The Rapids Theatre will revisit Studio 54 with its first-ever disco dance party on May 21.
“I want to really get people from Niagara Falls and surrounding areas to check out the Rapids Theatre and check out downtown Niagara Falls,” said Dan DeGoski, producer and DJ of Studio 54 Revisited.
The Rapids Theatre is the perfect venue [...]
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Hera Björk from Iceland was the last one to perform in Telenor Arena during Monday’s rehearsals. The disco song Je Ne Sais Quoi is closing the first Semi-Final in Oslo, and Hera hopes for an up-tempo knock out. At the rehearsal, she revealed a new, wine-red dress to be worn for the contest.
The [...]
FOR local disco act The Swiss it’s not goodbye, it’s see you later folks when the three-piece act plays a farewell show at the city’s Crown and Sceptre tomorrow night.
Heading over to Europe for the band’s biggest tour yet, including shows in Bristol, Manchester, London, Paris, Barcelona, Amsterdam, Athens and Brussels, drummer Tony Mitolo is [...]
On LCD Soundsystem’s third album, James Murphy delivers another visceral set of guitar-inflected, post-disco anthems that resonate as much in headphones as on the dance floor.
Murphy has always had his finger on the pulse of what moves the indie community and that hasn’t changed. “This Is Happening” continues the winning streak that peaked with the [...]
Back to Disco Sucks days
In his new book Appetite for Self-Destruction: The Spectacular Crash of the Record Industry in the Digital Age, the US writer Steve Knopper gives an articulate overview of the mechanics of a contemporary business in a constant state of flux and panic.
Knopper identifies numerous much-discussed factors as being to blame for [...]
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The Queen of Disco Music (December 31, 1948 – present)
Donna Summer Singer/songwriter/pop culture icon Donna Summer is the best Disco Music expression.
Donna Summer, of course, rocketed to international superstardom in the mid-1970s when her groundbreaking merger of R&B, soul, pop, funk, rock, disco and avant-garde electronica [...]
The Queen of Disco Music (December 31, 1948 – present)
Donna Summer Singer/songwriter/pop culture icon Donna Summer is the best Disco Music expression.
Donna Summer, of course, rocketed to international superstardom in the mid-1970s when her groundbreaking merger of R&B, soul, pop, funk, rock, disco and avant-garde electronica catapulted underground dance music out of the clubs of [...]
By the late 1970s most major U.S. cities had thriving disco club scenes, but the largest scenes were in San Francisco, Miami, and most notably New York City. The scene was centered around discotheques, nightclubs, and private loft parties where DJs would play disco hits through powerful PA systems for the patrons who came to [...]