Radio City Music Hall

AJR is an indie pop band containing three brothers Adam, 23, Jack, 16 and Ryan,19 from New York City. Their musical sound incorporates oldies music with a modern twist. According to a personal interview, AJR stated their musical influence is that, “We grew up listening to 50s and 60s music from The Beach Boys to Simon and Garfunkel. They have really inspired our sound. We combine those stylings with the more contemporary sounds of Fun, Imagine Dragons and Vampire Weekend. We like to think that our

Ray and Maria Stata Music Director, endowed in perpetuity In 2015-16, his second season as the Boston Symphony Orchestra's Ray and Maria Stata Music Director, Andris Nelsons leads the BSO in thirteen wide-ranging programs, three of them being repeated at Carnegie Hall in New York. This past August, Maestro Nelsons' contract as music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra was extended through the 2021-22 season. In 2017 he becomes Gewandhauskapellmeister of the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, in which

Stardom. It’s the one thing on most teenagers’ minds, especially if you live in Southern California. However, contrary to popular belief, fame and fortune is not easy to come by in the City of Angels. Producers and directors are incredibly intense and 9.9 times out of 10 you will hear the phrase, “Thanks, but no thanks.” As a child of the Golden State, I often saw this rejection and never expected to be anything more than an audience member who claps when a sign tells me to. To be brutally honest

with the “New Jack” image, transforming the Ghettos of yesteryears into the hood of today. A major director that emerged during this time was Spike Lee. According to Paula Massood’s book titled, Black City Cinema, African American Urban Experiences in Film, “…Lee not only transformed African American city spaces and black filmmaking practices, he also changed American filmmaking as a whole.” Lee is perhaps one of the most influential film makers of the time, likely of all time. He thrusted black Brooklyn

economic, political and social growth. Because of this the 1920’s was referred to as the “Roaring Twenties.” During this time more people started living in the city instead of on farms. The nation’s wealth more than doubled causing Americans to join the “Consumer Society.” People all over began buying the same goods, listening to the same music and danced the same dances. The “New Woman” was also a large part of the Roaring Twenties. Women were referred to as “Flappers.” Flappers

Radio initiated in the latter portion of the 1900’s, a race war and world war shattered America was becoming gradually different than any time in her history. Thanks to the radio and its widespread adoption across the country as the collective form of mass media and entertainment. “The world of fantasy created by commercial radio programming was the most popular medium of entertainment in the United States from the 1920s until the 1950s. Tens of millions of citizens tuned in thousands of stations

and the economic growth drew many Americans into a prosperous but unfamiliar “consumer society.” With the rise in nationwide advertising, and the start of chain stores, people everywhere where buying the same clothes, shoes, listened to the same music danced the same and even used the same slang. Due to the sometimes racy “mass culture”, many Americans were uncomfortable. In United States, the 1920s brought more confrontation than happiness. The most familiar symbol of the “Roaring Twenties”

fashion, of bob hair, sexual liberation, hippies and protest. It was a decade of change which shaped the society we know today. In April 1966, Time magazine referred to the capital of the United Kingdom as "Swinging London", saying it was the world city of the decade. Time magazine fixed the word in people's minds, repeating it throughout

Music covers a wide scope. It involves a creative process of writing songs and creating a relationship between the musicians and the industry. Various skills are required for music to be complete and successful. They range from creativity in song composition to the ability of playing instruments and even singing. Other skills include social skills since the musicians need to bond with difference people for them to have a bid audience. Liverpool is widely known for its music which was initiated by

though he is known as one of the greatest blues musicians, he could not play chords very well and often depended upon his improve sills. His recording contract led him to multiple tours across the United States, playing is some of the most important cities. During the 1950s BB King became one of the greatest R&B artists in his time. He had many top hits. Some were “Chains and Things", "Rock Me Baby", "The Thrill Is Gone", "Sweet Sixteen", and "When Love Comes to Town". One of his best accomplishments