YOKO ONOcame

Yoko Ono, 85, already had her own artistic agenda when she

into John Lennon’s orbit. Since her husband’s 1980 murder, Yoko has built on her formidable legacy, while honouring Lennon’s too. Reconfiguring her 1995 song for the title track Warzone is primetime Yoko, steely and determined but able to summon naive, childlike innocence as naturally as breathing. Her simple and profound songs championing women, children’s rights and, of course, peace, ensure Lennon’s torch still shines brightly too.