February is Black History Month in the United States. The event started off as a Black history week in 1926, and officially expanded to a full month in 1976. President Ford issued the first proclamation for the event in 1976, urging Americans to “seize the opportunity to honor the too-often neglected accomplishments of Black Americans […]
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Concert History
History of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Ahead of this weekend’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony, I thought it’d be fun to take a look back at how the hall got started, and all the events that have taken place there over the years! Creation of the Organization Ahmet Ertegun and Jann Wenner are usually credited with creating the […]
Concert History
Rock & Roll isn’t “White People Music”
Rock ‘n’ Roll began to bloom in the mid-1950s and is often described in this stage as a mix between country music and rhythm and blues. Though Elvis Presley has been dubbed “The King (of Rock and Roll),” his success is due to the work of Black musicians before him. The producer who discovered (and, […]