Back in 2002, I visited VP Records in Jamaica, Queens to interview Chris and Patricia Chin, the son and wife of Vincent Chin, the papa who started the label side of the jamaican music store back in 1979. Soon after my day at VP, my own father died, and I put the story on hold, [...]

People from all around the world made their way to the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts last week, for the 40th anniversary of the Woodstock Festival. The Bethel Woods amphitheatre sits on the same land of the original festival (but not the original stage area), acres that were once owned by Max Yasgur, the [...]

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