By: KDKA-TV News Staff PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – You still have one day to attend the Pittsburgh Soul Food Festival. The sellers will be back in the market place on Sunday, serving food from 11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. (Photo credit: KDKA photojournalist Tim Lawson) You can also listen to live music and performances. Sunday’s headliners … Read more
IT’S THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF LITTLE VILLAGE. Your weekly art compendium curated by editors If you can’t find music to indulge in this weekend, maybe it is time to broaden your horizons! With everything from Nikki Lunden’s Natural Habits to the Soul & Blues Festival to Billy Idol (!), You certainly won’t be dancing with … Read more
It is June 29, 1969, and the 5th dimension is taking the stage at Mount Morris Park in Harlem (now Marcus Garvey Park). The Los Angeles group are already stars thanks to hits like Up, Up and Away and Aquarius from the musical Hair, which topped the Billboard charts this spring. But her pop-oriented repertoire, … Read more
Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson’s directorial debut “Summer of Soul (… Or, if the revolution couldn’t be televised)” brings to light astonishingly beautiful shots of a criminally overlooked festival with an undeniable historical impact. For 50 years, 45 hours of footage from the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival in New York lay in a basement and remained unseen … Read more
In the summer of 1969, a historic Black Festival took place: the Harlem Cultural Festival. The concert series was filled with stars from blues, jazz, R&B and soul and attracted over 300,000 visitors. But due to the ongoing eradication of black historical contributions, many have never heard of it. Fortunately, 52 years later, Ahmir “Questlove” … Read more
Staples goes first, alone and great. Jackson follows her with equal strength and despite everything that has tormented her. Then together – Jackson radiant in a fuchsia dress with a gold diamond under her chest; Clamps in something short, lace, belt and white – they embark on the most amazing duet I’ve ever heard, seen … Read more