Live Aid Links Two Stadiums and a Global Audience
Simultaneous concerts in London and Philadelphia turn satellite television into a worldwide music event.
N.W.A Releases Straight Outta Compton
A confrontational Compton album brings West Coast gangsta rap into national debate.
FESTAC ’77 Opens in Lagos
Artists and cultural delegations from Africa and the global Black diaspora gather in Nigeria.
A Bronx Party Becomes a Hip-Hop Landmark
DJ Kool Herc plays a back-to-school party at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in the Bronx.
Woodstock Opens in Bethel
A three-day festival becomes a defining symbol of 1960s counterculture and mass music gathering.