Burna Boy, the Roots, Isaiah Rashad, Freddie Gibs, Tierra Whack, and more have been tapped for the 2022 Afropunk Festival, returning to the live music sector for the first time since 2019. Having taken place virtually for the past two years, Afropunk will return to Brooklyn, New York’s Commodore Barry …
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Ohana Fest is adding a second weekend of music at the beach this October. On Monday, Eddie Vedder‘s music festival announced that it will be extending itself to a second “Ohana Encore” weekend with Vedder headlining, alongside Alanis Morissette on day one and the Black Keys and Haim on day …
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Questlove was skeptical. In early 2019, the Roots’ drummer was approached by two Hollywood producers who claimed to have 45 hours of footage from a long-forgotten music festival in Harlem that had included performances from Stevie Wonder, Nina Simone, Sly and the Family Stone, Mahalia Jackson, B.B. King, and more. …
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