by Sean Passmore | Sep 24, 2024 | Academy Of The Rock N Roll AF
The Carter Family was a traditional American folk music group who recorded between 1927 and 1944. They were the first vocal group to become country music stars, and were among the very first groups to record commercially produced country music. Their music had...
by Sean Passmore | Sep 19, 2024 | Academy Of The Rock N Roll AF
Italian opera singer Enrico Caruso is the world’s first ever international recording star. Born in 1873, he sang professionally from the age of 22 until a year before his death at age 48 in 1921. Caruso’s career included 863 appearances at New York’s...
by Sean Passmore | Aug 26, 2024 | Academy Of The Rock N Roll AF, Blog
Russian composer Igor Stravinsky’s ballet and orchestral concert work The Rite Of Spring was first performed on May 29, 1913 at the Theatre Des Champs-Élysées in Paris. The extremely new and avant garde nature of the work caused a riot within the confines of...
by Sean Passmore | Jul 24, 2024 | Academy Of The Rock N Roll AF, Blog
Linda McCartney: The Rock ‘n’ Roll Photographer Who Captured Music Legends (and one heck of a groovy synth player too!) In the vibrant music scene of the 1960s, Linda McCartney (formerly Eastman) made a name for herself as a talented photographer...
by Sean Passmore | Jul 14, 2024 | Academy Of The Rock N Roll AF, Blog
On a beautiful warm sunny summer day we gathered from afar across the four corners to celebrate a life. July 13. 2024. The date already made special through the sun David. Robert Ironside (1961-2024) Human. Star child. Music. Soul. Spirit. Muse....
