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The late 1990s seemed like a revival for musical styles that had lost their prior appeal while also propelling newer genres to heights never reached. Amidst the superficial boasting, sparkling attire, and the common cliches of the late…

The City Parks Foundation announced the SummerStage 2022 lineup on Tuesday. This year’s performing arts festival will feature 90 free and benefit concerts in 12 different parks across New York City’s five boroughs. Fans attend a George…

At an unforgettable Academy Awards ceremony, Billie Eilish won the Oscar for Best Song and the Questlove-directed Summer of Soul won the Oscar for Best Documentary feature. Summer of Soul looks at The Harlem Cultural Festival,…

During a break from Dead & Company tour in June of 2018 John Mayer started to build "Sob Rock" on your Instagram in portrait mode from Electric Lady studios in New York City. The IGTV episode compartmentalizes the ideas behind the…

For six weeks in the summer of 1969, and nearly 100 miles south of Woodstock, another groundbreaking cultural event was taking place. The Harlem Cultural Festival, filmed in Mount Morris Park (now Marcus Garvey Park), celebrated African…

Clyde Stubblefield, the drummer who provided the backbeat for a generation, died Saturday at the age of 73. As the drummer for James Brown's band, Stubblefield laid the groundwork for funk and inadvertently created the most sampled track of…

On the sixth night, we had confusion. Opener Curtis Harding was suddenly unavailable at the last minute, with the lone announcement of "Showtime will be changed to 8:45, full refunds will be available." Despite the nice gesture, I don't…