It was promoted as “2 More Days of Peace and Music.” It ended in a muddy and chaotic mess —anarchy to some and epic to others. It was a weekend of legendary performances. While much has been made ...

The week marks the 55th anniversary of the legendary Woodstock festival, which took place Aug. 15-18, 1969, on a grassy farm in upstate New York. An estimated 400,000 to 500,000 young music fans, many ...

Music history is filled with stories of highly talented individuals whose careers were cut tragically short, but some of ...

Just 22 when she charmed the festival crowd, she went on to enjoy success with songs like “Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)” and “Brand New Key.” By Alex Williams and Peter Keepnews She missed a shot at ...

Melanie, the singer-songwriter who rose through the New York folk scene, performed at Woodstock and had a series of 1970s hits including the enduring cultural phenomenon “Brand New Key,” has died. Her ...

Take a trip back to 1969 in Embassy Theatre’s time machine at Saturday’s Down the Line 17. Americans walked on the moon for the first time. A cocky Joe Namath guaranteed a Super Bowl win for the New ...

From the 1970s through the 90s, rock music’s A-listers flocked to the tiny Woodstock hamlet of Bearsville to record some of the era’s most iconic albums. The Band, Ringo Starr, Patti Smith, Todd ...

The 1960s and 1970s saw the rise of the music festival, and a number of documentaries have captured the spirit of these events. Some of the biggest bands at the time played festivals, and ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Charles Schulz, creator of the comic strip “Peanuts,” was anything but a hippie. Still, he named the beloved yellow bird character in “Peanuts” Woodstock after the famous ...

A trio in neo-hippie garb with tie-dye and fringe shimmied to the music, laughing and taking selfies. One of them was Donna Valenti, who said she was a hippie back in the day but never made it to ...

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