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Viewpoint: Rob Dickins, BME consultant.
Most of us have a timed door of entry that focuses specific and particularly formative times of our life on to certain musical styles.
What books, museums and exhibitions allow us to do is to dig deeper and with music - like any form of culture - the how, why and wherefore can be not only fascinating and stimulating but also enjoyable and fun.
The evolution of British popular music from 1945 is an eccentric mix of folk music, music hall, art school, counter-culture and Caribbean immigration shaken with liberal amounts of jazz, big bands, blues, R&B, soul, country and rock from the United States into a heady cocktail of something multi-faceted but peculiarly British.
It is this kaleidoscope of colours which we bring to light at the British Music Experience with, just to mention a few examples, the translation of US country blues via skiffle to the beat boom of the early Sixties; the socio-musical diversity during the Thatcher years; ...
- Jefferson Airplane's Grace Slick at Wentworth Galleries in Boston.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire January 4, 2007 700+ words
...Airplane singer and songwriter, Grace Slick. A symbol of the psychedelic culture of the turbulent 60's, Grace Slick will sell and showcase her original...the public and free of charge. Grace Slick and Jefferson Airplane, who recorded...
- Wentworth Gallery Presents Artist Grace Slick May 19 & 20.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire April 2, 2007 700+ words
...virtuoso turned painter-extraordinaire Grace Slick brings her artwork to Wentworth Gallery...amp; 20. With microphone in hand, Grace Slick once took to the stage and defined a...After watching Jefferson Airplane, Grace Slick determined then and there that she would...
- Grace Slick: on the 40th anniversary of the summer of love, Ingrid Sischy takes...
- Magazine article from: Interview Sischy, Ingrid August 1, 2007 700+ words
INGRID SISCHY: Hi, Grace, how are you? GRACE SLICK: Not too bad for an old fart! IS: [laughs] Even if a person lived under a rock, they'd know that this summer marks the...
- Grace Slick at Wentworth Gallery Garden City April 14 & 15.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire February 27, 2007 700+ words
...Wentworth Gallery () is pleased to announce that rock icon Grace Slick will bring her latest art collection to Garden City making...Roosevelt Field Mall on April 14-15. With microphone in hand, Grace Slick once took to the stage and defined a generation. Her soulful...
- GRACE SLICK: Somebody to Love? A Rock-and-Roll Memoir.
- Magazine article from: Publishers Weekly August 10, 1998 700+ words
Grace Slick with Andrea Cagan. Warner, $25 (384p) ISBN 0-446-52302-X Rock chanteuse Grace Slick was a sophomore at the University of Miami when, in 1958, a friend from her Bay-area hometown sent her an article about the new San Francisco...
- Wentworth Gallery Presents Artist Grace Slick October 19, 20 & 21.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire September 26, 2007 700+ words
...Wentworth Gallery is pleased to announce that rock icon Grace Slick will be touring its chain of galleries across the country...Hills on October 20 and 21, 2007. With microphone in hand, Grace Slick once took to the stage and defined a generation. Her soulful...
- Grace Slick dedicates Virgin America's 'Jefferson Airplane' jet at San...
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire October 12, 2006 700+ words
(From AP Worldstream) Byline: ELAINE KURTENBACH Rock icon Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane was on hand to dedicate Virgin America Inc.'s new corporate headquarters and an aircraft named after the...
- Grace Slick and Friends Visit the Art of Music Memorial Day Weekend.
- News wire article from: PR Newswire May 21, 2009 700+ words
LAS VEGAS, May 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane will make a rare appearance at the Art of Music Gallery displaying and dedicating her artwork. She will...
- Grace Slick Dedicates Virgin America Jet.
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire October 12, 2006 700+ words
(From AP Online) Rock icon Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane was on hand Wednesday to dedicate Virgin America Inc.'s new corporate headquarters and an aircraft named...
- ABN caught up with Grace Slick, the singer/songwriter of Jefferson Airplane...
- Magazine article from: Art Business News June 1, 2007 700+ words
LOS ANGELES -- '60s Rock Icon Grace Slick will be making special appearances across the country this month, but it won't be for a musical comeback. The rebellious singer...
