On the 40th anniversary of John Lennon and Yoko Ono‘s Double Fantasy, Joe Wong has teamed up with Mary Timony for a cover of “Every Man Has a Woman Who Loves Him.” After Wong kicks off the Ono composition with a slowed down, ethereal intro, the cover picks up a …
Read More »Johnny Depp, Jeff Beck Share Riveting Cover of John Lennon's 'Isolation'
Johnny Depp and Jeff Beck shared a heavy take on John Lennon‘s “Isolation,” which marks the pair’s debut single as a duo after they spent the past few years working on music together behind the scenes. The tune finds the pair transforming Lennon’s tidy piano rocker into a moody, bluesy …
Read More »Beatles Art Director on Secrets of the 'Abbey Road' Cover
Fifty years ago, the Beatles walked across a street in London for a photo shoot that would become the cover of their next album, Abbey Road — an anniversary that was commemorated on Thursday with crowds and news crews. But for John Kosh, the Apple Records art director who had …
Read More »John Lennon's Killer Mark David Chapman Denied Parole for 10th Time
Mark David Chapman, the man who murdered John Lennon in New York City in December 1980, has been denied parole for the 10th time. On Thursday, a three-person parole board panel rejected his latest bid for parole, Reuters reports. “The panel has determined that your release would be incompatible with …
Read More »'Rolling Stone: Stories From the Edge': 10 Things We Learned
With their latest documentary, Rolling Stone: Stories From the Edge, directors Alex Gibney and Blair Foster stitch together old performance footage, recordings from interviews with artists (Ice-T) and Presidents (Bill Clinton), and readings from some of the magazine’s most important stories, with the likes of Johnny Depp subbing in for …
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