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Trainwreck or Clusterf#&k?: Unpacking Woodstock ’99

August 8, 2022August 8, 2022 David Seville 0 Comments 1969 Woodstock Music and Art Festival, Bob Weir, Crosby Stills & Nash, Cypress Hill, Green Day, Joe Cocker, Kid Rock, Korn, Limp Bizkit, Metallica, Nine Inch Nails, Primus, Rage Against the Machine, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rollins Band, Santana, The Grateful Dead, Woodstock, Woodstock 94, Woodstock 99

A new Netflix docuseries uncovers the controversial festival that serves as a disturbing sign of the times

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DakhaBrakha Brings Ukraine to New York’s Niagara County

July 21, 2022July 21, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 2022, Artpark, DakhaBrakha, Lewiston, New York, Russia, Ukraine, Ukranian

Performance by Ukrainian ensemble at Artpark near Niagara Falls made a momentous occasion even more monumental

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This Year’s Big Ears Festival Offered Auditory Exuberance

April 6, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Animal Collective, Annette Peacock, Big Ears Festival, Bill Callahan, Bill Frisell, Joe Henry, John Medeski, John Zorn, Kim Gordon, Low, Marc Ribot, Patti Smith, the Kronos Quartet

Patti Smith, Sparks and Kim Gordon highlight Knoxville, TN’s celebration of creative music

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Festivals Music Journalism Remembrance Rock 

Michael Lang Goes Back To The Garden

January 10, 2022January 10, 2022 Ron Hart 3 Comments Blind Melon, Blue Cheer, Blues Image, Bob Dylan, cancer, Carlos Santana, Chuck Berry, Green Day, John Lee Hooker, John Scher, Melissa Etheridge, Michael Lang, Nine Inch Nails, RIP, The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Mothers of Invention, Woodstock, Woodstock 94, Woodstock 99

Following a valiant battle with a rare form of cancer, the renowned and controversial Woodstock co-founder passed away on January 8 at 77

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“Are You Ready, Black People?”: Summer Of Soul Takes Us Higher

July 6, 2021March 28, 2022 James Porter 3 Comments Chuck Jackson, David Ruffin, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Harlem Cultural Festival, Questlove, Sly & the Family Stone, Stevie Wonder, Summer of Soul, The Chambers Brothers, The Fifth Dimension, The Roots

In his directorial debut, Roots drummer Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson celebrates the great lost music festival of 1969

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WATCH: Earth Day 1990 Concert Highlights

April 22, 2020April 22, 2020 Ron Hart 1 Comment 000 Maniacs, 10, 10000 Maniacs, Earth Day, John Denver, Michael Stipe, Michelle Shocked, Natalie Merchant, R.E.M., The Indigo Girls, Ziggy Marley

Watch R.E.M., The B-52’s, John Denver and others perform in Manhattan and Washington DC 30 years ago today

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The Neverending Quarantine Concert Series Vol. III

April 14, 2020April 14, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments Andrea Bocelli, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Curt Smith, DJ Premier, Erykah Badu, Marvin Gaye, Quarantine, Questlove, RZA, Tears For Fears, The Roots

Five more outstanding live performances from this lockdown situation

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I Met Nina Simone and Richie Havens in 1978 for Dinner, Part Two

October 20, 2019November 4, 2019 Carey Budnick 1 Comment 1968, 1969, Bill Cosby, Buffy Saint-Marie, Butterfield Blues Band, Canned Heat, Charles Lloyd Quartet, Chuck Berry, Country Joe & The Fish, Dick Gregory, Flatt & Scruggs, Fleetwood Mac, Grateful Dead, Ian & Sylvia, Iron Butterfly, James Cotton Blues Band, Joan Rivers, Joni Mitchell, Jose Feliciano, Jr Walker & The All-Stars, Lenny Bruce, Marvin Gaye, Nina Simone, Richard Pryor, Richie Havens, Rodney Dangerfield, Steppenwolf, Sweet Inspirations, The Boxtops, The Grassroots, The Joe Tex Revue, The Turtles, Woodstock

Further observations at the intersection of two American music giants

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5 Acts to Catch at Mondo.NYC 2019

October 16, 2019October 17, 2019 Ron Hart 0 Comments Brooklyn, CMJ, Mondo NYC, Pillow Queens, TAUK, The Accidentals, The Fleshtones, Wanderers

Now in its fourth year, the founders of CMJ continue to bring the Music Conference life back into the New York City area

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