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Arts, Culture & Media
John Lennon: 'Nowhere Boy' to 'Nowhere Man'
The Takeaway
October 08, 2010
'Nowhere Boy,' stars Kristin Scott Thomas (as Aunt Mimi) and Aaron Johnson (as young John Lennon). Both join us in studio to talk about the film, John Lennon, Liverpool, and the Beatles.
Arts, Culture & Media
John Lennon Quotes and Memories from Reporter Tom Brook
The Takeaway
December 08, 2010
Arts, Culture & Media
Yoko Ono
Studio 360
October 02, 2009
Yoko Ono tells Kurt Andersen what it's like to be embraced by a whole new generation of musicians and fans.
Remembering George Harrison and the Beatles with Louise Harrison
The Takeaway
November 29, 2011
Arts, Culture & Media
Live in-Studio: Dwight Yoakam
Studio 360
February 15, 2013
Among country superstars, Dwight Yoakam has always been a guy who didn't fit in. A cool, mysterious dude in a crowd of boys next door. An Appalachian-turned-Angeleno who spurned Nashville.
Arts, Culture & Media
Peace, love, lyrics and loot
The Takeaway
July 09, 2008
John Lennon's hand-scrawled lyrics for "Give Peace a Chance" goes up for auction at Christie's.
Arts, Culture & Media
Pakistan's protest music
The World
April 14, 2009
A pair of Pakistani professors sings songs of protest -- the music is new, but the lyrics are based on the words of iconic poets from the past.
Arts, Culture & Media
Billy Bragg explains how the roots of Americana music lead back to Britain
The World
September 30, 2013
Why was British Musician Billy Bragg invited to present at the 2013 Americana Music Festival? Seems unusual, but Bragg argues that the British were actually integral in developing Americana music after World War II.
Arts, Culture & Media
You can take your picture with John Lennon in Havana, but don't mess with his glasses
The World
December 09, 2013
A statue of John Lennon has been seated on a bench in a Havana park for the last 13 years. Problem was, Lennon's circular glasses kept getting stolen — that is, until an aging Cuban man became his guardian.
Culture
50 years on, India is celebrating the Beatles' infamous trip to the country
The World
March 05, 2018
When the Beatles embarked on their famous discovery of India to study transcendental meditation, the Indian government was far more wary.