NME : Hear Yoko Ono’s ‘Listen, The Snow Is Falling’, which is finally available to stream

The track was originally released as the B-side to John Lennon’s iconic ‘Happy Xmas (War Is Over)’ and features Lennon on guitar. Speaking about the track in 1993, Ono said: “The first pop song — if you can say pop song — I ever wrote was ‘Listen, the Snow Is Falling.’ I did that before (Lennon and I) got together. Then, when we got together, I made it into a real pop song.”

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Far Out Magazine : Je T’Aime: The trailblazing life and times of Jane Birkin

From her early years as being described as a “shy English girl” Jane Birkin certainly came out of her shell. Although she may bemoan her own rise to stardom as bleakly gradual, the retrospective history books have her earmarked as the quintessential feather ruffler since the moment that she first graced screens in The Knack …and How to Get It in 1965. She might have only starred as ‘Girl on Motorbike’ in that, but soon she was a paradigm for the daring European art re-emerging in the 1960s.

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Glide Magazine : Bruce Springsteen & Willie Nile Join Up With Steve Earle at 7th Annual John Henry’s Friends Benefit (SHOW REVIEW)

For the 7th Annual John Henry’s Friends Benefit for the Keswell School Steve Earle and company raised the most money in the fundraiser’s history at a time when it is desperately needed. The all-star lineup was the reason why Town Hall easily sold out, leaving many fans hoping to buy tickets in the seasonably warm Monday night (12/13) air along the Times Square sidewalks pre-show.

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Independant : Mini-skirts, bouffants and forgotten hits: The unsung women of the British Invasion

As Beatlemania sweeps the world once more with Peter Jackson’s ‘Get Back’, it’s high time that the women who took America by storm – from Dusty Springfield to Cilla Black – are equally recognised for their part in pop history. Key figures of the Swinging Sixties, including Petula Clark, speak to Alli Patton.

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