PAUL MCCARTNEY REVEALS HIS FOUR FAVOURITE CONTEMPORARY ARTIST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There are some figures from within popular culture whose presence looms larger than most. Paul McCartney, a lyrical genius from his youth who joined his first band at the age of 15, has been an ever-present pioneer from the moment he was named the rhythm guitarist of The Quarrymen by John Lennon in 1957. 

“Paul is one of the most innovative bass players,” John Lennon commented in his 1980 interview with Playboy. “Half the stuff that’s going on now is directly ripped off from his Beatles period,” he added. And of course, that sentiment still rings true today.

Today, the landscape of releases is very different to the one that The Beatles helped forge in the 1960s. With more musical genres, pop-infused rock and roll is no longer the leader of the market. Despite that, McCartney in 2020, he released McCartney III, completing his trilogy of iconic solo records and securing him a number one album and a Grammy Award to boot.


While taking part in a Reddit AMA, and responding to a fan who asked: “Are there any newer artists that you listen to?”, McCartney wrote: “I’m lucky, I have a friend who sends me new music which helps me keep in touch with the modern scene. So I listen to people like Dominic Fike, Beck, St Vincent, and Khruangbin. I also listen to a lot of classic oldies coming through, from rock n’ roll to ’60s to soul to R&B, with a sprinkling of classical music now and then.”

In a story that has now gone full circle, St. Vincent, one of the artists that caught McCartney’s attention, has recently revealed that she received a surprise phone call from Paul McCartney after remixing one of his songs. The musician went on to describe the one-time Beatles member as “the loveliest man on the planet”.

Paul told Clarke that he loved her work on his material, as she explained: “He was saying how he liked the background vocals [of the remix] – I said: ‘I did that, Paul’ – and the guitar solo: ‘That was me, Paul! I did it all, Paul!’ That was a real treat.”

Clarke concluded: “[It’s] hard to say anything complimentary that he hasn’t heard before, she began. But I said what I said, as heartfelt and as sincerely as I meant it. He just very graciously turned it around and said: ‘It’s great, this music thing we get to do. It’s great.’ And I was like: ‘Yes Paul, yes it is.’”
Paul McCartney’s favourite contemporary artists:

    Dominic Fike
    Beck
    St Vincent
    Khruangbin 

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