John Lennon and Yoko Ono Share Their Wedding With the Masses on 'Wedding Album'
The Wedding Album's "John & Yoko" is a brilliantly disquieting composition that exists unequivocally as an intentional, constructed art piece.
22 Mar 2019
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John Lennon and Yoko Ono: Imagine / Gimme Some Truth
Remastered video documents form part of the massive Imagine reissue program, and reveal a couple who were struggling to find the balance between the cool avant-garde and the comfortingly domestic.
08 Jan 2019
A Place for Us: John Lennon, Yoko Ono, and the Legacy Captured in 'Imagine John Yoko'
Imagine John Yoko is a beautifully curated recollection of a song, an album, successive films, and the legacy of peaceful idealism from the people who made it happen and carry on with the message.
07 Dec 2018
On the Frontline with Yoko Ono's 'Warzone'
Yoko Ono has re-recorded sociopolitical songs from her past for new album Warzone, in which the questions it asks need to be asked.
16 Oct 2018
Yoko Ono Celebrates "Children Power" on Latest Cut From New LP, 'Warzone' (premiere)
Warzone is quite unlike anything Yolo Ono has released to date, but "Children Power" carries a message of optimism that's been central to her work all along.
12 Sep 2018
Relisten Without Prejudice to Yoko Ono's 'Plastic Ono Band'
Americans in the '70s would not accommodate a female Japanese performer of experimental music that is designed to provoke. Have we grown since then?
05 Feb 2018
Black Lips: Satan's Graffiti or God's Art?
New band members help resurrect a classic Black Lips sound. Rock 'n' roll is safe and sound for now.
03 May 2017
Sound Machine: The Evolutionary Vocabulary of the Human Voice
Amplification and voice technologies are bringing a broader palate of sounds to the singer. It’s not all beautiful, but it's very human.
Karen Cummings
Technology
01 May 2017
Yoko Ono - "Hell in Paradise" (Camelphat Remix) (premiere)
Yoko Ono's latest club banger "Hell in Paradise" gets a funky remix from Camelphat.
08 Dec 2016
Various Artists: George Fest
Dhani Harrison’s historical document on music's methods of passage through time shows the anxiety of his father’s influence
28 Mar 2016
ONO/Tenaglia - "Walking on Thin Ice (Maestro Version)"
The track is a portrait of a body crumpled and floored, knocked off its feet by the intensity of its longing for someone.
24 Feb 2016
Toshi Ichiyanagi Is One of Today's Most Imaginative Composers of Traditional Works
This reserved and youthful-looking dean of Japanese music has become one of today’s most imaginative and compelling composers of traditional works.
Mark Swed
Interviews
22 May 2015
Yoko Ono: Antony & Yoko / Yoko Ono & John Zorn
With a pair of singles, Yoko Ono furthers her case for artistic relevance as a proponent of fringe music that, like much of her back catalogue, was never intended for mass consumption.
07 Apr 2015
The 10 Best Songs About New Beginnings
In honor of a new year, here is a list of songs that can help nudge even the idlest of souls off the couch in 2015.
14 Jan 2015
Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band: Take Me to the Land of Hell
Yoko Ono and the reformed Plastic Ono Band have the ability to take you on a trip you've probably never taken before. Handbasket not included.
06 Nov 2013
"I Just Let Things Happen": A Conversation with Yoko Ono
Though she turned 80 this year, Yoko Ono shows no signs of slowing down. As her conversation with PopMatters reveals, her career continues to explore new territory -- and defy all expectations.
13 Oct 2013
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