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ADVERTISEMENT OPINION | CRITICAL MASS: On Stevie Wonder and the 'Summer of Soul' by Philip Martin | Today at 2:00 a.m. Stevie Wonder sings “It’s Your Thing” at the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival, as seen in the documentary “Summer of Soul.” There is a perspective distortion that comes with looking backward. Stevie Wonder was 19 on July 20, 1969, when he walked onstage at the Harlem Cultural Festival, an event that would be lost to legend and rumor were it not for Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson's just-released directorial debut "Summer of Soul (... or When the Revolution Could Not Be Tele...

Dawn Richard's Second Line is a gorgeous record featuring fantastic, strange, esoteric sounds playing with house and club conventions.

Trailblazing Motown exec Suzee Ikeda talks about her start as a recording artist and her special bond with Michael Jackson.

Dennis Edwards remembered immediately being floored by Wonder's talents: “The first time I met him, man, I was at Motown — of course Stevie was a little kid. He plays all the time. Every time you hear him he's swinging. All you've got to do is speak and Stevie knows who you are. He can't see and he's like 'Dennis!' It's like. . . when I first met him I'm like 'How does he know who I am?' Y'know?” Wonder, who has been writing songs since he was a child, said that he's never taken his talent for granted: “As I many times do, I'll say, 'God, let me come up with a song, let me think of...

Solange taught me that Black female rage can be used in the fight for freedom With the unconventional roads she sought to travel, Solange Knowles has always been an inspiration for Stephanie Phillips. In an extract from her new book, Why Solange Matters, she explains how the musician reminds Black women that when anger is kept inside, it can fester Sunday 09 May 2021 06:30