Marvin Gaye Archives - Harlem World Magazine

“What’s Going On,” Marvin Gaye Live, 1971 (Republish)

What's Going On is the eleventh studio album by soul singer, songwriter, and producer Marvin Gaye. It was released on May 21, 1971, a defining moment iin time from Harlem to Harare.Continue reading

3-Time Grammy Nominated Artist Activist Love Man Raheem DeVaughn New Album (Video)

“Mr. Midnight” was written by Raheem DeVaughn and produced by 812LABS Media Group and L'indecis. “Mr. Midnight is tastefully sensual and was inspired by black love.Continue reading

UMe Announces Global Deal With Sofa Entertainment For ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’ Catalog

Nearly 50 years after Harlem's Ed Sullivan, wrapped his show, The Ed Sullivan Show's final episode and charmed TV viewers for the final time on Sunday night June 6, 1971. Continue reading

“On My Way To Harlem,” By Gregory Porter With The Metropole Orchestra (Video)

Here's the beautiful song by the Grammy award winning vocalist Gregory Porter's On My Way To Harlem with the Metropole Orchestra in Amsterdam.Continue reading

New: Maxwell’s “Urban Hang Suite” (Update)

Handsome in his designer clothes and angelic, nappy dreads, Maxwell styles himself a modern-day urban love prophet in the tradition of Marvin Gaye. Continue reading

HW Pick: Marvin Gaye’s Timeless “What’s Going On” Live 1972 (Video)

What's Going On is the eleventh studio album by soul musician Marvin Gaye, released May 21, 1971, on the Motown-subsidiary label Tamla Records.^{Continue reading}

Apollo Theater’s New Executive Producer Kamilah Forbes

The Apollo Theater today announced the appointment of Kamilah Forbes as the Theater’s new Executive Producer. A director, producer, and cofounder of HiARTS/Hip Hop Theater Festival, Forbes will join the Apollo in September 2016.Continue reading

Blood Orange Performs For Nelly Furtado And Solange In Harlem (video)

Last Saturday, December 12th, 2015, Blood Orange aka Dev Hynes performed a benefit show at the Apollo Theater in Harlem.Continue reading

HW Picks: Leon Bridges R&B For A New Generation (video)

Leon Bridges is a singer out of time. It's amazing how this 25-year-old successfully channels the Golden Age of soul and R&B in a “Ed Sullivan Show” flavor, but with an expansive online music education and an influential mother from the era, it's hard not to be.Continue reading

The Most Modern Palm Cafe And Cocktail Lounge, Harlem, 1949 (video)

A great image of a damp Harlem with the Apollo, Playland arcade, Harlem Lanes, the Loews Victoria Theater and to the right the ever modern Palm Cafe and Cocktail Lounge at 209 West 125th Street in Harlem USA, New York. Continue reading

After The Dance Book At Hue-Man Bookstore In Harlem

After the Dance My Life With Marvin Gaye is a searing memoir of love, drugs, sex, and old-school R&B, from the former wife of the legendary soul icon Marvin Gaye. Continue reading