The Essence of Cool S2 w/June Millington (Fanny)

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June Millington is co-founder and lead guitarist of the all-female rock band Fanny, about whom David Bowie said “they were extraordinary: They wrote everything, they played like (mofos), they were just colossal and wonderful”.

Millington has been called “a godmother of women’s music“, She is also the co-founder and artistic director of the Institute for the Musical Arts (IMA) in Goshen, Massachusetts.

In this episode, we talk about Fanny’s rise and fall, and rise again, the extraordinary documentary “Fanny: The Right to Rock”, and Millington’s latest album “snapshots”, which feature’s the iconic Bowie guitarist Earl Slick.

Social Media and websites

FB: @junemillington

IG: @manilajune

Ima.org

Fannyrocks.com

 ABOUT THE HOST 

Bernard Frazer is a Canadian songwriter/musician whose synth pop band Church of Trees has topped independent charts around the world. He is also a former television producer/writer of such shows as Real Life with Erica Ehm (Life Network), The Dini Petty Show (CTV), Miracle at Niagara, and New Year’s Eve Niagara Falls

In Season 2, we’ve scheduled episodes with the great Phil Thornalley (The Cure, Duran Duran, etc), Kevin Hearn (Lou Reed, Barenaked Ladies), Men without Hats’ Ivan Doroschuk, legendary rocker June Millington (Fanny, Earl Slick, Bonnie Raitt), the great Jay Semko of 5-time Juno nominated Northern Pikes, indie star Vicki Brittle, and more.

We’ve also scheduled a series of episodes discussing the life and musical impact of Canadian producer, and songwriter, Tim Thorney (Alanis Morrisette, Cassandra Vasik, etc). For this very special series, we’ll be joined by former Much Music VJ Erica Ehm, Juno award-winner Hill Kourkoutis, ‘drummer to the stars’ Randy Cooke, Tim’s brother Tom, and Tim’s longtime engineer and friend, Adam Fair.

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