At the same time, maybe not. The story of Fanny, the first all-female rock band to release an album on a major label (Warner Bros.), is told with a good deal of affection and no small amount of spin ...
There was a time when a woman stepped on stage in front of a rock audience at her own peril. “When you’re a woman in rock, you’re regarded as a freak — it’s hard on the ego,” Jean Millington of Fanny, ...
It is fitting to find Fanny: The Right to Rock broadcast on PBS. The channel thrives on educational material, and director Bobbi Jo Hart’s documentary teaches many lessons. The film chronicles the ...
From the moment their first shows were advertised, Fanny was promoted as an all-girl band, but the label wears thin in director Bobbie Jo Hart’s Fanny: The Right to Rock. Each member says it ...
Alice de Buhr likes to say that her all-female band Fanny didn’t quite break the glass ceiling for women in rock ‘n’ roll. But they sure put some mighty big cracks in it. They also paved the way for ...
April 14, 2023 – Los Angeles, CA - The Center for Asian American Media (CAAM)and PBS announced the May 22nd broadcast premiere and streaming launch for the critically-acclaimed documentary FANNY: THE ...
The documentary Fanny: The Right to Rock explores how the all-female band, some of whose members were lesbian, never achieved the fame they deserved or were taken seriously. The film directed by Bobbi ...
Fanny are almost forgotten today, which is a shame, because they were a damn fine rock band. An all-girl band (in the parlance of the times). They wrote, played and attracted top producers as well as ...
Started by two Filipino American sisters in California, the influential band is claiming its rightful rank in rock ’n’ roll history. By Teo Bugbee When you purchase a ticket for an independently ...