The Television frontman died in 2023, leaving behind boxes of music and notebooks that are now headed to the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
Category: Nineteen Hundred Seventies
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Flare Your Pants, Size Up Your Jackets: The ’70s Are Back in Style
With wide shoulders, louche silhouettes and a warm, earthy palette, the season’s laid-back men’s wear channels the spirit of the era.
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Max Romeo, Leading Voice in the Heyday of Roots Reggae, Dies at 80
His early hits were filled with sexual innuendo. But he later switched to a soulful political message that resonated in 1970s Jamaica and beyond.
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The Actress Candy Clark Captured Some of the Most Famous Faces. Then She Put Them in a Drawer.
The actress Candy Clark documented her unlikely journey through 1970s Hollywood in a series of Polaroids, now published in a memoir.
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The Best True Crime to Stream: 1970s and ’80s Kidnappings
Across television, film and podcasting, here are five stories of child abductions that shook parents across the United States.
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Tom Johnson, Minimalist Composer and Village Voice Critic, Dies at 85
He charted the rise of musical minimalism on New York’s downtown scene in the 1970s. He later gained notice for abstract works of his own.
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Kris Kristofferson: 12 Essential Songs
The country singer and songwriter, who died on Saturday at 88, tucked enduring aphorisms into tales about facing up to loss.
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JD Souther, Who Wrote Hits for the Eagles, Dies at 78
A central figure in the Southern California rock scene of the 1970s, he later had a regular role on the TV show “Nashville.”
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Jim Ladd, Free-Form Radio Trailblazer, Is Dead at 75
An institution of the airwaves in Los Angeles and beyond, he capitalized on the freedom the FM band offered in the 1970s to blaze his own path.
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‘Immediate Family’ Review: Unpacking a Musical Kinship
The session musicians who helped create the soundtrack of 1970s pop step into the spotlight in the director Denny Tedesco’s documentary.
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Flamboyant as Ever, ’70s-Style Desserts Are Making a Comeback
With nostalgia comes Bundts, Black Forests and elaborate gelatinous confections. Would you like a blowtorch with that?
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India’s Early Electronic Music From the ’70s Is Finally Being Released
A trove of tapes discovered in a cupboard at the country’s National Institute of Design showcases artists composing early synth recordings on their own terms.