Geoff Edgers

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Yoko Ono, entre el arte experimental, una maternidad compleja y el mito del fin de los Beatles

3 weeks ago | infobae.com | Geoff Edgers

Las groupies estaban por todas partes, pero Yoko Ono no era una de ellas. Fue el 7 de noviembre de 1966 cuando conoció a John Lennon por primera vez. Él y Los Beatles estaban a punto de comenzar a grabar Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Ella estaba dando los toques finales a una gran exposición de arte en solitario. John Lennon llegó a la Galería Indica de Londres para una vista previa privada.
Review | Was it actually Yoko whose career was derailed by the Beatles?

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Geoff Edgers

The groupies were everywhere, but Yoko Ono was not one of them. It was Nov. 7, 1966, when she met John Lennon for the first time. He and the Beatles were about to start making “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.” She was putting the final touches on a big solo art show. Lennon arrived at London’s Indica Gallery for a private sneak preview. “I had heard about the Beatles,” Ono said afterward, “and I knew the name Ringo, and nobody’s going to believe me, but still that’s exactly how it was.
Rock forgot one of its wildest front men. He's got a story to tell.

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Geoff Edgers

More than 20 years ago, Peter Wolf, the former front man of the J. Geils Band, drove across town to see his buddy David Bieber, a local media figure known for his equally nocturnal habits. It was past midnight when they hopped into Wolf’s car, and he put on a song he had just finished for his next record.
Peter Wolf tells his story in memoir, from J. Geils Band to Faye Dunaway

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Geoff Edgers

BOSTONMore than 20 years ago, Peter Wolf, the former front man of the J. Geils Band, drove across town to see his buddy David Bieber, a local media figure known for his equally nocturnal habits. It was past midnight when they hopped into Wolf’s car, and he put on a song he had just finished for his next record.
Rock forgot one of its wildest front men. He’s got a story to tell.

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Geoff Edgers

Any musician is going to want to represent the times they live in. As much as people like the odd love song that defies any generational ties, it’s …
How Roberta Flack helped Lori Lieberman finally stake her claim to ‘Killing Me Softly’

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Geoff Edgers

For decades, nobody really knew Lori Lieberman’s secret. Sure, the singer was the first to record “Killing Me Softly With His Song” in 1972, but it wasn’t until Roberta Flack covered it a year later that the song hit No. 1. Which is when the men credited with writing the song began to write Lieberman out of its history. On Monday, Lieberman, now 73, heard of Flack’s death at the age of 88 and talked of how much she had meant to her. Late in life, Flack offered her support.
With nobody to sell tickets, JFK presidential library reopens for free

2 months ago | msn.com | Geoff Edgers

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With nobody to sell tickets, JFK presidential library reopens for free

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Geoff Edgers

BOSTON - There were some new faces greeting visitors Wednesday morning when the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum reopened, a day after shutting down abruptly due to employee cuts ordered by the Trump administration. Director Alan Price and Deputy Director James Roth worked the ticket counter. “If that isn’t the dream team at the desk, I don’t know what is,” said a woman walking toward the desk.
JFK library reopens after being shut down by Trump administration cuts

2 months ago | washingtonpost.com | Geoff Edgers

BOSTON — There were some new faces greeting visitors Wednesday morning when the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum reopened, a day after shutting down abruptly due to employee cuts ordered by the Trump administration. Director Alan Price and Deputy Director James Roth worked the ticket counter. “If that isn’t the dream team at the desk, I don’t know what is,” said a woman walking toward the desk.
The earliest known 'country' recording has been found. The singer? A Black man.

Nov 29, 2024 | washingtonpost.com | Geoff Edgers

John Levin had no idea what he'd stumbled upon at first. About 10 years ago, the collector paid about $100 for a box of wax cylinders at an auction in Pennsylvania coal country. Those cylinders - the oldest commercial medium of recorded music - sat in his house for years until Levin put one of the unlabeled, decaying brown tubes onto his custom player and heard an old country song. Like 133 years old. Levin immediately knew what he had. "A true unicorn," he says now.