In the three-part docuseries Disco: Soundtrack of a Revolution, now streaming on PBS, directors and producers Louise Lockwood and Shianne Brown follow the turn of the glitterball from the gay and ...

Disco! The very word hustles you back to the 1970s, the decade in which it was gloriously born in the loft parties and basement clubs of New York, where it blossomed into a national obsession and ...

Fifty years ago, I heard the future in a disco. It wasn't a psychic experience; it was the mixing of African-American, Latinx and LGBT communities that changed what the world was listening to forever.

Jun. 4—Nicky Siano is an integral part of the disco scene. He began playing clubs in 1971 and by the end of the decade, he was one of the major figures in the New York scene. "I'm very glad to be part ...

Soundtrack of the revolution: Songs of the ’60s and ’70s that played a role in political movements Nina Simone performing at Jazz Festival. More than half a century ago, a prominent portion of the ...

In the weeks leading up to the Houston Press Music Awards showcase on Sunday, August 4, Rocks Off will be profiling a handful of performers each day, mostly in their own words – part of the best ...

Tracy Chapman, Björk, Public Enemy and more songs for rabble-rousing and celebrating revolution. By Jon Pareles Jon Pareles here, chief pop critic, dropping by The Amplifier while Lindsay is on leave.

When he was a child, Júlio Resende ruined many of his father's vinyl records, as children at play may unintentionally do. But in due course he became one of the most accomplished pianists of his ...

Explore the eerie depths of The Beatles' 'Revolution 9', a haunting montage of sounds that may be the spookiest song ever recorded.

American Stories celebrates the house music genre on its 40th anniversary. On the 40th anniversary of its invention in Chicago, celebrate the house music genre that was born in Chicago’s underground ...