The 1970s was the decade when it comes to disco music. People flocked to clubs with their dancing shoes on wanting to hear music that gave them the combination of joy and thrill. It was all the rage ...

As disco made its way from neon-lit dance halls to mainstream radio in the mid-1970s, rock bands who enjoyed chart domination in the earlier part of the decade found themselves at a crossroads. They ...

Disco music originated in the 1960s at underground venues popular with LGBTQ+, Black, and Latinx Americans. Still, it wasn’t long before the subculture spread from clubs in New York and Philadelphia ...

Disco is a music genre and a subculture born out of a dance floor and pioneered by Black musicians, DJs and producers in the 1970s and early 1980s. The word disco comes from the Italian discoteca, ...

When the word disco comes up, a handful of acts usually get referenced, most notably Donna Summer, the Bee Gees and KC and the Sunshine Band. Sadly, Summer died in 2012 and two-thirds of the Bee Gees ...

“Heart of Glass” is a perfect blend of disco, rock, and pop. Blondie successfully merged these styles, creating a fresh and exciting sound. The track is upbeat and funky, yet still has the raw energy ...

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When Dave Fisher saw “Saturday Night Fever” back in the day, it transformed him. “That movie changed everything for me,” said Fisher, who lives in Shelby Township. “I practiced the dance moves in the ...

If you’re looking to sell The Brutalist’s three-and-a-half hour runtime to a friend who hasn’t yet seen the movie, tell them ...

“Jive Talkin’” is based around some appropriated lingo the Bee Gees shouldn’t have been using. There’s a reason you don’t hear it today. The fact that this song topped the Billboard Hot 100 in the ...

Since 2005 Plastic Crimewave (aka Steve Krakow) has used the Secret History of Chicago Music to shine a light on worthy artists with Chicago ties who’ve been forgotten, underrated, or never noticed in ...

Has there ever been a musical genre more deserving of a glorious coffee table book than disco? In his new book "Disco: Music, Movies, and Mania Under the Disco Ball" (Rizzoli, 2024), gay writer Frank ...