by Sean Passmore | Sep 21, 2025 | Academy Of The Rock N Roll AF, Blog, Rock N Roll Fashionista Magazine
Erik Satie (1866-1925) was a French composer and pianist. At the age of 13 his stepmother, a pianist and composer herself, enrolled the young Satie in the Paris Conservatoire. Satie strongly disliked the institution, which he described as “a vast, very...
by Sean Passmore | Sep 6, 2025 | Academy Of The Rock N Roll AF, Album of the Week, Blog, Music U Need 2 No, RNRF Hall Of Fame, Rock N Roll Fashionista Magazine
In the world of jazz, few names resonate with as much significance as Billy Strayhorn, prodigious composer, arranger, pianist, and lyricist whose influence not only molded the entire genre of jazz but also broke through barriers of race and sexuality at a time when...
by Sean Passmore | Mar 3, 2024 | Album of the Week, Blog
Who: Nick Wheeldon & The Living Paintings What: Waiting For The Piano To Fall Where: Paris, France via Sheffield, England Why: Nick Wheeldon, the Parisian Englishman from Sheffield, England, recorded his third solo album, Waiting For The Piano To Fall live on a...