Popular music from the likes of the Beatles and the Rolling Stones will be weaved in among more traditional classical pieces when the Royal Oak Concert Band performs early next month. The concert is ...
In the 1960s, there were two giant musical movements that helped shape not only the decade but also the next 50 years of modern music. Those are the sounds that came from the British Invasion and from ...
This song, which hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, is about the need for love. Written by Paul McCartney when he was 16 and credited to Lennon-McCartney, this song was given to Peter and Gordon ...
Today, we’re bringing the boom. Welcome back to another edition of British Invasion, the column that dives into British music history. Today’s programming will be on the blues boom of the 1960’s (and ...
The British will invade Buffalo on July 27 with the goal of raising money to increase organ donations in Western New York. Songs by the Beatles, Rolling Stones and other British Invasion bands of the ...
The Fab 5: Joe Baiardi, Danny Kirstensen, Rod Robert, Chuck Essick and Paul Byron. Credit: Photo/Graphic by Richard Anonsen Jr. It’s the day after Sir Paul McCartney’s 81st birthday, and Joe Baiardi ...
BLUR posing for the cover for the album “Leisure.” “Leisure” released on Aug. 26, 1991. Photo courtesy of @blurofficial on Instagram Welcome to the inaugural column of “British Invasion.” In this ...
OGUNQUIT, Maine — When the Yardbirds return to Jonathan’s Ogunquit for their second appearance there this Friday night, the band members will have more than their decades of rock 'n' roll hits to ...