Summer of Soul, the new documentary from Questlove, spotlights 1969’s Harlem Cultural Festival, a series of concerts that entertainer turned promoter Tony Lawrence presented in Harlem’s Mount Morris Park in the summer of 1969. But less than two months after the final Hcf show that August, Lawrence set his eyes on an equally momentous event across the Hudson River: Newark, New Jersey’s “Love Festival.”
According to The Fixers, Julia Rabig’s history of post-war Newark, prominent local organizer Gus Heningburg had reached out to Lawrence to help host, promote,...
According to The Fixers, Julia Rabig’s history of post-war Newark, prominent local organizer Gus Heningburg had reached out to Lawrence to help host, promote,...
- 7/8/2021
- by Jonathan Bernstein
- Rollingstone.com
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