Sly Stone and his band synthesised disparate strands of American popular music, tracking the musical and social shifts as the 1960s wore into the 1970s.
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This year’s Burning Man Festival in Nevada has been washed out and 70,000 attendees are stuck in the mud.
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Before an exhausted crowd, Hendrix fused protest and horror with patriotism and optimism.
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British Academy Global Professor, Queen's University, Ontario
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Professor of Musicology, Arts Leadership & Entrepreneurship, University of Michigan
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Adjunct Professor and Buchanan Postdoctoral Fellow in Canadian History, Queen's University, Ontario
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Professor of Tourism, Heritage and the Media, La Trobe University
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Professor, School of English and Theatre Studies, University of Guelph
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Reader in Music, Politics and Society, Newcastle University