Disco News

Summer's just around the corner and in the grand tradition of Hampton Beach, the Casino Ballroom will be rocking and rolling non-stop; but what used to be exclusively a summer venue has expanded its "season" and is now busy spring through fall.

Disco was invented in Miami. Well, Hialeah to be exact, at the humble 8-track studio above Henry Stone's record distribution office at 495 SE 10th Court.

Fresh off of working on the killer new Daft Punk album , disco legend/Chic founder Nile Rodgers revealed at the International Music Summit that they aren't the only modern electronic musicians that he's working with.

Nile Rodgers has revealed that he is hoping to release a new album he recorded with members of his band Chic and had previously thought was lost.

Dig out your flares and prepare for some 1970s style Good Times as the latest act for Bingley Music Live is announced.

Disco throwback Get Lucky, enjoying its fourth week at No 1 and the most played song on music- streaming service Spotify, is undoubtedly THE tune of the year so far.

Disco legends Chic, featuring Nile Rodgers, have been added to the line-up for the Wickerman Festival in south west Scotland this summer.

Either she lived a former life as a disco diva or she grew up watching way too many re-runs of Sonny and Cher, but she developed a passion for all things '70s. We love the deep red color and the high-waisted cut, but what we really love is how well the singer's modern take on an Afro compliments the ensemble.

Synth pioneer Giorgio Moroder has played his first ever DJ set - at the age of 73.

On Tuesday, SPIN shared a snippet of fan-shot footage from iconic Italian producer Giorgio Moroder 's inaugural DJ set.

Music vet and New Times scribe Lee Zimmerman offers his insights, opinions, and observations about the local scene.

If you like your '70s-era disco-funk performed al fresco, that's the way - uh-huh, uh-huh - you'll enjoy KC & The Sunshine Band this summer.

The French electronic duo's highly anticipated new album features contributions by Chic guitarist Nile Rodgers, rapper Pharrell Williams and Strokes singer Julian Casablancas.

If you don't think 1978 might have been the greatest year pop music has ever experienced, you haven't listened to Ganymed's Robot Love enough.

On Sunday, when " Behind the Candelabra " - Steven Soderbergh's peekaboo-look at the glittering, gold-engorged, crystal-encrusted life and loves of Liberace - plays on HBO , find yourself the largest television you can.

Funk/R&B band The Family Stone will open KC and the Sunshine Band's Aug. 8 concert at Musikfest.

Thomas Bangalter, left, and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo of Daft Punk have released their fourth album, 'Random Access Memories.' The architects who chiseled the cornerstone for today's EDM boom take a refreshing about-face on this hand-crafted fourth album, an analog salute to paleo-electronica charms.

With only four studio albums in a decade-and-a-half of music-making, French electronic duo Daft Punk are the Terence Malick of pop and equally lauded, for reasons which become evident within the first few bars of this 75-minute epic.

In the past few days since Musikfest announced the completion of the main stage lineup for its 30th anniversary run, Aug.

It will be time to "Get Down Tonight" when KC and the Sunshine Band bring their infectious brand of dance music to Musikfest Aug.