In the early 1970s, black artists were given a launching pad: Soul Train. Though it wasn’t the first show of its kind, it made history as the first nationally syndicated music-variety show made for ...

The show demonstrated this off the bat with the musicians walking to the stage through the audience, singing a chant and encouraging attendees to join. I immediately understood this performance wouldn ...

The thing about the early '80s—and it sounds kind of ludicrously obvious—is that it was very close to the late '70s, so there was still a big element of punk, not necessarily musically, but certainly ...