The subtitle of the Apple TV+’s “1971” is the first clue as to the ambitions of the seven-part documentary series. While it is loosely based on David Hepworth’s 2016 book, “Never a Dull Moment: 1971 — ...
Alongside music supervisor Iain Cooke, directors Asif Kapadia and Danielle Peck discuss what it took to capture a vivid, tumultuous year and the music that came from it. When read as a single list, ...
Was 1971 the best single year for recorded popular music, ever? Or merely the year in which it reached peak cultural significance? Maybe, just maybe, the answer could be: both. You’ll certainly be ...
Discover What’s Streaming On: In the Star Trek episode “The City on the Edge of Forever,” Mr. Spock theorizes that “time is fluid, like a river, with currents, eddies, backwash.” He adds that there ...
Fifty years ago at this time, the world was just beginning to absorb the impact of Marvin Gaye’s seminal concept album What’s Going On. The LP, released on May 21, 1971, told a story in music from the ...
It contains every record he made as a solo artist between 1971’s Fool’s Mate and 1986’s Virgin Records swansong And Close As ...
Fifty years ago the Vietnam War was raging, the civil rights era had morphed into the Black Power movement, President Nixon declared a war on drugs and not only the U.S. but other countries seemed in ...
Today, NPR celebrates the 50-year anniversary of our first on-air original show. For five decades, NPR and our member stations have shared the responsibility — and privilege — to serve the individual ...
The year 1971 was a musical powerhouse that gave us some of the most unforgettable songs in American history. It was a time when the cultural revolution of the ’60s was maturing into something deeper ...
Country music is known as much for its solo artists as it is for big country bands. Duos, particularly husband and wife duos, make up a smaller percentage of artists. You don’t see them quite as often ...
This story about “1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything” first appeared in the Race Begins issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine. The subtitle of the Apple TV+’s “1971” is the first clue as to the ...