Rescued footage of the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival showcases artists from Nina Simone to Sly and the Family Stone. Sly Stone was among the performers on stage during the Harlem Cultural Festival in ...

Who knows what the world of country music would sound like today if it weren't for these three songs from 1969?

A music festival, held in 1969, is filmed — bits of it airing on local TV — but then shelved for decades before it’s resurrected for a new film. No, it’s not Summer of Soul. It’s Memphis ’69, a ...

When news broke that Woodstock would be having a 50th anniversary festival in 2019, I immediately received an inquisitive call seeking more information — from my 67-year-old father. “What’s this I ...

The "profession" of rock criticism was still in its tender adolescence in 1969. Daily newspapers were beginning to hire writers to cover pop, rock and what was sometimes described as "youth culture." ...

On the surface, the new concert film Summer of Soul may easily read as a black alternative to the well-documented four days of Woodstock — the predominantly white music festival that got so much ...

The Woodstock Music Festival began on Aug. 15, 1969, and remains a symbol of the counterculture movement of the 1960s.Woodstock was a three-day music festival attended by mainly young people living ...

History as you’ve never seen it: albums, artists’ births, rumours and more: discover with us what happened this week in music history Bethel, New York, United States, 1969. In a humid, sunny day of ...

He was introducing Barry Ryan’s 1968 hit “Eloise,” so explosive an orchestral pop record it threatened to obliterate any record player on which it was played. The Damned duly recorded their own ...

What is the first thing that comes to mind when you think back to the music of 1969? Perhaps it's Woodstock, the rock festival that still defines the very concept of the rock festival. Or maybe it's ...

(RNS) — Black gospel music is often portrayed as uplifting, an expression of joy in faith. But Questlove, the director of a new documentary about a pathbreaking Harlem music festival that took place ...

From Homecoming to Stop Making Sense, these must-watch music docs feature captivating live performances, candid artist portraits, and behind-the-scenes drama spanning generations and genres. If this ...