Rock And Roll and American Culture

Christina Chi

Rock And Roll and American Culture

Rock and roll has been one heck of a ride so far. It’s an extremely interesting topic and a crucial genre of music. I always knew music has and continues to hold…

The Influence of the 1960s and Psychedelic Music on Culture of the Day

I was most captivated by the Psychedelic Era of Rock and Roll History this semester. What really shined through each song was a underlying message of the social issues of the day, not just drugs and having…

The Rise of Elvis Presley

From a young age, Elvis moved around frequently due to his families’ shortcomings. Yet though Presley’s…

The Monumental Legacy Of The Beatles

When I first started learning about the history of Rock and Roll I was only somewhat aware of…

The Beatles’ Effect

It was the early 1960s. Rock and Roll was blooming in the market of the United States. Heard were the likes of The Beach…

The Bay Area Scene

Bay Area didn’t really have much of influential music history, even with other…

Silence Speaks

Many are familiar with the song The Sound of Silence by Simon and Garfunkel. It is a song that is relevant back then and today…

Motown: The Soul of America

We all love and appreciate music that contains inviting rhythm, beautiful beats, and the kind of catchy lyrics…

60’s Psychedelia, A Breath of Fresh Air

The mid to late 1960s brought along massive changes in the rock music scene of the time. The 60s were a time of counterculture and defiance, a time to “stand up to the man”. The youth at the time were an emerging generation with no trouble breaking the norms that up until then had…

The Strange Trip Continues

By: Colin Jerome Ricketts [Photos By: Marc Ricketts]