off Pattie Boyd. “Behind the Lens” presented a unique live blend of music and visuals at the Kravis Center’s Persson Hall on April 13, with the featured attraction the narration and photographs of Henry Diltz and Pattie Boyd. The 77-year-old Diltz has more than 400 album cover shots for iconic artists, and the tales to go with them, while the 72-year-old Boyd mainly … [Read more...]
Fine singers tell of female progress in ‘Respect’
By Dale King Aretha Franklin sang the definitive song about respect, but it was Vanderbilt University professor Dorothy Marcic who wrote the definitive book on the subject. Her tome, Respect: Women and Popular Music, traces the upward progress of women through the 20th and early 21st centuries as reflected in the music popular during different eras. The book morphed into the … [Read more...]