The Beatles began with simple, first-person love songs crafted for a teenage audience—but their songwriting matured dramatically over time. From early tracks like “Love Me Do” and “I Want ...

Ian Leslie takes a fresh look at the Beatles in ‘John & Paul: A Love Story in Songs’ The author explores the duo’s relationship through the songs they were writing and singing.

It’s eerie reading this quote now because, as it turns out, that’s pretty close to what happened: Less than three weeks after ...

Ian Leslie’s John & Paul: A Love Story in Songs (Celadon Books) takes a different approach in its examination of the celebrated songwriting partnership. Instead of a straight forward biography ...

One famous story notes that when Lorne Michaels appeared on Saturday Night Live and cheekily offered the Beatles $3,000 to reunite on the show, John and Paul happened be watching it live in the ...

Ian Leslie is the author of “John and Paul: A Love Story in Songs.” (Photo Credit: Chris Floyd / Courtesy of Celadon) After his essay went viral, providing rave responses from musicians and music ...