Mary O'hara Tranquility (1979 2020)

Among so many other great landmarks in the history of rock & roll, the late ‘60s witnessed numerous technological advances when it came to recording and performing equipment, and, thanks in no small part to the emergence of Marshall amplifiers, the decade also gave rise to the era of hard rock and heavy metal. Power trios such as Cream, the Jimi Hendrix Experience, and the deafening Blue Cheer provided the initial thrust, but once the subsequent holy trinity of Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, and Black Sabbath burst onto the scene, the hard rock virus really spread like a plague across the globe – even into distant, chilly, staid Norway, from whence came the aptly named Titanic…

Dragon formed in Auckland, New Zealand, in January 1972 with a line-up that featured Todd Hunter on bass guitar, guitarist Ray Goodwin, drummer Neil Reynolds and singer/pianist Graeme Collins. All had been in various short-lived bands in Auckland, Collins is credited with using I Ching to provide the name Dragon…

this is ruphus`s swan song, and it features Gudny Aspaas again on lead vocals, and that very refreshing after two albums with Sylvi who sang a bit strained and uptight in places, Gudny is smooth and chilled and delivers very strong vocals here…

Breathless, a band that many Clevelander's consider to be among the quintessential Cleveland rock groups (along with Eric Carmen (Rasberries), Joe Walsh (James Gang) the Michael Stanley Band and others) had brief successes from 1978 to 1981…

Vingt-cinq siècles après s'être dressé sur les hauteurs d'Athènes, le Parthénon reste l'une des merveilles du monde, et ses origines, ses étranges revers de fortune, qui jalonnent plus de deux millénaires, demeurent une source perpétuelle de curiosité, de controverse et d'intrigues. Grâce à Mary Beard, la grande helléniste et historienne de l'Antiquité, nous remontons au y' siècle avant Jésus-Christ afin de contempler le Parthénon sous son aspect d'origine - celui du temple phare de l'Athènes impériale, abritant une colossale statue en or et en ivoire de la déesse tutélaire de la cité. …