Harlem '69

The future of Soul
Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-3-96983-053-6
Verlag: Sound Neverrest

Sonstiges, Englisch, Band 3

Reihe: Soul Trilogy

In 1969, among Harlem’s Rabelaisian cast of characters are bandleader King Curtis, soul singers Aretha Franklin and Donny Hathaway, and drug peddler Jimmy ‘Goldfinger’ Terrell. In February a raid on tenements across New York leads to the arrest of 21 Black Panther party members and one of the most controversial trials of the era. In the summer Harlem plays host to Black Woodstock and concerts starring Sly and the Family Stone, Stevie Wonder and Nina Simone. The world’s most famous guitarist, Jimi Hendrix, a major supporter of the Black Panthers, returns to Harlem in support of their cause.

By the end of the year Harlem is gripped by a heroin pandemic and the death of a 12-year-old child sends shockwaves through the USA, leaving Harlem stigmatised as an area ravaged by crime, gangsters and a darkly vengeful drug problem.

Zielgruppe

music fans, soul music lovers, musicians

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cosgrove, Stuart

Gscheidle, Tillmann

Weitere Mitwirkende

Free, Kevin R.

Über Autor(innen)

Free, Kevin R.
Kevin R. Free is a prolific Actor/Playwright/Director/Producer who lives in New York City.

Cosgrove, Stuart
Stuart Cosgrove is a Scottish journalist, broadcaster and television executive. As a journalist Cosgrove served on the NME (Media Editor) and The Face during the 1980s, before joining Channel 4 in 1994, serving for eight years as Controller of Arts and Entertainment and then as Head of Programmes (Nations and Regions) until stepping down in 2015