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 ...
In the last issue of Rolling Stone produced in the 20th century, a bevy of musicians were asked what musical issues they’d like to see remedied or addressed in the 21st. In a quote that was pulled out ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
When Deep Purple didn’t show up for a gig once in Ohio in the early Seventies, opening act Fanny went on in their place. “And slammed,” recalls guitarist June Millington. “No one left, which impressed ...
Brie Howard-Darling, Patti Quatro, Mia Huggins and June Millington at the Kansas City screening of Fanny: The Right To Rock at Screenland Armour Theatre, Oct. 4, 2022. For musicians, nothing is ...
SACRAMENTO, Calif.— The new film "The Runaways" touts that 1970s all-female band as rock 'n' roll forerunners. But Fanny had the Runaways beat by several years. Fronted by Sacramento sisters June and ...
Before Sleater-Kinney, Destiny’s Child, The Breeders, The Chicks, The Go-Gos and The Runaways, there was Fanny. The first all-women rock band to sign with a major American record label, Fanny made ...
For musicians, nothing is stronger than the bond between performer and audience. It's an intangible joy that makes a live concert experience unlike any other, and it's what brought Kansas City, Mo.