George Michael, John Lennon’s Imagine Piano, and the Journey of Peace
Some pianos hold more than melodies; they hold history. Few capture this as powerfully as the modest walnut-finished Steinway upright on which John Lennon composed…
The Brill Building : How Carole King’s Piano Helped Shape Pop History
Carole King’s Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow is now regarded as a classic, forever tied to her piano, her voice, and her moving performance…
Marilyn Monroe’s White Baby Grand: A Love Story In Ivory And Song
On a crisp October day in 1999, the auction room at Christie’s in New York hummed with anticipation. Lot after lot of Hollywood history passed…
Good Grief and Great Music: How the Piano Brings Peanuts to Life
If you grew up with Peanuts — whether it was reading the comic strip in the newspaper, watching the animated specials on TV, or catching…
The Beatles’ Six Sensational Pianists
What if the “guitar band” wasn’t only a guitar band? Yes, you can learn almost any Beatles song on piano. And while the Fab Four…
John Lennon – Poster Boy
What inspires a composer or songwriter? Sometimes it’s a deep emotion, sometimes a political cause, and sometimes — as in John Lennon’s case in early…
