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Woodstock revisited: whatever happened to the hippie dream?
4 months, 1 week ago

Woodstock revisited: whatever happened to the hippie dream?

The Independent  

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Back to Woodstock, with Wi-Fi: Women return after 55 years to glamp and relive the famous festival
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Back to Woodstock, with Wi-Fi: Women return after 55 years to glamp and relive the famous festival

Hindustan Times  

BETHEL, N.Y. — Beverly “Cookie” Grant hitchhiked to the Woodstock music festival in 1969 without a ticket and slept on straw. The Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, the not-for-profit organization that runs the site, rolled out the tie-dyed carpet for Grant and Shelburne to promote its new glamping facilities and to delve deeper into Shelburne’s trove of photos from …

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Longtime friends return to Woodstock after 55 years to glamp and relive the famous festival
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Longtime friends return to Woodstock after 55 years to glamp and relive the famous festival

Associated Press  

BETHEL, N.Y. — Beverly “Cookie” Grant hitchhiked to the Woodstock music festival in 1969 without a ticket and slept on straw. Ellen Shelburne, left, and Beverly “Cookie” Grant hug inside their glamping tent at Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, the site of Woodstock Music and Art Fair, Friday, June 14, 2024, in Bethel, N.Y. “It’s very wonderful to see …

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A cross-country effort to capture firsthand memories of Woodstock before they fade away
9 months, 3 weeks ago

A cross-country effort to capture firsthand memories of Woodstock before they fade away

Associated Press  

BETHEL, N.Y. — Woodstock didn’t even happen in Woodstock. “You need to capture the history from the mouths of the people who had the direct experience,” says music journalist Rona Elliot, 77, who has been working as one of the museum’s “community connectors.” Elliot has her own stories about the festival; she was there, working with organizers like Michael Lang, …

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Sheryl Crow remembers ‘awful’ moment that made her stop playing infamous Woodstock ’99
2 years, 1 month ago

Sheryl Crow remembers ‘awful’ moment that made her stop playing infamous Woodstock ’99

The Independent  

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Ranjona Banerji | Folks that make me highly ‘judgmental’
2 years, 3 months ago

Ranjona Banerji | Folks that make me highly ‘judgmental’

Deccan Chronicle  

Is being judgmental connected with age? But the 1969 was a seminal moment for many of us, even us of the generation not old enough to attend but soon young enough to celebrate the music and its peace, love, antiestablishment ethos. I would not eat bhindi as a kid and barely manage to eat it as an adult, unless it’s …

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Woodstock ‘99 rape survivors deserve more than a five-minute mention
2 years, 4 months ago

Woodstock ‘99 rape survivors deserve more than a five-minute mention

The Independent  

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Woodstock ’99: The disturbing true story behind the disastrous music festival
2 years, 4 months ago

Woodstock ’99: The disturbing true story behind the disastrous music festival

The Independent  

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Trainwreck: Woodstock 99 – Netflix docuseries proves we’ve learnt little from the toxic horrors of the infamous musical festival
2 years, 4 months ago

Trainwreck: Woodstock 99 – Netflix docuseries proves we’ve learnt little from the toxic horrors of the infamous musical festival

The Independent  

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Netflix viewers in ‘shock’ after watching ‘insane’ docuseries about Woodstock ’99 festival
2 years, 4 months ago

Netflix viewers in ‘shock’ after watching ‘insane’ docuseries about Woodstock ’99 festival

The Independent  

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Woodstock '99 Epitomized The White Male Gatekeeping Of Rock Music In The MTV Era
2 years, 4 months ago

Woodstock '99 Epitomized The White Male Gatekeeping Of Rock Music In The MTV Era

Huff Post  

If you were anywhere near a TV in the summer of 1999, images from the hellfire that was Woodstock were inescapable. But if you were Black and familiar with the alternative rock scene in 1999, you know that there is another troubling truth about Woodstock that still hasn’t gotten the study it deserves: Although it catered to a variety of …

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Questlove on 'Black Woodstock' documentary, 'Summer of Soul'
2 years, 10 months ago

Questlove on 'Black Woodstock' documentary, 'Summer of Soul'

LA Times  

Follow us wherever you get your podcasts: Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson on how sifting through 40 hours of archival footage of the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival — where legends like Nina Simone and Stevie Wonder performed in the same summer as Woodstock — led to his debut documentary, “Summer of Soul.” Plus, how the parallel protests of 2020 and 1969, as …

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Michael Lang, Woodstock festival co-creator, dies at 77
2 years, 11 months ago

Michael Lang, Woodstock festival co-creator, dies at 77

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Michael Lang, a co-creator and promoter of the 1969 Woodstock music festival that served as a touchstone for generations of music fans, has died. Michael Pagnotta, a spokesperson for Lang’s family, said Sunday the 77-year-old had been battling non-Hodgkin lymphoma and passed away Saturday at New York’s Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. “Both of those thing go …

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Michael Lang death: Woodstock organiser dies, aged 77
2 years, 11 months ago

Michael Lang death: Woodstock organiser dies, aged 77

The Independent  

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Woodstock co-founder Michael Lang dies aged 77
2 years, 11 months ago

Woodstock co-founder Michael Lang dies aged 77

Daily Mail  

Michael Lang, one of the co-founders of the legendary Woodstock music festival that is widely regarded as having defined 1960s pop culture, died Saturday. Dearly departed: Michael Lang, one of the co-founders of the legendary Woodstock music festival that is widely regarded as having defined 1960s pop culture, died Saturday Acts ranging from Joan Baez and the Grateful Dead to …

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George Wein, Newport Jazz Festival co-founder, dies at 95
3 years, 3 months ago

George Wein, Newport Jazz Festival co-founder, dies at 95

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — George Wein, an impresario of 20th century music who helped found the Newport Jazz and Folk festivals and set the template for gatherings everywhere from Woodstock to the south of France, died Monday. “He loved telling stories about Bird, Duke and all of the greats, engaging in spirited debates on a variety of subjects, and was an …

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George Wein, Newport Jazz Festival co-founder, dies at 95
3 years, 3 months ago

George Wein, Newport Jazz Festival co-founder, dies at 95

The Independent  

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The Director of HBO’s Woodstock ’99 Documentary on Why It All Went So Wrong
54 years, 11 months ago

The Director of HBO’s Woodstock ’99 Documentary on Why It All Went So Wrong

Slate  

The first installment in HBO’s new documentary series Music Box examines the notorious 1999 Woodstock festival, an attempt to re-create the defining moment of the 1960s counterculture that instead led to rioting, multiple sexual assaults, and at least one death. In between footage from the actual festival, Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage tells its story through interviews with organizers, …

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In ‘Summer of Soul,’ a lost history reborn to play loud
3 years, 5 months ago

In ‘Summer of Soul,’ a lost history reborn to play loud

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — “Like a rose coming through the concrete” is one description of 1969’s Harlem Cultural Festival heard in Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson’s exuberant, illuminating documentary “Summer of Soul.” The event, held the same summer as Woodstock, drew together Nina Simone, a 19-year-old Stevie Wonder, Sly and the Family Stone, B.B. King, the Staples Singers, The 5th Dimension, some of …

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Review: ‘Summer of Soul’ may be the best doc of the year
3 years, 5 months ago

Review: ‘Summer of Soul’ may be the best doc of the year

Associated Press  

In the summer of 1969, the same summer as Woodstock, some of the biggest musical acts of the time, like Stevie Wonder, B.B. But the event is given new light in the must-see documentary “ Summer of Soul.” Over the course six weekends, some 300,000 people would pass through what is now Marcus Garvey Park to watch the marquee names …

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Review: ‘Summer of Soul’: A rousing cultural and musical revolution, now finally seen
3 years, 6 months ago

Review: ‘Summer of Soul’: A rousing cultural and musical revolution, now finally seen

LA Times  

Sly Stone performing at the Harlem Cultural Festival in 1969, featured in the documentary “Summer of Soul.” The Times is committed to reviewing theatrical film releases during the COVID-19 pandemic. The event was filmed to spectacular effect but, we’re told, “the footage sat in a basement for 50 years” because there was no interest in a “Black Woodstock.” “Nobody ever …

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V Festival was a cesspit – but to teenage me, it was basically Woodstock
3 years, 6 months ago

V Festival was a cesspit – but to teenage me, it was basically Woodstock

The Independent  

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Questlove uncovers ‘Black Woodstock’ in his hit Sundance doc
3 years, 10 months ago

Questlove uncovers ‘Black Woodstock’ in his hit Sundance doc

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Questlove responded with incredulous disbelief when he was first told about the footage. Known as “Black Woodstock,” the festival occurred during the same summer as Woodstock — and just 100 miles away — but received far less attention. “Summer of Soul,” Questlove’s directorial debut, finally unearths a little-seen landmark musical event. As the Roots drummer, the “Tonight” …

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Elvis' Ring and Motorbike, Woodstock Tapes Grab Spotlight at Hollywood Auction
4 years, 1 month ago

Elvis' Ring and Motorbike, Woodstock Tapes Grab Spotlight at Hollywood Auction

News 18  

A gold and diamond “TCB” ring worn by Elvis Presley is expected to fetch more than $500,000 at a memorabilia auction in Los Angeles that ranges from rock guitars to a set of master tapes from the Woodstock festival. “It’s the quintessential Elvis jewelry piece,” said Brigitte Kruse, founder of GWS Auctions. Kruse said she thought the ring could fetch …

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