Todd Terry News

Singer-songwriter Jewel has gone through a lot of transitions - from starving artist sleeping in her van to chart-topping pop princess and country-folk singer to fierce disco diva.

Workingclosely with seminal record labels including Trax, Nervous, FFRR, Slip N Slide, Soulfuric, Strictly Rhythm, Classic and Warner as well as digging deepinto the vast catalogues under the Defected umbrella, the series will chroniclea genre as well as hopefully educating a new audience on some of the finestexamples of house music and the roots ... (more)

Last week songwriter Tracey Thorn, who's best known for her work in the musical duo Everything But the Girl, released her memoir, Bedsit Disco Queen: How I Grew Up and Tried to Be a Pop Star in the U.S. It's a witty and charming chronicle of a career full of happy accidents and success found in the least likely of places - like clubland, which the ... (more)