Yoko Ono’s Greatest Work Is Aptly Represented on ‘Walking on Thin Ice’
Released in May 1992, Walking on Thin Ice is a great primer for the kind of esoteric, avant-garde pop Yoko Ono forged in the 1970s.
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‘Ocean Child: Songs of Yoko Ono’ Is a Highly Enjoyable Tribute
Helmed by Ben Gibbard Ocean Child: Songs of Yoko Ono is a highly enjoyable tribute to one of music’s most unfairly maligned artists. It reframes the songs in exciting ways.
Why Yoko Ono’s Music Matters
Yoko Ono’s story is of a passionate and powerful songwriter and artist. A creative and sensitive musician who worked doggedly to bring her avant-garde aesthetic to pop music and to use her voice to advocate for the rights of women, racial minorities, and LGBTQ people.
John Lennon: Revolutionary Man As Political Artist
John Lennon helped transform the art and image of the pop star. His very public political activism and socially and politically aware lyrics have earned him a prominent place in the creative and political history of rock.
John Lennon and Location: Someone’s Time in New York City
John Lennon's new adopted country and hometown became the inspiration for one of his most sprawling, savage albums, Some Time in New York City.
John Lennon’s Minimalist Journey to Independence
How an audacious, daring record from disgruntled ex-Beatle John Lennon became a major musical landmark.
Defragmenting Bodies: Yoko Ono’s ‘Fly’ at 50
In her 1970 avant-garde short Fly, Yoko Ono works within the same parameters as directors like Alfred Hitchcock or Takashi Miike. Yet, she posits the intermixture of her celluloid images as reconstructive effort, not a destructive one.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
