898 days ago
Guardian MusicOrganist who infused Deep Purple with classical influences, helping to make them one of the world's biggest rock bands'We're as valid as anything by Beethoven," declared Jon Lord of his band, Deep Purple, in an interview with the New Musical Express... more info

Listen to Joe Smith's talks with Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan, more

4926 days ago
L.A. Times - Pop & HissVeteran record executive Joe Smith is donating 238 hours of taped interviews of rock, pop and other music world luminaries to the Library of Congress. Joe Smith interviewed Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, Jerry Lee Lewis and hundreds of others for his 198... more info

The Stone Roses – review

4929 days ago
Guardian MusicHultsfred festival, SwedenSo this is the Third Coming. Their first was at the much-mythologised tail-end of the 80s, when indie and dance music swaggered together, and the Stone Roses' debut album became the baggy-trouser-wearer's bible. Second Comin... more info

The Great Escape: listen to the lineup

4972 days ago
Guardian MusicClick on the poster to hear bands appearing at Brighton's new music festival – and let us know who's worth checking outThe Great Escape, Brighton's new music festival, is just a week away. Now in its seventh year, the festival sees more than 300 ba... more info

Five new artists to look out for at the Great Escape

4976 days ago
Guardian MusicThe Black Belles, Spoek Mathambo, Devin, Django Django and Willis Earl Beal are all set to appear at the Great Escape in Brighton in MayTHE BLACK BELLESNeed to know: All-female Nashville four-piece, helped along by Jack White.The lowdown: A garage ba... more info

Levon Helm

4986 days ago
Guardian MusicDrummer with the Band whose career stretched in many other directions has died of cancer aged 71A shorthand way of describing Levon Helm, who has died of cancer aged 71, would be as the drummer with the Band. This would have made him eminent enough, ... more info

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