Film/TV

Summer of Soul

2021

Associated Ideas, People, and Places

Sly Stone performing in front of crowd

What the Harlem Cultural Festival Represented

Questlove’s debut as a director, the documentary "Summer of Soul," revisits a musical event that encapsulated the energies of Harlem in the 1960s.

by David Hajdu via The Nation on July 29, 2021

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Sly Stone with daughter Nove, ca. 1980.

On the Sly

A memoir of the Family Stone.

by Carl Wilson via Bookforum on December 4, 2023

Gladys Knight and the Pips performing on "The Ed Sullivan Show"

The Misunderstood Talent of Gladys Knight

Gladys Knight and the Pips have always been more beloved by fans than by music historians, but they are essential to the evolution of soul.

by Emily J. Lordi via The New Yorker on August 13, 2021

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