by Sean Passmore | Sep 14, 2025 | Blog, Rock N Roll Fashionista Magazine, The Vinyl Shoppe
Edwin Hawkins (1943 – 2018) was an American gospel musician, pianist, vocalist, choir master, composer and arranger. He was one of the originators of urban contemporary gospel. As leader of the Edwin Hawkins Singers, he is best known for his hit song “Oh...
by Sean Passmore | Aug 13, 2025 | Blog, Music U Need 2 No, Rock N Roll Fashionista Magazine, The Vinyl Shoppe
Discovering The Golden Voice Of Terri Gibbs We buy alotta records. Not those new fangled vinyls everybody’s talking about these days, you know, the ones that set ya back 50 bucks a pop after tax. Nope. We’re talking a buck a record thrift shop finds! There’s...
by Sean Passmore | Sep 28, 2024 | Academy Of The Rock N Roll AF
After five unprecedented decades in the music industry, Linda Ronstadt announced her retirement from performing at the age of 65 in 2011. A teenager in the mid 1960s, Ronstadt fronted the rock group Stone Poneys, scoring a Top 10 hit with Monkee Michael Nesmith’s hit...