7 Artists Who Left Their Mark on the Woodstock Festivals
In 1969, four men—Michael Lang, Artie Kornfeld, Joel Rosenman, and John P. Roberts shared an idea to hold a music concert to foster unity.
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In 1969, four men—Michael Lang, Artie Kornfeld, Joel Rosenman, and John P. Roberts shared an idea to hold a music concert to foster unity.
A new docuseries explores the ‘untold stories’ of the musicians at the centre of a creative boom and what happened when tragedy struck
Listen to Carlos Santana recount taking LSD from Jerry Garcia and hallucinating while performing at Woodstock in 1969.
Notes for the future are the “imagined sometime in the past” tropes of a storyteller. Freed from every day “isms” of convention and released from the symbolic containment of the vault, the music is an allegorical exploration in futurism. The stream running throughout the musical narrative is a speculative commentary about our human search for meaning, and we’re reminded that as a version of our ancestors’ vision, this quest never ends.
Unearthed documentaries from music scribe Ralph J. Gleason showcase rare and fantastic footage of the original San Francisco hippie rock bands.