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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.

Music

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.

Books

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.

Music

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.

Music

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?

Music

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.

Music

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

Yoko Ono - "Hell in Paradise" (Camelphat Remix) (premiere)

Yoko Ono's latest club banger "Hell in Paradise" gets a funky remix from Camelphat.

Music

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Dhani Harrison’s historical document on music's methods of passage through time shows the anxiety of his father’s influence

Music

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.

Music

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

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.

Music

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.

Music

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.

Music

"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.

Music

Yoko Ono / Kim Gordon / Thurston Moore: YokoKimThurston

YokoKimThurston is sometimes interesting, but mostly makes you think, "why was I so excited to hear this?"

Music

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