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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.

Rock and Roll history was made on April 18 in Los Angeles when Heart , Rush , Randy Newman , Public Enemy , late disco queen Donna Summer , late bluesman Albert King and producers Quincy Jones and Lou Adler were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Sometimes timing is everything. Take "Frances Ha," the funny/sad comedy that stars Gina Gerwig as a twenty-something artist trying to make it in New York that chronicles her relationships, her lack of direction and her economic woes over the span of a year.

Monday, the news began trending that Daft Punk's new album Random Access Memories , scheduled for official release in the U.S. May 21, had been "leaked." If so, it was a terrible job of leaking, since it came at the peak of a promotional surge and the band had, the same day, posted the complete album streaming for free on Apple's One source on ... (more)

Bogart is said to have convinced Donna to record a second version of the song - in which she simulates the sound of a woman in the throws of ecstasy - as long as 20 minutes.

The mum of a 16-year-old girl who has spina bifida andhydrocephalus is organising a fundraiser for charities that have supported her and her daughter.

KC and The Sunshine Band will play Musikfest's Steel Stage at 7 p.m. Aug. 8, it was just announced.

Responsible for disco anthems from the '70s and '80s in addition to a myriad of hit soundtracks for the likes of "Scarface" and "Midnight Express," Giorgio Moroder 's rA©sumA© speaks for itself.

Rarely does a modern hip-hop head associate the genre with disco, possibly history's least street-credy music.

Dance music lovers in the Lehigh Valley will get a chance to shake their booties when KC and the Sunshine Band takes the Musikfest stage 7 p.m. Aug.

We have all read the myriad articles recounting the depressing statistics about the gender gap in the legal profession.

By Dan Rice FYI Television Inc. Once again, it's time for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum in Cleveland to add to its exhibits, with the new class of inductees to elicit cheers from legions of fans while sparking hot debates over which of the nominees were voted in and those who were denied entrance.

The background : We can't work out whether it's going to be a summer of psychedelia , or a summer of disco.

"As most of you probably already know, Daft Punk 's album was officially released for streaming purposes on iTunes .

Empire City Casino 2013 Summer Concert Series lineup includes an mix of musical talent that ranges from KC & the Sunshine Band, Blues Traveler and LeAnn Rimes to Gavin DeGraw and Smokey Robinson.

Famed electronic act Daft Punk began streaming their much anticipated album "Random Access Memories" on Monday.