The unknown insiders
of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame who create the ballots showed a troubling
pattern of excluding women.
Many have criticised the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame against gender discrimination.
This year the
voters seem to have listened: The class of 2021 features Jay-Z, Foo Fighters,
the Go-Go’s, Carole King, Tina Turner and Todd Rundgren — a collection of 15
individuals that includes seven women.
That ratio
alone should lend a new energy to the 36th annual induction ceremony, planned
for Oct. 30 at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland.
The latest
inductees show a balance of genre and generation that has come to be a feature
of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s expanding tent. Foo Fighters, led by Dave
Grohl, represent the cream of 1990s-vintage alternative rock. Jay-Z is rap
incarnate. And the Go-Go’s stand for joyful, upbeat 1980s power-pop.
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