What does “Ah bowakawa, pousse pousse” mean in John Lennon song ‘#9 Dream’?
John Lennon was a celebrated wordsmith, who loved to play with language. But what do the words "Ah bowakawa, pousse pousse" ...
Barclays and The Great Escape Festival cut ties following artist boycott
Following the backlash and the major boycott as over 150 artists pulled out of the 2024 event, Barclays and The Great Escape ...
The Eagles classic that is “still a challenge” for Joe Walsh to play
Joe Walsh might be a guitar-playing great, but according to him one of his signature moments with the Eagles is "still a challenge" to play after so many years.
Author: Ben Tibbits
Ben Tibbits is a journalist who writes predominantly across music, as well as film, art and culture. Birmingham-born and ...
The scene Nicolas Cage watched so much he destroyed a VCR: “The machine jammed and the tape broke”
Nicolas Cage became so obsessed with a single scene that he watched it until his VCR couldn't take any more and decided to pack it in.
Stephen Stills and Neil Young play rare Buffalo Springfield song for first time in 57 years
Appearing together in California, Stephen Stills and Neil Young performed a song from their early work with Buffalo Springfield for the first time in 57 years.
The Kinks song Ray Davies wrote about the witchy woman who as “sexually out of my league”
The Kinks frontman wrote 'Wicked Annabella' about a fictional woman who is a danger to the rest of society, drawing on his ...
The album Chris Cornell thought was released at the wrong time
It is not uncommon for band members to branch out and try to make a name for themselves as individual artists, which is ...
Francis Ford Coppola praises ‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ amid audience backlash
Under-fire Francis Ford Coppola has praised Todd Phillips' sequel 'Joker: Folie à Deux' amid an audience backlash similar to the one 'Megalopolis' has had.
The song that set Marianne Faithfull off in the wrong direction: “Also known as drugs”
Marianne Faithfull might be an icon, but there is one classic track of hers that sent her in the wrong direction, which she ...
The Tiananmen Square protests and simplistic lamentation: Joan Baez’s “stark” attempt at putting history to music
Always involved in political unrest, Joan Baez felt the unravelling of the protests at Tiananmen Square and injected it into ...
The haunting Billy Joel song he wanted to be “a little bit ethereal”
Piano man and certified hit-maker Billy Joel once explained the inspiration for an album track he hoped to be a "little bit ...