Forgetting for the moment any revisionism applied to the Rolling Stones album Black & Blue (Rolling Stones Records, 1976), the iconic British band was in more than a little disarray when it repaired ...

Like a lot of people, I first saw Billy Preston in “Let It Be,” where his luscious electric-keyboard noodlings provided the sweet center to songs like “Don’t Let Me Down” and “Get Back.” But it wasn’t ...

All due respect to Ireland and its musicians, but the greatest trick the devil ever played was to permanently associate the phrase “take me to church” with Hozier. Before a milquetoast single by that ...

Right from the start, Billy Preston: That’s the Way God Planned It, the first-ever documentary on the late pop-R&B singer, songwriter, and organ maestro, makes it clear that few communicated as much ...

There are plenty of tense moments in The Beatles: Get Back, the nearly eight-hour-long documentary series from director Peter Jackson, which features restored footage from the 1970 documentary, Let It ...

Paris Barclay's documentary explores a maverick who had hit singles, was secretly gay, and wasn't as big a 1970s star as he should have been. The sound of a holy organ rang out, and the camera zoomed ...

Like a lot of people, I first saw Billy Preston in "Let It Be," where his luscious electric-keyboard noodlings provided the sweet center to songs like "Don't Let Me Down" and "Get Back." But it wasn't ...