Three Emmy Awards for the 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts
We are pleased to learn that the 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concert, produced by Playtone, Tenth Planet Productions and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation in association with HBO Entertainment, has won three Emmy Awards! See the list below for the specific awards, and be sure to tune into NBC on Sunday, August 29, 2010 to watch the 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards.
Academy of Television Arts & Sciences - 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards>>>
- Outstanding Picture Editing for a Special (Single or Multi-Camera)
- Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control For a Miniseries, Movie or Special
- Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Variety or Music Series
(Read more at Billboard.com.)
The Shows – which include Tom Hanks paying homage to Cleveland’s Rock Hall – and broadcasted on HBO, will be released on a Time-Life DVD on September 28, 2010 and available for purchase at rockhallstore.com.
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WATCH: The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concert at the Museum (FREE with admission)
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The Rock Hall's 15th Annual American Music Masters series will honor Fats Domino and Dave Bartholomew
“There is no, no, no place like New Orleans for music. The pioneers are here. We built the house. You can redecorate it, but we laid the foundation.”
-Dave Bartholomew
We are very excited about this year’s American Music Masters Series! The program, entitled “Walking to New Orleans: The Music of Fats Domino and Dave Bartholomew” will be held here in Cleveland November 8-13th. Domino, a legendary piano player, wonderful singer, and galvanizing performer, and Bartholomew, an accomplished trumpet player, arranger and bandleader, make up one of the great partnerships of rock and roll. They wrote more than 50 songs together, including “Ain’t That a Shame,” “Blue Monday,” “I’m in Love Again” and “I’m Walkin.’” In a 1999 interview with the New Orleans Times-Picayune, Dave Bartholomew said “Fats and I, I think that the Lord put us together.” Domino responded, “I’m pretty sure...Who else would do it?” We are so grateful to our honorees and their families for all their help in making this event possible. We met with them back in June, which Terry Stewart described in a previous blog post.
Because Domino and Bartholomew both predate rock and roll and are first ...
Get to know: Trans Am - performing at the Rock Hall on August 18
Trans Am will perform for the first time at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum on Wednesday, August 18 as part of the free Summer in the City concert series. We caught up with the Nathan Means about the band’s one of a kind sound and their thoughts on playing at the Rock Hall for the first time.
Tell us about your band and who your musical inspirations are that influenced your sound?
We like a lot of music. There's no point in writing a list, but, say, Deep Purple, Autechre, Nice Nice, The Eagles, and Vangelis. That probably tells you almost nothing. How about this: We're three-piece that includes drums/drum machines/vocals, guitar/keyboards/bass/vocals, bass/keyboards/vocoder. So we get a lot of different sounds, but the music is especially good for exercising or driving on the highway. Unfortunately, a lot of people don't know this and just seem to drink and yell during our shows. Those shows are high energy. Our drummer, Sebastian, is usually the most featured musician.
Anyway, Trans Am has been around since the mid-90s. I guess we are a "cult band" -- we were lucky ...
Hitsville USA
Last week at the Rock Hall the buzz was all about Hitsville USA. On Wednesday the Education Department featured a Rock and Roll Night School program on Motown, and on Friday we welcomed Inductee Dennis Edwards of the Temptations for an afternoon Hall of Fame Series event. And don’t forget that this week is your final chance to see the excellent exhibit MOTOWN: The Sound of Young America Turns 50.
This month’s Rock and Roll Night School, our second on the music of Motown, focused on the years 1964 to 1967, when the label was hitting its stride, cranking out hit after hit, and going head to head with the sounds of the British invasion. Several factors lead to Motown’s success during this period. One was Berry Gordy’s vision and business smarts. By owning the recording, publishing, marketing, distribution, and management he was able to connect every part of the music business and control the sound and image that became the Motown brand. Another key development was connecting a team of songwriters to a specific musical group. In the case of Holland-Dozier-Holland this meant teaming with the Supremes and the Four Tops, and the result was ...
Get to know: FREE ENERGY | "We're going to rock the Hall of Fame."
Philadelphia rock band Free Energy will perform for the first time at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum on Wednesday, July 21 as part of the free Summer in the City concert series. The band formed in the fall of 2007 and garnered attention with their melodic, hook-laden dance-rock tunes. Their new album 'Stuck on Nothing' has received critical acclaim from fans and the media: Rolling Stone magazine labeled Free Energy as a band to watch this year and have since appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman.
We caught up with Paul Sprangers of the band for some background on Free Energy and thoughts on performing at the Museum for the first time.
How did Free Energy form?
After our band Hockey Night ended, Scott and I signed to DFA with nothing but a collection of demos and a distant dream. A year after writing and recording, we went to NYC to record with James Murphy. After five months of recording, we could no longer stand sleeping in the DFA office, so we moved to Philadelphia where we rented a house and started assembling the band. Now, Free Energy is a wild, ass shaking five-piece ...
The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concert Nominated for Five Emmy Awards
Today, we are pleased to learn that the 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concert, produced by Playtone, Tenth Planet Productions and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation in association with HBO Entertainment, has been nominated for five Emmy Awards! See the list below for the nominations, and be sure to tune into NBC on Sunday, August 29, 2010 for the 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards for the results.
Academy of Television Arts & Sciences - 62nd Primetime Emmy Award Nominations >>>
Outstanding Directing For A Variety, Music Or Comedy Special
The 25th Anniversary Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Concert • HBO • Playtone, Tenth Planet Productions and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation in association with HBO Entertainment
Joel Gallen, Director
Outstanding Picture Editing For A Special (Single Or Multi-Camera)
The 25th Anniversary Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Concert • HBO • Playtone, Tenth Planet Productions and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation in association with HBO Entertainment
Bill DeRonde, Supervising Editor
John Zimmer, Editor
Mark Stepp, Editor
Michael Polito, Editor
Outstanding Variety, Music Or Comedy Special
The 25th Anniversary Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Concert • HBO • Playtone, Tenth Planet Productions and the Rock and Roll ...
Partnering with the Unsung Heroes of New Orleans Music Scene
An exciting sidebar to our recent trip to New Orleans (see previous blog) concerns the Museum’s partnering with the Louisiana Museum system to assist in the restoration of one of Fats Domino’s pianos. As most know, Mr. Domino lost virtually everything because of the flooding from Katrina. This included his pianos.
The remains of one is on display at the Cabildo in New Orleans’ Jackson Square as part of the exhibit Unsung Heroes: The Secret History of Louisiana Rock ‘n’ Roll. A second one is about to be restored and used as a performance instrument in a new exhibit. Sam Rykels, Director, informed us that they were looking for the financial support to put the piano back in playing condition. We felt that this was an excellent opportunity for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum to help out and start to forge a relationship with this wonderful institution in the city which is the cradle of the music that we celebrate.
As the project progresses, we’ll keep everyone informed, so stay tuned.
Electrifying the Classroom: A Look at Summer Teacher Institute 2010
Last week the Rock Hall hosted its annual Summer Teacher Institute – an intensive workshop for educators where the Museum becomes the classroom and rock and roll becomes the teacher. This year we welcomed 50 teachers from 17 states and Canada to the house that rock built to learn how they can use popular music in their own curriculum. It’s an exciting time and one of my favorite weeks of the year. The energy is palpable and contagious.
I think what makes Summer Teacher Institute so exciting is the diversity of experience that each year’s participants brings. From kindergarten teachers to college professors, music teachers to science teachers, STI brings educators from all sides together to find ways to make learning come alive for their students through the power of rock and roll. This year, I met an English teacher from San Francisco interested in the poetry of rock lyrics (he took the red-eye flight just to get here in time!), a US History teacher from New Jersey preparing to teach his own high school rock history course this fall (he said it filled up in five minutes), and a group of teachers from Milwaukee curious to learn how ...
