Harlem 69

The Future of Soul

AvStuart Cosgrove

Häftad, Engelska, 2019

Del 3 i serien Soul Trilogy

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Beskrivning

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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2019-04-11
Mått:130 x 196 x 28 mm
Vikt:338 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Soul Trilogy
Antal sidor:368
Förlag:Birlinn General
ISBN:9781846974748

Utforska kategorier

Socialhistoria och kulturhistoria inom Historia och arkeologi
Populärmusik inom Kultur
Amerikas historia inom Historia och arkeologi

Mer om författaren

Stuart Cosgrove originally from Perth, was a fanzine writer on the northern soul scene before joining the black music paper Echoes, as a staff writer. He became media editor with the NME and a feature writer for a range of newspapers and magazines. In 2005 he was named Broadcaster of the Year in the Glenfiddich Spirit of Scotland Awards and in 2012 he won numerous awards including a BAFTA and Royal Television Society award for Channel 4’s coverage of the London Paralympics 2012. He is also the author of Young Soul Rebels (Polygon, 2016).

Recensioner i media

'The best music writing this year is about black music. Cosgrove’s deep dive into the year’s events is an epic feat of archival research that has been expertly marshalled into a narrative that joins the dots between Donny Hathaway, Jimi Hendrix, the Black Panthers, police corruption and the Vietnam war'