Oregon Music News

For a lot of people, the top musical experience of 2021 has been the new documentary by Questlove called Summer of Soul, built around a series of concerts in Harlem, New York City in 1969. I say built around because it adds political and cultural context to the music. The music is Soul, Funk R&B, Blues, Gospel, Latin and African, the panoply of Black music at the time. I say Black because the movie puts the music in context with the emerging Black consciousness. It is a deeply emotional experience. Bring klneenex. To talk about it, joining me from Washington DC is OMN National editor, author and investigative reporter Art Levine.