by Sean Passmore | Oct 4, 2026 | Academy Of The Rock N Roll AF, Blog, Our Latest Podcast, RNRF Hall Of Fame, Rock N Roll Fashionista Magazine
Amidst the persistent haze of the “anything goes”, hedonistic swinging 60s, a culture of excess and casual debauchery, it was easy to lose sight of the fact that James Morrison was suffering, very publicly, from an incurable disease. Alcoholism. Even his...
by Sean Passmore | May 3, 2026 | Academy Of The Rock N Roll AF, Albums You NEED!, Blog, RNRF Hall Of Fame, Rock N Roll Fashionista Magazine
Every generation gets the Neil Young album they deserve. Ours was Comes A Time from 1978. What’s yours? Neil Young and Crazy Horse Albums To Date 1. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere 1969 2. Zuma 1975 3. American Stars ‘N Bars 1977 4. Rust Never Sleeps 1979 5. Re-Ac-Tor...
by Sean Passmore | Jan 31, 2026 | Academy Of The Rock N Roll AF, Blog, Music U Need 2 No, RNRF Hall Of Fame, Rock N Roll Fashionista Magazine, The Vinyl Shoppe
Legendary Canadian fiddle master and bandleader Don Messer was travelling through Moncton, New Brunswick in 1947 when he first heard 19 year old Marg Osburne singing on her radio programme “The Girl From the Singing Hills” on CKCW radio, a show she...
by Sean Passmore | Jan 27, 2026 | Academy Of The Rock N Roll AF, Album of the Week, Blog, Rock N Roll Fashionista Magazine
Scorpion vs. Tarantula: Embracing the Longest War for Change Scorpion vs. Tarantula, a formidable force in the Phoenix, Arizona music scene, is a punk and hard rock band that has been captivating audiences since their formation in June 2008. With a lineup that...
by Sean Passmore | Jan 18, 2026 | Blog, Academy Of The Rock N Roll AF, Our Latest Podcast, Rock N Roll Fashionista Magazine
Remembering DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. on his Official Celebration Day Monday, January 19, 2026 “I don’t know what will happen now. We’ve got some difficult days ahead but it really doesn’t matter with me now Because I have been to the...
by Sean Passmore | Jan 1, 2026 | Academy Of The Rock N Roll AF, Blog, Music U Need 2 No, RNRF Hall Of Fame, Rock N Roll Fashionista Magazine, The Mitchell Kezin Award For Excellence in Christmas Music, Xmas Stuff
The inaugural presentation of the Mitchell Kezin Award For Outstanding Achievement In Christmas Music for 2025 goes to… Non other than Mr. Mitchell Kezin himself!! The following is an excerpt from the May 17, 2013, New York Times: “Mitchell...
