60s music
Groove along to Beat Media's breakdown of the bands, artists, songs and culture that defined the 60s.
Anthropic Sued For Copyright Infringement For Using Elvis Presley’s Music to Train AI
This came after the company allegedly stole 274 Elvis Presley songs and is reportedly using the King’s iconic songs to train its AI models without permission. According to Billboard , the licensing organization Authentic Brands Group has ownership of both Presley’s music and likeness and the lawsuit was filed on Friday.
By Anne Sewell33 minutes ago in Beat
The Dear Departed. Content Warning.
Introduction In the fifties and sixties, there was a remarkable obsession with songs about lovers and friends who died, usually in violent circumstances. These were not like the folk songs and murder ballads that I wrote about here, but romanticized death in these three-minute eulogies.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 2 days ago in Beat
Chirino:Portrait of the champion of Salsa
Wilfredo Jose Chirino better known as Chirino then Willy Chirino born in Consulacion del Sur,Pinar del Rio Cuba, a proud Guajiro Cubano or in other words a proud Cuban country boy. Willy was the only boy and his siblings three girls. Originally, Willy did not come from a musical family and yet he became legend and icon in Latin Music and music in general. Willy’s life and childhood and life in Cuba was happy and calm and perfect. He became an expert horse back rider and he was also artistic with which he won art awards. Unfortunately, that ended when the regime destroyed the island and Willy’s parents fearing what the regime was going to do their children sent Willy to America ahead of the rest of his family to America through a Catholic program called “Operation:Pedro Pan” which airlifted 14,000 children out and Willy was one of them. He spent one year before reuniting with his family.
By Revista Miko:XCI 6 days ago in Beat
Enough Is Enough
Introduction This is just a piece I have been considering for a few days because I feel I have finally completed my vinyl record collection. Although the reality is that I will still buy vinyl, CDs and the odd download which I will burn to CD, it just that I have finally got hold of all the vinyl albums that have difficult to get hold of presentations.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 6 days ago in Beat
John Phillips: The Dark Legacy Behind the Music — Abuse, Addiction, and the Human Cost of a 1960s Icon
John Phillips is often remembered as the charismatic, handsome, effortlessly cool leader of The Mamas & the Papas, the man who wrote “California Dreamin’,” “Monday, Monday,” and helped define the sound of the 1960s. His public image was that of a creative genius, a bohemian visionary, and a central figure in the Laurel Canyon scene. But behind the mythology lies one of the darkest personal histories in American music. Phillips’ life was marked by cruelty, manipulation, rampant drug abuse, and a pattern of destructive behavior that devastated his band, fractured his family, and left a legacy of trauma that continues to reverberate decades after his death.
By Julie O'Hara - Author, Poet and Spiritual Warrior18 days ago in Beat
John Fogerty Did This: The Abuse, Betrayal, and Pettiness Behind a Rock Legend
John Fogerty: How Ego, Control, and Cruelty Broke Creedence Clearwater Revival and Damaged Everyone Around Him John Fogerty is often celebrated as one of the great American songwriters — the voice behind Fortunate Son , Bad Moon Rising , Proud Mary , and Green River . His sound defined an era, and his songwriting shaped the late 1960s and early 1970s. But behind the mythology of Fogerty as a blue‑collar poet and musical visionary lies a long, painful history of domination, resentment, legal warfare, and personal cruelty that fractured friendships, destroyed family bonds, and left a trail of bitterness that lasted decades.
By Julie O'Hara - Author, Poet and Spiritual Warrior18 days ago in Beat
Some Bob Marley Favourites
Introduction Today (23rd September 2026), I took delivery of a Zippo copy of Bob Marley's first Island album, "Catch A Fire". This is now very difficult to track down unless you are willing to part with a lot of money. Check Discogs here:
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 24 days ago in Beat
The Hall Of The Mountain King
Introduction Sasha Desideri used Edvard Grieg's "The Hall Of The Mountain King" for her Day Eleven (With Gaps) of 50 Days of Senryu Inspired by Music, and I mentioned how much I loved it as a kid and that it had been covered by the Electric Light Orchestra. In our chat on her piece, which you can check out here:
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 26 days ago in Beat
Desolation Row by Bob Dylan --Final Verse
When putting together the 100 Songs That Made Me project, I grouped the songs into ten categories. Over the decades, Desolation Row has become a foundational song for me, one of my top five favorites of all time. I placed Desolation Row at the beginning of a category I called Fabled Momentum . This category includes songs that move like novels because of their accumulating character, consequence, and meaning throughout their length. Literary comparisons include Leo Tolstoy, whose novels argue that history is made not by great men but by the accumulated weight of ordinary lives in motion, as well as Scheherazade, who survives One Thousand and One Nights by keeping her narrative alive one night at a time.
By nikolas todd maxwellabout a month ago in Beat
